The Mediocre

I don't normally give movies a rating because it's too complicated  - is it good for its genre, or overall? Is it good because I had nothing better to do that day, or would I watch it again? Would I pay to watch it? So with all those things in mind, I determined these movies were decent enough not to hate - within their own genre. Because honestly, saying something is a "mediocre action film" isn't exactly the same thing as a decent movie overall. But sometimes you want an easy, brainless watch - there's plenty of those below. Listed in reverse order of when they were reviewed:

Dramas & Thrillers (excluding action):

• American Sniper - Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller
• The Judge - Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall
• Boyhood - Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke
• [Lee Daniels'] The Butler - Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr.
• Now You See Me - Mark Ruffalo, Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, et al
• American Hustle - Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence
• Captain Phillips - Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi
• Her - Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams
• Gravity - Sandra Bullock, George Clooney
• Inhale - Dermot Mulroney, Diane Kruger, Jordi Molla
• Zero Dark Thirty - Jessica Chastain
• Lincoln - Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones
• Les Miserables - Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried
• Anna Karenina - Keira Knightly, Jude Law
• Another Earth - No one famous
• A Dangerous Method - Keira Knightly, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender
• The Beaver - Mel Gibson, Jodi Foster
• Tree of Life - Brad Pitt, Sean Penn
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock

Action/Adventure & Sci-Fi:

• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Jason Clark, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell
• Into the Woods - Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick, James Corden, Chris Pine, et al
• The Maze Runner - Dylan O'Brian, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I - Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, et al
• X-Men: Days of Future Past - Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender
• The Wolverine - Hugh Jackman
• Elysium - Matt Damon, Jodie Foster
• Star Trek Into Darkness - Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg
• Cloud Atlas - Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw
• Oblivion - Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo
• End of Watch - Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, Anna Kendrick, America Ferrera
• Contraband - Mark Wahlberg
• The Avengers - Robert Downey, Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson
• Colombiana - Zoe Saldana
• The Hunger Games - Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson
• Man on a Ledge - Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Ed Burns
• Killer Elite - Jason Statham, Robert DeNiro, Clive Owen
• Source Code - Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga

Comedies (including romantic comedies):

• Save the Date - Lizzy Caplan, Alison Brie, Geoffry Arend
• Austenland - Keri Russell, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour
• Authors Anonymous - Chris Klein, Kaley Cuoco, Teri Polo, Dennis Farina
• Gambit - Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman
• That Awkward Moment - Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller
• The Wolf of Wall Street - Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill
• The Heat - Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy
• Wanderlust - Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Alan Alda, Malin Ackerman, Justin Theroux
• To Rome With Love - Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Page, Jesse Eisenberg, Penelope Cruz, Roberto Benigni
• This is 40 - Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann
• The Dictator - Sacha Baron Cohen
• American Reunion - Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Seann William Scott, et al
• What's Your Number - Anna Faris, Chris Evans
• Just Go With It - Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston

Awkward combinations of comedy & drama (or comedies that are secretly dramas but apparently market better as comedies, despite not being funny):

• Begin Again - Keira Knightly, Mark Ruffalo, Mos Def, Adam Levine, Catherine Keener
• [Tyler Perry's] Why Did I Get Married - Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Sharon Leal, Jill Scott, et al
• Hope Springs - Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell
• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - Keira Knightly, Steve Carell
• Jumping the Broom - Angela Bassett, Paula Patton
• Beginners - Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer
• The Descendants - George Clooney

Family movies:

• Brave - Emma Thompson
• Frankenweenie - Catherine O'Hara, Matin Short, Matin Landau
• We Bought a Zoo - Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson
• Gnomeo & Juliet - James McAvoy, Emily Blunt
• Winnie the Pooh - Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, et al