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LAT |
RTMC |
RTC |
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| documentary |
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| Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune |
yes |
100 |
100 |
d:details the singer-songwriter's triumphs and then long descent to suicide |
| Nostalgia for the Light |
yes |
100 |
100 |
*d:rare visual poetry that's simultaneously personal, political and philosophical |
| The Elephant in the Living Room |
yes |
100 |
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d:Americans treating some of the most dangerous animals on Earth as household pets.
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| Con Artist |
yes |
100 |
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d:captures the compelling oddness of his subject. |
| Born to Be Wild 3D |
yes |
97 |
94 |
*d:shows how Sheldrick and Galdikas rehabilitate endangered animals to return to the wild. |
| Bill Cunningham New York |
yes |
95 |
100 |
d:Obsessive artists often create exceptional bodies of work. |
| Circo |
yes |
91 |
80 |
*d:the complex family dynamics of the tiny Gran Circo Mexico. |
| Wretches & Jabberers |
yes |
89 |
100 |
d:the film will undoubtedly challenge people's notions about autism.
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| My Perestroika |
yes |
88 |
100 |
d:compelling portrait of those who came of age as the USSR crumbled around them |
| The Desert of Forbidden Art |
yes |
87 |
83 |
d:n astonishing trove of Russian avant-garde art and the man who collected it |
| Le Quattro Volte |
yes |
86 |
80 |
d:a beautiful and profound evocation of the eternal cycles of life and nature |
| Orgasm Inc. |
yes |
84 |
63 |
d:genital mutilation is thriving in the West, in the form of cosmetic surgery. |
| Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie' |
yes |
79 |
67 |
*d:inspiring and nostalgic |
| American: The Bill Hicks Story |
yes |
79 |
63 |
d:deftly animated photo-based collages |
| African Cats |
yes |
69 |
88 |
*d:deliberately paced, thematically dark and often wistfully told |
| Carbon Nation |
yes |
55 |
40 |
d:an inspiring look at the many recent advances in clean energy |
| The Last Lions |
so-so |
88 |
88 |
d:The images are glorious, the voice-over much less so |
| POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold |
so-so |
71 |
77 |
d:something gets lost as the distance between filmmaker and subject disappears |
| Vidal Sassoon: The Movie |
so-so |
58 |
60 |
d:Not the last word on the celebrity hairstylist |
| Red Chapel |
so-so |
57 |
80 |
d:a prankish charade gone very wrong |
| I Am |
so-so |
43 |
25 |
d:really a collection of sound bites that validate the filmmaker's point of view. |
| Baboya |
so-so |
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d:a hastily assembled tribute video |
| Certifiably Jonathan |
no |
18 |
14 |
d:an underwhelming jumble. |
| animated |
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| Rango |
yes |
89 |
88 |
not only groundbreaking, it's loads of fun |
| Rio |
yes |
72 |
72 |
fine-feathered fun |
| Gnomeo & Juliet |
yes |
53 |
50 |
It works like gangbusters |
| Mars Needs Moms |
no |
38 |
39 |
flatlines |
| regular movies |
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| Incendies |
yes |
92 |
83 |
beauty and rage, drive this modern tragedy of ancient conflicts from the Middle East to the seemingly safe haven of Canada. |
| The Strange Case of Angelica |
yes |
92 |
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*Is perfect love attainable only in the afterlife? |
| Certified Copy |
yes |
90 |
100 |
*lovely labyrinth of a film |
| Win Win |
yes |
90 |
88 |
*a graceful feel for tiny moments |
| Of Gods and Men |
yes |
89 |
94 |
*a thrilling adventure of the spirit |
| Source Code |
yes |
89 |
85 |
the science-fiction thriller version of "Groundhog Day |
| Meek's Cutoff |
yes |
88 |
95 |
*the minimalist beauty and stark realism |
| Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives |
yes |
87 |
100 |
*Earthly matters never cease to surprise |
| The Princess of Montpensier |
yes |
83 |
88 |
*an intoxicating 16th century costume drama |
| Mooz-lum |
yes |
83 |
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a rare and illuminating depiction of life as a Muslim in America |
| Potiche |
yes |
82 |
88 |
an old-fashioned romantic fantasy |
| Jane Eyre |
yes |
81 |
89 |
five-alarm-fire dramatics |
| In a Better World |
yes |
81 |
79 |
