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LAT |
RTMC |
RTC |
The Gist |
documentary |
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Marwencol |
yes |
100 |
100 |
*d:isn't standard man-triumphing-over-adversity-fare |
The Two Escobars |
yes |
91 |
100 |
*d:dynamically chronicles their meshed fates. |
Boxing Gym. |
yes |
91 |
80 |
*d:Frederick Wiseman's quietly provocative documentary |
Bhutto |
yes |
91 |
80 |
d:thorough and involving |
Disco and Atomic War |
yes |
90 |
|
d:although like the Cold War itself, the film does drag on at times, "Disco" really is a delight |
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer |
yes |
89 |
88 |
d:a taut and compelling investigation |
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within |
yes |
83 |
|
d:less as clear-eyed investigation than [an] intimate and moving portrait |
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields |
yes |
71 |
78 |
*Never heard of the singer-songwriter? After seeing this engaging documentary, you'll likely become a huge fan of his exceptional music. |
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story |
yes |
67 |
67 |
d:major focus on Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax. |
Cool It |
yes |
46 |
46 |
doesn't find Gore's truth inconvenient so much as distorted |
Wasteland |
yes |
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*d:a vast landfill north of Rio de Janeiro |
Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny |
yes |
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d:a wholly upbeat portrait of a popular, undaunted leader. |
Lemmy |
so-so |
89 |
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d:the filmmakers leave something wanting |
Troubadours |
so-so |
80 |
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d:plays like linked mini-biographies |
The Kids Grow Up |
so-so |
60 |
67 |
d:what might have been insufferable navel-gazing attains poignancy. |
animated |
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Tangled |
yes |
87 |
92 |
*proves a pleasure after a shaky start. |
The Illusionist |
yes |
86 |
82 |
*Sylvain Chomet [delivers] all sorts of visual and storytelling magic, as he did in 'The Triplets of Belleville |
Summer Wars |
yes |
77 |
80 |
*a sophisticated yet poignant family entertainment |
Megamind |
so-so |
67 |
69 |
clever, amusing |
Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance |
so-so |
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doesn't suffer wandering attention spans. |
Yogi Bear |
no |
13 |
19 |
no pic-a-nic. |
The Dreams of Jinsha |
no |
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a painstakingly if awkwardly assembled hand-drawn entry from Chinese animators. |
regular movies |
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Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen |
yes |
100 |
100 |
*follows the exploits of the 12th century Benedictine nun, a feminist centuries ahead of her time. |
True Grit |
yes |
95 |
95 |
*a film whose aim is always true |
Nora's Will |
yes |
94 |
88 |
*a man who fights a stubborn rear-guard action against his dead ex-wife's final wishes |
127 Hours |
yes |
93 |
100 |
*one man's incredible, unforgettable journey |
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale |
yes |
92 |
100 |
*likely to become a winter favorite for those allergic to holiday treacle. |
The King's Speech |
yes |
91 |
100 |
*the future king of England and his speech therapist |
Another Year |
yes |
91 |
86 |
*the everyday becomes extraordinary. |
White Material |
yes |
90 |
100 |
*a woman confronting armed chaos in Africa |
Blue Valentine |
yes |
90 |
82 |
an intensely intimate rendering of love |
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench |
yes |
86 |
100 |
a musical romance told in jazz and shot in black and white |
The Fighter |
yes |
86 |
76 |
rousing |
Undertow |
yes |
86 |
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A man must come to terms with his sexuality and his dead lover |
Unstoppable |
yes |
85 |
90 |
A runaway train drama that never slows down |
The Magician |
yes |
83 |
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a hit man improbably allows himself to be filmed in action |
Amer |
yes |
83 |
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*a bravura exploration of fear and desire |
