Film Title |
LAT |
RTMC |
RTC |
The Gist |
The Age of Stupid |
yes |
N/A |
|
d:Think "An Inconvenient Truth" but with a personality |
The Queen and I |
yes |
N/A |
|
d:captivating |
The Poker House |
yes |
N/A |
|
vital, stirring film |
Kassim the Dream |
yes |
N/A |
|
d:a nuanced survivor's story that memorably transcends its genre. |
Newcastle |
yes |
N/A |
|
a surfer film in which its story and its people count for more than its surfing sequences |
Fados |
yes |
100 |
100 |
d:the final film in Carlos Saura's glorious musical trilogy |
Up |
yes |
98 |
94 |
heartfelt enough to restore your faith in whatever needs restoration. |
Tulpan |
yes |
97 |
100 |
by turns off-the-wall and serious, comic and sad. |
Anvil! The Story of Anvil |
yes |
97 |
100 |
d:endearing and warmhearted |
Star Trek |
yes |
96 |
91 |
has in general bridged the gap between the old and the new with alacrity and purpose. |
The Song of Sparrows |
yes |
96 |
100 |
The overlooked and the ordinary is exactly the terrain Majidi loves to walk |
Herb & Dorothy |
yes |
95 |
92 |
An ordinary couple with an extraordinary art collection. |
Summer Hours |
yes |
95 |
95 |
a family drama with a larger point. |
Drag Me to Hell |
yes |
94 |
85 |
fearsomely scary, wickedly funny and diabolically gross |
Food Inc. |
yes |
94 |
89 |
d:smart, expertly shot |
Goodbye Solo |
yes |
94 |
100 |
deals thoughtfully with some of the most complex elements of the human equation |
Revanche |
yes |
93 |
90 |
a darkly compelling film from Austria |
Seraphine |
yes |
91 |
100 |
it neither condescends to nor romanticizes its subject. |
(500) Days of Summer |
yes |
90 |
85 |
**something seldom seen: an original romantic comedy. |
Forbidden Lie$ |
yes |
89 |
83 |
d:[a] dizzying, drop-dead fascinating documentary on Norma Khouri |
Adventureland |
yes |
89 |
88 |
engaging, bittersweet and even fun. |
Sugar |
yes |
89 |
92 |
a beautifully made film about a young man's journey of self-discovery |
Tyson |
yes |
88 |
91 |
d:"It's like a Greek tragedy. Only I'm the subject." |
Burma VJ |
yes |
86 |
83 |
d:filmmaking at its most fearless |
Soul Power |
yes |
85 |
80 |
d:a vibrant and joyous new documentary |
Earth |
yes |
85 |
85 |
difficulties be damned, it shouldn't be missed. |
Il Divo |
yes |
85 |
100 |
be prepared to hold on to your seat |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
yes |
84 |
89 |
**cozy tales told around a cinematic campfire |
Tony Manero |
yes |
84 |
N/A |
a stinging allegory on the corrosive effects of the Pinochet regime in Chile |
Every Little Step |
yes |
83 |
89 |
d:a can't-miss effort that knows how to please |
O'Horten |
yes |
82 |
100 |
a gentle comedy, both funny and melancholy |
Unmistaken Child |
yes |
81 |
100 |
d:bears witness to a strange and mysterious process |
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love |
yes |
80 |
N/A |
d:an exemplary look at the African superstar's life |
Jerichow |
yes |
79 |
100 |
fresh complexities and bleak irony |
An Unlikely Weapon |
yes |
79 |
100 |
d:love letter of a documentary |
Big Man Japan |
yes |
78 |
67 |
You've probably never seen anything like [it] |
The Hangover |
yes |
78 |
79 |
A comedy that is hysterically and embarrassingly black |
Ballerina |
yes |
76 |
100 |
d:everyone is beautiful at the ballet |
Valentino: The Last Emperor |
yes |
75 |
82 |
d:smart and incisive film |
Who Does She Think She Is? |
yes |
73 |
83 |
