Film Title	LAT	RTMC	RTC	The Gist
Eleven Minutes	yes	N/A		d:lively and suspenseful
Shuttle	yes	N/A		one heck of a ride filled with suspense, action and ever-escalating terror
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man	yes	N/A		d:chronicles the career of musician Scott Walker
Hania	yes	N/A		a shameless heart-tugger and is all the better for being so
The Class	yes	97	100	d: The drama...comes...from the unexpected results of engaged interaction between one instructor and one class.
Waltz With Bashir	yes	95	N/A	its seamless mixing of the real and the surreal,...animation and live action, it's unlike any film you've seen, period.
Moscow, Belgium	yes	95	91	A realistic romantic comedy with considerable raffish charm and a great spirit
Under the Sea 3-D	yes	94	92	d:practice has delivered something close to perfection
The Secret of the Grain	yes	94	83	presents all kinds of unlooked-for incidents that provide food for thought and for emotion.
Must Read After My Death	yes	93	100	d:a searing and intimate account of an unconventional woman
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)	yes	90	100	d:From Laos to the U.S., abandonment follows a family in this lyrical documentary.
12	yes	90	86	magnetic
Serbis	yes	89	N/A	teems with vitality, humor and anguish
Gomorrah	yes	89	N/A	a vividly panoramic film about a pitiless world of criminality.
Sin Nombre	yes	89	100	evocative and impressive
Of Time and the City	yes	89	100	d:a difficult film to describe but a distinct pleasure to experience
Medicine for Melancholy	yes	89	90	reminds that much is possible with little
Coraline	yes	88	79	3-D melds with stop-motion to create a fantastical, magical world.
The Yellow Handkerchief	yes	86	N/A	Strong performances and nimble direction combine to make this sensitive road film a trip worth taking.
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29	yes	86	82	d:it's got the goods
Two Lovers	yes	85	87	dark and unsettling contemplation of love
Wendy and Lucy	yes	85	86	engages the texture of a life in which money and hope are equally thin on the ground.
Owl and the Sparrow	yes	83	N/A	Young Pham Thi Han's character persists despite much hardship and finds a family.
The Matador	yes	80	80	d:captures the paradox of beauty and cruelty that charges their entire film.
Gran Torino	yes	79	87	anywhere Eastwood is, movie audiences are wise to follow.
Cherry Blossoms	yes	76	82	a most beautiful film; it's also a daring one
Last Chance Harvey	yes	75	100	Just about everything works in this small and surprisingly hopeful film
Crips and Bloods: Made in America	yes	75	60	d:Unsparing documentary plots the roots and realities of life in L.A.'s deadliest gangs.
Sunshine Cleaning	yes	71	74	a smartly done morality tale that couldn't be more in sync with these troubled times.
Revolutionary Road	yes	71	73	makes us see that the notion of characters struggling with life...is as gripping and relevant now as it ever was. Or ever will be.
Duplicity	yes	65	71	sleek, dizzying entertainment
Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh	yes	63	60	d:a solemn, respectful documentary about Israeli Holocaust martyr Hannah Senesh
Valkyrie	yes	63	60	Forget the Internet hysteria. This Tom Cruise vehicle is a perfectly acceptable motion picture.
Luck by Chance	yes	60	N/A	the film attains an emotional richness that is nothing less than startling.
Fuel	yes	60	N/A	d:superbly assembled documentary
Che	yes	56	57	extraordinary and challenging
Twilight	yes	49	59	This film succeeds, likely unreservedly for teens and in a classic guilty pleasure kind of way for adults,
Hotel for Dogs	yes	45	25	a very pleasant way to spend the afternoon with a bunch of kids.
Yes Man	yes	43	42	starts out wobbly but ends up quite nicely
Between Love & Goodbye	yes	40	N/A	a well-made and absorbing cautionary tale
Race to Witch Mountain	yes	40	46	a fast and furious wild ride of a movie
Ciao	yes	30	33	a revelation, a minimalist work of maximum effect
Knowing	yes	30	14	moody and sometimes ideologically provocative
The Day the Earth Stood Still	yes	21	12	[an] enjoyable updating.