*presents complex moral questions |
| Even the Rain |
yes |
81 |
71 |
[keeps] disparate elements involving and in harmony |
| I Saw the Devil |
yes |
79 |
67 |
*never loses sight of the human toll |
| Cold Weather |
yes |
79 |
55 |
like an exquisite minimalist painting — its beauty will move you, its simplicity will fool you |
| Fly Away |
yes |
78 |
83 |
*this mother-daughter drama skillfully bypasses its genre's potential pitfalls |
| Putty Hill |
yes |
77 |
100 |
*a quietly haunting story of loss in the outskirts Baltimore |
| We Are What We Are |
yes |
74 |
100 |
an unexpectedly rich exploration of family bonds |
| Heartbeats |
yes |
73 |
70 |
a stylish affair on nearly no budget |
| Human Resources Manager |
yes |
73 |
60 |
a visit to another country becomes a journey toward understanding. |
| Paul |
yes |
70 |
59 |
*fanboys...go on the run to protect a weed-toking alien |
| The Music Never Stopped |
yes |
69 |
60 |
wraps a gripping neurological oddity in comfortably familiar movie sentimentality. |
| Cedar Rapids |
yes |
67 |
88 |
a Midwestern small-town insurance agent's journey of self-discovery |
| Rubber |
yes |
64 |
67 |
*assured mix of cinephile artiness and grindhouse spoof |
| Queen to Play |
yes |
60 |
86 |
*you will have Sandrine Bonnaire on your mind. |
| Insidious |
yes |
60 |
56 |
*a shrewd and scary job |
| Unknown |
yes |
56 |
62 |
*a nifty international thriller |
| The Conspirator |
yes |
55 |
63 |
the conspiracy trial in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules |
yes |
38 |
40 |
Not much happens, but the young cast charms. |
| The Bang Bang Club |
yes |
37 |
38 |
*vivid, often bold, but never overpowering |
| Elektra Luxx |
yes |
29 |
38 |
a pregnant former porn star struggles to find her place in the world in the wake of her notorious former career. |
| I Am Number Four |
yes |
27 |
19 |
*appealing new kid-on-the-teen-angst block |
| Sucker Punch |
yes |
20 |
10 |
*stun-gun gorgeous, psychosexually unnerving, fantasy action-riffic |
| A Good Husband |
yes |
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employs a daring sleight of hand in its storytelling |
| Glove |
yes |
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a schmaltzy story fielded well |
| Forget Me Not |
yes |
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*an adroit blend of cinematic poetic flourish, sure pacing and British understatement |
| Clash |
yes |
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a dazzling Vietnamese martial arts movie with a soul, a stylish, gorgeously photographed film. |
| Battlefield Heroes |
yes |
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a broad satire on the follies of war |
| Exodus Fall |
yes |
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Tribulation and triumph accompany three siblings on a 1,000-mile trek. |
| No Eres Tú, Soy Yo |
yes |
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a jaunty, clever comedy about a cardiologist's broken heart |
| Zokkomon |
yes |
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*more substance and cohesiveness than much Bollywood fare |
| Winter in Wartime |
so-so |
80 |
75 |
Straightforward and solid but only mildly involving |
| Black Death |
so-so |
75 |
57 |
named for the continent-spanning pestilence that notoriously wiped out half of Europe |
| The Adjustment Bureau |
so-so |
69 |
59 |
based on a Philip K Dick story of would-be lovers |
| Scream 4 |
so-so |
58 |
52 |
slicing, dicing and laughing again |
| Monogamy |
so-so |
53 |
57 |
suffers from a late-inning collapse into thematic obviousness |
| Water for Elephants. |
so-so |
53 |
44 |
there hangs over this serviceable project the wish that it had turned out better still |
| Soul Surfer |
so-so |
51 |
38 |
coming-of-age story about shark-attack victim Bethany Hamilton. |
| Desert Flower |
so-so |
50 |
60 |
A weighty Somali biopic that never hits full blossom |
| Vanishing on 7th Street |
so-so |
50 |
54 |
a few more shrieks might have been nice |
| Drive Angry |
so-so |
47 |
30 |
its giddy self-awareness comes to feel like a lazy excuse for the slack pacing |
| The Grace Card |
so-so |
35 |
17 |
lapses into melodrama, contrivance and improbability |
| Your Highness |
so-so |
25 |
10 |
uneven but fun sword-and-sandals sendup |
| Beastly |
so-so |
21 |
25 |
more likeable than not |
| Dear Lemon Lima |
so-so |
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mostly stays as bright as its candy-colored palette |
| The Warring States |
so-so |