d:its impulse is visionary, not plaintive |
Our City Dreams |
yes |
71 |
60 |
d:powerful, daring and makes you think |
Outrage |
yes |
70 |
85 |
d:a look at conservative Republican politicians who are alleged to be closeted gays |
Brüno |
yes |
69 |
52 |
Baron Cohen's instincts for outrage are spot on |
Departures |
yes |
69 |
69 |
manages to be anything but dark; whimsy and sweet irony are laced throughout |
Rudo y Cursi |
yes |
69 |
100 |
[a] puckishly entertaining, fleet-of-foot drama-comedy |
Paris 36 |
yes |
66 |
56 |
irresistible and impeccable period musical |
The Merry Gentleman |
yes |
62 |
54 |
a dark and lovely drama |
Easy Virtue |
yes |
58 |
70 |
a Noel Coward comedy of manners |
The New Twenty |
yes |
55 |
60 |
engaging |
Is Anybody There? |
yes |
52 |
38 |
another memorable Michael Caine film. |
The Taking of Pelham 123 |
yes |
51 |
55 |
crisp, effective New York subway hostage drama |
Death in Love |
yes |
50 |
44 |
a head-turning, visionary achievement. |
Sleep Dealer |
yes |
50 |
67 |
Adventurous, ambitious and ingeniously futuristic |
Battle for Terra |
yes |
46 |
58 |
Earthlings are the alien invaders in this engaging 3-D animated film. |
Gigantic |
yes |
42 |
27 |
one of the better independent films in recent memory. |
Naked Ambition: An R-Rated Look at an X-Rated Industry |
yes |
40 |
N/A |
d:an entertaining, adeptly crafted documentary |
Weather Girl |
yes |
40 |
N/A |
**breezy romantic comedy |
Fighting |
yes |
37 |
57 |
The word that best expresses the film is "vivid." |
The Limits of Control |
yes |
26 |
16 |
absorbing and visually mesmerizing |
Fast & Furious |
yes |
24 |
21 |
should leave you exhausted and satiated for a very long time. |
Mutant Chronicles |
yes |
18 |
N/A |
It's photogenic people killing mutants before green screens; what more could you ask? |
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story |
yes |
|
|
d:so heartfelt that it elicits a sense that complex creative relationships may ultimately elude explication |
Lemon Tree |
so-so |
92 |
92 |
A tale of encroachment and entrenchment |
Examined Life |
so-so |
85 |
88 |
d:10 minutes apiece with seven notable philosophers |
Bart Got a Room |
so-so |
71 |
71 |
slight comedy |
Tetro |
so-so |
59 |
58 |
haunting, beautiful and often frustrating |
Lymelife |
so-so |
59 |
71 |
stumbles at the end, but is otherwise well acted |
Management |
so-so |
53 |
55 |
a mellow slow dance of a romantic comedy |
Hannah Montana: The Movie |
so-so |
45 |
52 |
big, beautiful, a little boring and utterly safe. |
American Swing |
so-so |
45 |
57 |
d:unexplored sadness ... amid the orgy of upbeat testimonials. |
Alien Trespass |
so-so |
35 |
21 |
The ode to '50s sci-fi gets props for authenticity but could have upped the entertainment factor. |
Terminator Salvation |
so-so |
34 |
34 |
elements from earlier in the franchise. But some of its soul has been lost. |
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past |
so-so |
27 |
26 |
an amusingly sentimental whiff of a romantic comedy |
Everybody Dies |
no |
N/A |
|
so minimalist that it barely exists in any aspect. |
That Game of Chess |
no |
N/A |
|
unconvincingly played and poorly crafted |
The Butterfly Tattoo |
no |
N/A |
|
as sputtering as an awkward teen |
Break |
no |
N/A |
|
a hard-boiled Quentin Tarantino knockoff |
C Me Dance |
no |
N/A |
|
rudimentarily written, acted and directed |
Not Forgotten |
no |
N/A |
|
more convoluted than satisfying |