Confessions of a Shopaholic	yes	20	10	a cleverly constructed catwalk of a romantic comedy
Bedtime Stories	yes	15	21	Adam Sandler delivers some good, clean fun
Prometheus Triumphant: A Fugue in the Key of Flesh	yes			an admirably ambitious homage to the pure emotional power of the classic silent cinema.
Monsters vs. Aliens	so-so	N/A	N/A	while the film is enjoyable enough, it is unlikely to become a classic
This Is the Life	so-so	N/A		d:still soulful
Chain Link	so-so	N/A		emphasis on "performance over perfection in image" nets mixed results
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' (A Match Made by God)	so-so	N/A		this agreeably amusing comedy/romance/musical is Another Mash-Up Made by Bollywood.
Watchmen	so-so	N/A		What we get instead is something acceptable but pedestrian
Bob Funk	so-so	N/A		he starts turning around his life -- and the movie along with it
Dragon Hunters	so-so	N/A		a lightweight, inoffensive programmer
Milk	so-so	93	91	yet another accident of history has made "Milk," ... more involving than it would otherwise be.
Where God Left His Shoes	so-so	83	N/A	it's easy to forgive its loaded setup and occasional lapses in detail and logic.
The Secrets	so-so	77	70	a mostly absorbing story that only occasionally unravels along the way.
The Great Buck Howard	so-so	73	68	an affectionate though flawed comedy
Doubt	so-so	71	72	a film with many fine elements, but its director ... doesn't seem to trust them
What Doesn't Kill You	so-so	67	88	It feels, if not like real life, at least like a movie you haven't seen before
Phoebe in Wonderland	so-so	61	58	overly earnest and often difficult
The Reader	so-so	56	42	it is Winslet's haunting performance that gives the film what success it has.
Australia	so-so	54	52	Baz Luhrmann's epic is ambitious. Maybe overly so.
Taken	so-so	54	40	pedestrian script...largely indifferent acting
The Tale of Despereaux	so-so	53	55	struggle[s] to orchestrate multiple stories and to overlay the proceedings with moral lessons.
The International	so-so	53	55	never more than an adequate thriller
Marley & Me	so-so	52	53	an imperfect, messy and sometimes trying film
Donkey Punch	so-so	52	25	A yacht, some alcohol and sexy talk turns dark and dangerous in this brutish thriller.
Notorious	so-so	51	59	Razor-sharp acting and quick pace help this long film about the seminal rapper who was gunned down at 24.
Defiance	so-so	50	59	too much on-the-nose dialogue and wisecracking-through-tough-times sentiments
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	so-so	44	N/A	It's vampires versus werewolves in the Dark Ages. So, dude, why do you look so much like a rocker?
He's Just Not That Into You	so-so	44	32	a weightless swirl of cotton candy with a mere second of sweetness before it dissolves on your tongue
Inkheart	so-so	36	27	The convoluted fantasy adventure film is no page turner.
Adam Resurrected	so-so	35	50	has resonance.
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail	so-so	31	N/A	if the movie is a mess, it's a purposeful mess
Spinning Into Butter	so-so	23	10	There's little subtlety in this adaptation
Toyo's Camera	so-so			d:often feels unfocused
Hookers Inc.	no	N/A		actually pretty amusing. For about the first half-hour, that is.
Baby	no	N/A		an uneasy mix of bloodshed and sentimentality
Bride Wars	no	N/A		searches for its heart but never quite finds it.
While She Was Out	no	N/A		a thoroughly junky thriller
Sam's Lake	no	N/A		aimless nattering that substitutes for any semblance of character.
The Cake Eaters	no	N/A		The overly earnest film is loaded with empty calories.
Growing Out	no	N/A		Overly talky and slow, the film is tedious and unpersuasive.