Made in Dagenham |
yes |
81 |
63 |
adaptation of the 1968 seamstress strike in England |
Four Lions |
yes |
81 |
58 |
*a comedic look at terrorists |
Me Too |
yes |
80 |
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a coming-of-age story with a difference: Its hero has Down syndrome |
Night Catches Us |
yes |
77 |
75 |
manages to be both pertinent and dramatically persuasive |
Heartless |
yes |
76 |
100 |
*compelling psychological horror-thriller |
Somewhere |
yes |
76 |
70 |
more successful in creating ambience and visual imagery than it is in telling its story |
Today's Special |
yes |
75 |
56 |
*Imaginative, warm and witty |
Mumbai Diaries |
yes |
74 |
88 |
a shimmering, loving homage |
Kaboom |
yes |
71 |
75 |
takes the time-honored gambit of gradually revealing that nothing is as it seems |
Biutiful |
yes |
65 |
70 |
an ethereal yet visceral meditation on living and dying. |
Zenith |
yes |
63 |
67 |
evokes a bleak view of the human condition and a sense that pervasive paranoia might well be justified |
Shake Hands with the Devil |
yes |
63 |
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Canadian Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallarme's peacekeeping mission to Rwanda |
Change of Plans |
yes |
53 |
57 |
a tasty French romantic comedy diversion with just a touch of seriousness thrown into the mix. |
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest |
yes |
49 |
56 |
an extremely satisfying ending to the story of Lisbeth Salander |
Love & Other Drugs |
yes |
42 |
31 |
[a] love story that gets it right. |
Twelve Thirty |
yes |
25 |
40 |
*gradually draws the viewer into its thrall and builds to an unpredictable but effective climax. |
Burning Palms |
yes |
17 |
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*fragility and desperation that lurk beneath the surface of the lives of some anonymous L.A. residents |
Aftershock |
yes |
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involving, well-acted saga |
Essential Killing |
yes |
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a grueling, offbeat tale of human survival |
Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster |
so-so |
95 |
100 |
conflicting impulses between drizzly emotional moments and slap-happy frenzy. |
Dogtooth |
so-so |
92 |
91 |
part enigma, part allegory and even part sci-fi in its creation of a completely alternate reality |
Applause |
so-so |
85 |
83 |
leaves you wanting more |
The Way Back |
so-so |
81 |
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in its best moments is ... as big as life itself. |
Fair Game |
so-so |
79 |
72 |
seems to be doing everything right but still doesn't manage to leave you with a completely satisfied feeling. |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 |
so-so |
78 |
72 |
isn't for the uninitiated. |
I Love You Phillip Morris |
so-so |
77 |
73 |
one mixed bag of a movie |
Barney's Version |
so-so |
74 |
75 |
flawed but exhilarating |
Red Hill |
so-so |
74 |
57 |
hybrid western/slasher [with] a commendably entertaining calling-card oomph. |
Die Fremde |
so-so |
73 |
80 |
worthy if uneven study of the tragedy of honor crimes. |
The Housemaid |
so-so |
71 |
63 |
sleek, erotic and suspenseful, at least for the first hour |
The Company Men |
so-so |
70 |
78 |
great cast at the service of a so-so movie. |
Outside the Law |
so-so |
64 |
40 |
its the heart of the brothers that sometimes confounds the director |
Eichmann |
so-so |
60 |
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richly detailed and timelessly important — but also ponderous |
Jolene |
so-so |
59 |
57 |
a watchable excursion into human frailty and foibles |
Morning Glory |
so-so |
54 |
43 |
Rachel McAdams gives the kind of performance we go to the movies for |
Welcome to the Rileys |
so-so |
54 |
42 |
flawed yet promising film |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
so-so |
50 |
48 |
wonderful moments and delightful characters, but overall falters. |
Every Day |
so-so |
47 |
50 |
intriguing, yet woefully uneven |
For Colored Girls |
so-so |
33 |
31 |
Its poetry is hot and searing |
The Dilemma |
so-so |
25 |
31 |
the actor's good-time character grows up. |
The Rite |
so-so |
17 |
23 |
What did you expect? Spinning heads? Pea soup? |
Country Strong |
so-so |
17 |
