If it was up to movie critics, Adam Sandler’s movie career would be over. Not winding down. Not shrinking, which it has been. But dead. Done.

But it isn’t, so we all, we ALL, vented at the failings of “Pixels,” a movie that might have managed to be something better had Sandler and his cronies Kevin James, Nick Swardson and Dan Patrick not stunk it up. There are five Sandlers in the credits, BTW. He knows it’s near the end and he’s bringing the family.

It is kid friendly, 80s nostalgic and it has Peter Dinklage as a badass mullet-wearing gamer doing hard time, so it has its moments. All of them drowned by the presence of Sandler in the OTHER moments.

Jake Gyllenhaal is promoting the heck out of “Southpaw,” a gritty boxing picture that feels like a project Eminem might have managed, right after “8 Mile,” had he wanted a film career. Eminem might have been more believable as a street rat/orphan turned prize fighter. Mixed to negative reviews on that one.

The best reviewed wider although not WAY wide release is the Cobie Smulders pregnancy dramedy, “Unexpected.” Basically a Lifetime Original Movie with a little swearing. She and Gail Bean, the actress who plays her inner city teen student, pregnant (unexpected, both) at the same time are good in it.