Tracing Cowboys	no	N/A		but the film's romantic ideal of the road -- lonely diners, vintage cars and seaside shanties -- seems misplaced, oversimplified and overused.
The Unborn	no	N/A		proves long-winded despite its brief running time.
1968: Tunnel Rats	no	N/A		the film devolves into a nonsensical series of small-scale set-pieces
The Wrestler	no	98	96	off-putting and disappointing.
I Love You, Man	no	80	84	they went with dog poo instead.
Timecrimes	no	77	86	half as clever as it thinks and even less entertaining.
Nothing but the Truth	no	74	67	pasted together like a ransom note
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	no	73	79	As enervating as it is long
My Bloody Valentine 3-D	no	71	N/A	fairly quickly becomes a plodding chore to watch
Were the World Mine	no	64	56	If it displays considerable imagination and creativity, it also lapses too often into smug, campy silliness.
Explicit Ills	no	57	50	too obvious, preachy
Yonkers Joe	no	50	N/A	A mash-up of indie-film tropes
The Education of Charlie Banks	no	50	50	a middling workout
The Beautiful Truth	no	50	33	d:comes off mostly like a hybrid of retro-style educational film and late-night infomercial.
The Perfect Sleep	no	44	N/A	a good-looking but convoluted homage to film noir
The Last House on the Left	no	42	42	leaves the original's stark horror -- and haunting success -- behind.
The Objective	no	40	N/A	too often the film's portentous tone seems more silly than suspenseful.
The Edge of Love	no	40	33	leaves a bitter, unsatisfying aftertaste that lingers in the mind.
Let Them Chirp Awhile	no	38	40	A movie where the only conception of life seems to come from other movies makes for no kind of movie at all.
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	no	36	36	d:awkwardly stitched together from candy-gloss arena concert footage
My Name Is Bruce	no	35	27	the effects are cheap and shabby, the jokes are real groaners, and the story seems woefully stretched out
Sherman's Way	no	33	17	Odd pair lost in wine country
The Uninvited	no	32	43	done in by a reliance on horror-film clichés and its weak story development.
Fired Up!	no	32	16	a distraction of limited appeal with no desire to be anything more.
Seven Pounds	no	28	32	can be a bit of a load
Friday the 13th	no	28	23	The remake misses the point: Slasher flicks should be gory, giddy and full of lusty teens.
Fanboys	no	28	19	It's not nearly nerdy enough.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop	no	26	30	just empty calories
Push	no	26	17	Telepaths battle evil mind-benders out for world domination, but you won't really care.
Four Christmases	no	25	22	One shrill contrivance after another.
Good	no	23	23	[A] troubled and tangled adaptation of C.P. Taylor's morality play
New in Town	no	18	13	flat, the romance is listless, the pacing is sluggish, and the fish-out-of-water flops
The Spirit	no	17	6	Frank Miller's reimagining of the classic Will Eisner comic book series is, alas, too Bat-ty.
Delgo	no	16	14	a mishmash of adventure-fantasy tropes
Crossing Over	no	16	14	Forced, heavy-handed and overdone
An American Affair	no	16	9	a mess of a film
Dark Streets	no	15	0	Retro-noir thriller looks stylish, feels empty.
The Pink Panther 2	no	14	17	gets a black eye from too many sight gags and a performance that's way over-the-top.
The Lodger	no	13	0	this strained, empty effort doesn't work as homage or update
Miss March	no	4	0	not only is it unfunny, it's disrespectful.
Echelon Conspiracy	no	0	N/A	a conspiracy thriller that feels irrelevant
Steam	no	0	N/A	Schickner's reach exceeds his grasp.
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	no	0	N/A	a long slog with little payoff.
Waiting for Beijing	no			a convoluted mess
$9.99	no			less than the sum of its parts
Polanski: Unauthorized	no			thoroughly disreputable movie
Bolt		87	75
Transporter 3		37	35