Moon |
no |
85 |
73 |
we're left stranded on the dark side of the moon |
Treeless Mountain |
no |
81 |
50 |
it's hard not to feel emotionally hijacked by the well-worn iconography of pathos |
State of Play |
no |
80 |
65 |
a meandering movie that sometimes hits dead center and sometimes misfires dismally |
Adoration |
no |
79 |
77 |
it all feels familiar -- that is, when it doesn't just feel lost |
In a Dream |
no |
71 |
63 |
d:detract[s] focus from the bigger picture. |
Enlighten Up! |
no |
69 |
N/A |
d:essentially a high-minded reality TV turn |
Julia |
no |
67 |
57 |
nothing about Julia is easy |
American Violet |
no |
67 |
64 |
demands more |
Away We Go |
no |
62 |
48 |
squanders its genuine assets and ends up not as special as it tries to be. |
The Girlfriend Experience |
no |
61 |
57 |
leaves one feeling that a sleek gadget has been needlessly purchased. |
Brothers at War |
no |
61 |
70 |
d:never finds a satisfying enough structure or viewpoint to give it an actual center. |
Lifelines |
no |
60 |
20 |
an insufferably over-familiar take on angst in affluent suburbia. |
Crank |
no |
60 |
33 |
Crank' turns it up to 'silly' |
The Soloist |
no |
56 |
71 |
hits all the wrong notes. |
17 Again |
no |
55 |
43 |
Light in substance |
The Brothers Bloom |
no |
55 |
45 |
forced creativity throughout |
Empty Nest |
no |
54 |
20 |
in the end, it all can't help feeling a little slight |
Observe and Report |
no |
53 |
55 |
like the film version of a stun gun |
Imagine That |
no |
46 |
52 |
shiny, family-friendly trifle |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
no |
44 |
33 |
not so much a movie as a series of running antiquity gags |
Angels & Demons |
no |
38 |
35 |
...its many fast-moving plot lines are hard to follow. |
X-Men Origins: Wolverine |
no |
37 |
15 |
Believe me, it's not a pretty picture. |
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America |
no |
31 |
N/A |
unfortunately marred |
Land of the Lost |
no |
29 |
19 |
a silly contrivance of a comedy |
Little Ashes |
no |
27 |
10 |
a trifling historical fantasy, gossip wrapped in gossamer, beautiful to watch but it takes only a light wind to leave the story in tatters. |
Dance Flick |
no |
27 |
36 |
grinding its way through formulas |
Love N' Dancing |
no |
25 |
N/A |
pretty unremarkable stuff that has little to excite |
Blood: The Last Vampire |
no |
20 |
10 |
often-unwatchably dim |
Obsessed |
no |
19 |
7 |
It's no 'Fatal Attraction,' but when Beyoncé's in the room, you'll hardly care. |
Next Day Air |
no |
19 |
21 |
fails to deliver the goods |
I Hate Valentine's Day |
no |
17 |
15 |
is seriously outfitted for chick-flick duty. |
The Informers |
no |
14 |
5 |
amounts to flipping through an out-of-date fashion magazine |
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh |
no |
14 |
14 |
may be slick and acted with some conviction, but it is a fake |
Dragonball Evolution |
no |
14 |
33 |
the movie equivalent of deep-fried sushi |
I Love You, Beth Cooper |
no |
13 |
8 |
A flat, tired rehash of teen movie story tropes |
My Life in Ruins |
no |
12 |
9 |
doesn't do Greece or its star many favors. |
The Skeptic |
no |
8 |
N/A |
Old-fashioned in the worst sense |
What Goes Up |
no |
0 |
0 |
succeeds only in producing a series of contrived characters and situations |
Homecoming |
no |
0 |
0 |
B-grade redo of “Misery” |
Skills Like This |
|
57 |
50 |
feels maniacally scattershot |