17 |
down-home comfort |
Skyline |
so-so |
10 |
0 |
space aliens drop in on Los Angeles, luring the city's residents |
A Marine Story |
so-so |
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drive[s] home its underlying message about the injustice of "don't ask, don't tell" |
Violet Tendencies |
so-so |
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enjoyable if uneven sex comedy |
Meskada |
so-so |
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never quite builds a solid momentum or finds a true sense of purpose |
If You Are the One 2 |
so-so |
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a mildly charming dose of romantic gloss |
Black Swan |
no |
86 |
85 |
an overheated slog |
Rabbit Hole |
no |
84 |
81 |
an air of genteel familiarity stifles |
Inspector Bellamy |
no |
81 |
83 |
a sadly bland footnote to an illustrious and influential career |
A Somewhat Gentle Man |
no |
75 |
57 |
promises a more complex and full-blooded portrait than the film is able to deliver. |
Monsters |
no |
62 |
56 |
blunted by a weak plot, forgettable dialogue and sloppy politics |
No Strings Attached |
no |
52 |
53 |
bits sound like they were cribbed from bathroom stall scribes |
Tron: Legacy |
no |
49 |
31 |
there's not nearly enough new life. |
The Mechanic |
no |
48 |
31 |
[A] cheap, cruddy remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson vehicle |
The Warrior's Way |
no |
46 |
40 |
a tiresome lab experiment in computer-generated tropes and green-screen oppressiveness. |
The Next Three Days |
no |
45 |
37 |
Run, Russell, run! Save yourself. |
Faster |
no |
43 |
27 |
violent but bland |
The Green Hornet |
no |
43 |
22 |
a boring bromedy that features mumblecore heroics instead of the real thing. |
Due Date |
no |
39 |
45 |
John Hughes did it better |
The Other Woman |
no |
38 |
15 |
mostly flat and plodding |
Burlesque |
no |
33 |
27 |
Big Musical Numbers by the score rather than a film |
Queen of the Lot |
no |
33 |
20 |
has become even sloppier regarding basics like photography, editing and sound recording |
All Good Things |
no |
31 |
44 |
too fact heavy |
Sanctum |
no |
30 |
32 |
the gee-whiz factor is overwhelmed by the oh-jeez writing |
From Prada to Nada |
no |
27 |
17 |
more in common with a slapped-together TV movie |
Repo Chick |
no |
22 |
0 |
feels slapdash, ill-formed and out-of-touch. |
Gulliver's Travels |
no |
21 |
19 |
falls between complete disaster and loads of fun |
Wild Target |
no |
21 |
18 |
seems destined to spin dangerously out of control. |
The Tourist |
no |
21 |
7 |
international intrigue and mistaken identity aren't enough to overcome the lackluster chemistry. |
The Taqwacores |
no |
11 |
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a thin veneer of tiresome obnoxiousness |
Saw 3D |
no |
10 |
15 |
has so little creativity, its goriness provokes laughter or sleep. |
Little Fockers |
no |
10 |
4 |
just isn't funny |
Alien Girl |
no |
10 |
0 |
a grim, artless Russian-made gangster picture |
The Roommate |
no |
8 |
0 |
a waste all around of young, attractive actresses |
Waiting for Forever |
no |
7 |
0 |
an insipid contemporary fairy tale |
Hemingway's Garden of Eden |
no |
5 |
0 |
thoroughly distracted by elephant hunting |
Season of the Witch |
no |
4 |
0 |
an oddly lifeless tale set during the Crusades. |
The Nutcracker in 3D |
no |
0 |
0 |
Your Thanksgiving turkey has arrived on schedule |
Walkaway |
no |
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suffers from a marked lack of energy |
Break Ke Baad |
no |
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Indian romcom: engaging performances. Too bad the script doesn't live up to them. |
The Assistants |
no |
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This movie about wanting to make a movie doesn't make for much of a movie. |
Dead Awake |
no |
|
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poorly structured and even more poorly shot |
Violent Blue |
no |
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[a] drearily indulgent slog |
Ong Bak 3: The Final Battle |
no |
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Gone is the scrappy, brutal wit of the original |
What Women Want |
no |
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this Chinese-language carbon copy doesn't find a distinctive voice. |