LAT RTMC RTC
documentary



Project Nim yes 97 100 *d:unsettling
Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? yes 97 93 *d:Taggart Siegel's vital documentary explains how colony collapse disorder could have critical effects on humans.
One Lucky Elephant yes 96 100 *d:A crusty circus owner struggles to find a home for an African elephant
Cave of Forgotten Dreams yes 95 100 *d:stepping inside the Chauvet cave
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff yes 95 100 d:filled with gloriously vivid HD clips
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest yes 95 100 *d:an absorbing exploration of the history of the long-running hip-hop collective
Making the Boys yes 94 100 d:paints a vivid portrait of the era
Crime After Crime yes 93 86 d:deeply affecting account of the very real effect of political corruption
Passione yes 88 78 d:a vibrant exploration and celebration of Neapolitan music
Buck yes 85 79 d:the hard-knocks-but-hope-infused story of horse whisperer Buck Brannaman.
The Last Mountain yes 83 71 d:a damning look at Big Coal
Make Believe yes 82 86 d:lively ... though not terribly deep or revealing
Forks Over Knives yes 80 83 d:persuasive presentation of solutions to unhealthy eating habits
Rejoice and Shout yes 80 83 d:vibrant and comprehensive
Beautiful Darling yes 75 86 d:The allure of fame and the cruelty of an alienated life
Farmageddon yes 75 83 d:war on America's small farmers
Hey Boo: Harper Lee and "To Kill a Mockingbird" yes 74 80 d:the story it tells remains completely fascinating.
Blank City yes 74 75 d:mid-70s to mid-'80s Lower Manhattan No Wave Cinema movement
Exporting Raymond yes 71 67 d:[a] very entertaining cultural exchange
The People vs. George Lucas yes 69 80 d:Even his greatest detractors will still camp out for the next "Star Wars" installment.
How to Live Forever yes 62 80 d:the perils and possibilities that come with growing old.
Jig yes 60 36 d:superbly crafted, giving Irish step-dancing an exuberant treatment.
Page One: Inside the New York Times no 77 69 d:A lot of what they say is intriguing, but you wish they could stick to the point.
L'Amour Fou no 63 57 d:affectionate and frustrating
The Undefeated no 0 0 d:Essentially a Sarah Palin infomercial masquerading as a documentary
animated



Winnie the Pooh yes 91 97 *proves a fitting tribute to one of the last century's most enduring children's tales.
Kung Fu Panda 2 yes 80 79 *Po returns in fine, paunchy form
Cars 2 yes 34 44 genially entertaining
Mia and the Migoo so-so 44 29 never fully pinpoints its intended audience
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil so-so 10 9 a storybook hurled straight at your head
regular movies



Poetry yes 100 100 *an aging woman trying to find her voice while encountering ugly truths in her small Korean town.
Leap Year yes 100 100 *deeply unsettling, psychologically acute
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 yes 97 100 *the last, and one of the best, in the film series
NEDS yes 96
*a deft fusion of period detail, kitchen-sink grit and heightened cinematic reality.
City of Life and Death yes 93 89 the rape of Nanking is powerful and not to be missed
Midnight in Paris yes 92 96 *Woody Allen has made a wonderful new picture
Delhi Belly yes 91 100 Bollywood pleasing escapist fare.
Submarine yes 91 81 *smart and funny
Bridesmaids yes 90 88 *real people in real relationships, real raunchy, real funny.
13 Assassins yes 90 83 *a classic samurai movie, right up there among the finest in the genre
The Double Hour yes 86 100 *A love story wrapped in a way-twisty thriller
Beginners yes 86 88 buoyant and disarming
Terri yes 84 86 *captivating film about conflicted high schoolers.
Viva Riva! yes 84 67 a nastily effective, sociologically pungent gangster drama
Road to Nowhere yes 83 86 *A shimmering neo-noir film about a femme fatale
Stake Land yes 81 92 familiar fright tropes feel vaguely organic again
Fast Five yes 79 81 hot jacking action
Trollhunter yes 79 62 nicely rises above this overused conceit
The Robber yes 79
the true exploits of one of Austria's most-wanted lawbreakers
Everything Must Go yes 76 82 No great epiphanies, just a few days, a little perspective, nicely told.
The Tree yes 76 75 a lyrical story of loss and longing
Earthwork yes 75 57 a flawless gem
Just Like Us yes 73 83 an amusing, uniquely unifying effort.
Horrible Bosses yes 72 61 *works in spite of its cruder, scrotum-centric instincts.
!Women Art Revolution (!W.A.R.) yes 64 75 The struggle for equality for women in the pursuit of freedom of expression
Another Earth yes 63 69 sci-fi imaginings and quantum physics ... parallel universes
That's What I Am yes 60 100 *captivating and nostalgic coming-of-age dramedy
The First Grader yes 57 67 the life of Kimani Ng'ange'a Maruge
Hesher yes 53 48 a metal-head ... disrupts a mourning family
Jumping the Broom yes 52 56 Clashes of class within the African American community [presented] with humor, compassion and plenty of wisdom.
Mr. Popper's Penguins yes 46 45 far better for its penguins than its Popper
Skateland yes 44 43 a particularly affecting, well-observed portrait of young people coming of age
The High Cost of Living yes 44
heart-wrenching, beautifully articulated
Monte Carlo yes 39 38 simple, sweet fun abroad.
Spork yes

skewering schoolyard ignorance and cruelty to amusing, gratifying effect.
Dissolution yes