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nifty fight sequences, clever bits of wartime subterfuge, scenic outdoor photography |
| Tyler Perry's Madea's One Big Happy Family |
so-so |
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maintains the template and then some |
| I Will Follow |
no |
89 |
83 |
falls short of its good intentions |
| The Lincoln Lawyer |
no |
81 |
81 |
the narrative flow trips things up considerably |
| Hanna |
no |
71 |
58 |
starts off like a house afire but soon burns itself out |
| You Won't Miss Me |
no |
70 |
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semi-meandering portrait of a not-terribly-successful actress in New York City |
| Never Say Never |
no |
68 |
60 |
the shrieking of Bieber's audience often overwhelms the music |
| Limitless |
no |
64 |
62 |
all the smarts in the world don't keep you from making dumb decisions |
| Trust |
no |
64 |
55 |
hampered by a lack of visual finesse |
| Kill the Irishman |
no |
62 |
46 |
plays like an explosion's aftermath: shards of mob movies that add up to the usual "Goodfellas" knockoff. |
| Wrecked |
no |
55 |
78 |
Confused guy in car with dead guy in the back seat |
| White Irish Drinkers |
no |
52 |
50 |
hopelessly regimented emotional beats and by-the-numbers storytelling |
| Brotherhood |
no |
47 |
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A fraternity loyalty ritual goes blazingly wrong |
| Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen' |
no |
46 |
40 |
stylish and assured, … bloated and hollow |
| Super |
no |
44 |
38 |
flings around its dingy shocks with little feel for context, wit or filmmaking skill. |
| Happythankyoumoreplease |
no |
44 |
25 |
Twentysomethings kvetch about their lives |
| Henry's Crime |
no |
44 |
8 |
the film's ungainly mix of heist, romance and backstage comedy never jells |
| The Over the Hill Band |
no |
43 |
40 |
dramedy that never quite jells into the winning look at senior citizens |
| Ceremony |
no |
41 |
14 |
A wedding crasher tries to win back the girl |
| The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman |
no |
40 |
33 |
rattles relentlessly on |
| Cracks |
no |
39 |
33 |
Higher learning falls through the 'Cracks.' |
| The Eagle |
no |
36 |
38 |
manages to feel too flat and mild |
| Hall Pass |
no |
34 |
31 |
continues that creative slide into everyday crude |
| Battle: Los Angeles |
no |
33 |
22 |
interminable explosions, L.A. burnt to a crisp |
| Meeting Spencer |
no |
33 |
17 |
a lame, tedious comedy |
| Meet Monica Velour |
no |
31 |
29 |
a young dork sets out to meet the '80s-era porn star he worships |
| Take Me Home Tonight' |
no |
30 |
31 |
the video store plot line feels dated from the opening |
| The Chaperone |
no |
27 |
25 |
haphazardly clichéd |
| Now & Later |
no |
27 |
20 |
tawdry sex and political rants |
| Arthur |
no |
25 |
25 |
sterile remake |
| Hop |
no |
24 |
25 |
The only thing missing is any real wonder, imagination or comic verve. |
| Peep World |
no |
22 |
13 |
a collection of personality disorders in search of a story |
| Cat Run |
no |
20 |
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a careless lack of attention about the whole thing...haphazard and lazy. |
| Just Go With It |
no |
18 |
24 |
more like a loose improv session |
| Miral |
no |
17 |
12 |
plays out with an awkward staidness, the results not so much prismatic as fragmented. |
| Red Riding Hood |
no |
11 |
6 |
Smartly conceived and beautifully shot... undermined by bad execution. |
| Immigration Tango |
no |
10 |
14 |
inept |
| Footprints |
no |
10 |
0 |
This often risible head-scratcher never cracks the surface of its muddled ambitions |
| Atlas Shrugged |
no |
9 |
8 |
fails to rise even to the level of "eh" |
| Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son |
no |
8 |
11 |
unfunny, underdeveloped and slapped-together |
| Devolved |
no |
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more tired than inspired |
| Spooner |
no |
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short-film material...stretched to feature-length breaking point |
| Detective K |
no |
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a slapdash mixture of comedy, mystery, action and historical drama |
| Redland |
no |
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has a rough-hewn power that becomes a wearying form of excess |
| The Last Godfather |
no |
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mostly flat in this would-be, fish-out-of-water comedy. |