"The Worst Year EVER for American Film"?

Dinner with a filmmaker/cinephile last night and we both agreed: 2015 is the worst year EVER for American film. An infection has arrived...

— Bret Easton Ellis (@BretEastonEllis) October 22, 2015

I don't think so. Not with Straight Outta Compton, The Intern, Minions, et al. But stinkers like Mad Max: Fury Road, American Ultra, and Hitman: Agent 47 do cause worry about the state of the movies.

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26 October update:
Armond White:

With the dreadful #Suffragette, 2015 movies hit bottom--for now. https://t.co/kw9EXKTWqf pic.twitter.com/TrJsL9oIla

— armond white (@3xchair) October 26, 2015

The Wall Steet Journal: "Huge Flops Hit the Box Office."