A man who killed longs for redemption
35 & Ticking yes

A capable cast and a good script makes going through a pre-midlife crisis enjoyable.
Love Exposure so-so 92
a one-of-a-kind experience
The Trip so-so 91 93 half fun, half irritation
Tree of Life so-so 87 91 demands to be admired but cannot be easily embraced.
Thor so-so 78 65 a mishmash with designs on being more interesting than it manages to be.
Captain America: The First Avenger so-so 73 76 There is, in fact, a pro forma nature to this entire project
Friends With Benefits so-so 70 67 even with all their huffing and puffing, [it] is never quite as satisfying as it should be.
True Legend so-so 68 75 dazzling fight sequences above any sort of cogent storytelling.
Sarah's Key so-so 66 53 goes back and forth between moments of strength and those that fall flat
A Little Help so-so 54 73 By turns well observed and overstated
Prom so-so 40 33 squeaky-clean to the point of mild-to-moderate aggravation, but it's not pushy.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon so-so 36 27 at least a better Bay has delivered a leaner, meaner, cleaner 3-D rage against the machines.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides so-so 34 32 the latest edition of Disney's waterlogged franchise
Green Lantern so-so 26 17 works in fits and starts as its disparate parts go in and out of effectiveness
Double Dhamaal so-so 20
silly Bollywood sequel about four goofy and unemployed men
Fading of the Cries so-so 0
there is something oddly comforting in the wide-eyed innocence and misguided commitment
The Chameleon so-so

Though the complexities remain underdeveloped, you won't be bored.
Singham so-so

a finish that is predictable and flawed by its vigilante-style tactics
X-Men: First Class no 87 71 Multiple plots, overreaching effects and ancillary characters
A Better Life no 83 80 overly earnest and filled with stereotypes and cliches.
Super 8 no 82 84 "Super 8's" elements do not jell into a satisfying whole.
The Beaver no 65 67 a torrential downpour of pain
Vincent Wants to Sea no 58
somewhere between a terrible affliction and a terribly funny affectation
Angel of Evil no 48
a restless and hollow rundown of '70s criminal Renato Vallanzasca
Bad Teacher no 46 28 There are too many F's and incompletes to give this Cameron Diaz comedy an A.
Empire of Silver no 45 67 makes for unwieldy melodrama
Last Night no 44 50 a drama so pointed it feels more like a thesis than a story.
Ironclad no 43 17 a muscular if cheesy tale of resistance heroism
The Perfect Host no 38 50 a short-film concept stretched way too thin.
Larry Crowne no 36 22 acceptable around the edges but hollow and shockingly unconvincing at its core
The Hangover Part II no 35 22 seems more interested in box-office loot than laughs
Sympathy for Delicious no 32 33 grows increasingly tattered and flimsy
The Ward no 31 23 bland shock therapy
The Best and the Brightest' no 29 0 flies off its comic rails after an engaging start
The Art of Getting By no 19 20 Hollywood teen rebellion takes a mopey, irritating turn
Priest no 19 9 a hodgepodge of a horror movie.
Something Borrowed no 17 3 comes out barely lukewarm
Beginning of the Great Revival no 17
a bloated, boring enactment of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Zookeeper no 14 16 gets old quickly
There Be Dragons no 13 14 an extremely clumsy contrivance
The Ledge no 12 0 suffers from a seriously flawed script.
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night no 8 0 vampires, werewolves, zombies, detective noir and spoofy comedy
The Big Bang no 8 0 Self-conscious genre moves are probably inevitable in a film billed as "neo-noir."
Passion Play no 5 13 leaden noir fantasy
A Love Affair of Sorts no 0 0 epic navel-gazing and interminably low-stakes visual artistry.
An Invisible Sign no 0 0 earnest but fatally uneven
The Abduction of Zack Butterfield no 0 0 mash faux social commentary into the clumpy mix
A Beautiful Life no

schmaltzy
A Proper Violence no

its debits far outweigh its potential merits.
Bloodworth no

misfired hillbilly gothic
Brother's Justice no

patchy mockumentary
Rift no

convoluted horror-thriller
The Bleeding House no

close-knit characters talk in awkwardly roundabout ways
The Putt Putt Syndrome no

comes off, at best, as a wan sex farce
Strangers Online no

schadenfreude-inspired, cheaply made (and even more cheaply thought out) video dreck.
Good Day for It no

Not agile enough to make the idea of a contemporary small-town western really work