Backtracking summer’s ‘popcorn movies’

“Diary of a Teenage Girl” is a beautiful and thematically adult drama.

(Sam Emerson / AP)

Aug. 28, 2015 9 AM PT

Joss Whedon’s “Avengers II: Age of Ultron” drew an enormous audience.

(Jay Maidment / AP)

“Inside Out” turned out to be a terrifically inventive family film capable of entertaining regardless of age.

(Pixar / AP)

Josh Trank’s “Fantastic Four” reboot was one of the comic book world’s biggest duds.

(Ben Rothstein / AP)