Film Title	Critics	Readers	We	LAT	Ebert	Roeper	The Gist
American Cannibal				yes			.
American Pastime				yes			.
Bamako				yes			.
Casting About				yes			.
Fakers				yes			.
Fighting Words				yes			.
Gypsy Caravan				yes			.
In Search of Mozart				yes			.
Lights in the Dusk				yes			.
Noriko's Dinner Table				yes			.
Rock the Bells				yes			.
Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez				yes			.
Ten Canoes				yes			.
The Ritchie Boys				yes			.
Amu				so-so			.
Arctic Tale				so-so		no	.
David & Layla				so-so			.
Duck				so-so			.
Exterminating Angels				so-so			.
Six Days				so-so			.
The Last Confederate				so-so			.
Provoked				no		down	.
Banished				no			.
Downtown: A Street Tale				no			.
Egoïste				no			.
Gandhi My Father				no			.
Girl 27				no			.
Hoboken Hollow				no			.
Inlaws & Outlaws				no			.
Laura Smiles				no			.
Memories of Tomorrow				no			.
Operation Homecoming				no			.
Redline				no			.
Something to Cheer About				no			.
The Far Side of Jericho				no			.
The Last Time				no			.
The Parallel				no			.
The Salon				no			.
Yellow				no			.
L'Iceberg						up	.
Superbad						up	.
The Trials of Darryl Hunt	A	B+	N/A				a powerful and unsettling chronicle
Wind Chill	A	B	N/A	so-so			efficient, atmospheric, modestly scaled
Dans Paris	A	N/A	N/A				a genuinely honest, unpretentious and delightful, small film
Rescue Dawn	A	A-	A	yes		up	packs a wrenching emotional punch
28 Weeks Later	A	B+	B	no		up	Swift, vicious and grimly imaginative
Lady Chatterley	A	C-	N/A	yes			a movie as timely as it is thrilling to watch.
Grindhouse	A	B+	A	yes		up	a fascinating exercise in genre reinvention
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox	A	B	B+	yes			For that segment of America currently worshipping at the altar of quirkiness
Black Book	A	B+	A	yes			a high-octane adventure rooted in fact, with a raft of arresting characters, big action sequences and twists and turns galore
A Mighty Heart	A	B	B	yes		up	respectful, committed, on-the-side-of-right dramatization
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal	A	B	B+	yes			surprisingly lively biography
Poison Friends	A	C+	A-	yes			engaging tale of ambition, fabulation, romance and deceit
Once	A	B+	A-			up	has enormous charm and zero pretense.
Dynamite Warrior	A	B	C				Another blast of Muay Thai mayhem
The Willow Tree	A	N/A	N/A				a series of glistening tone poems.
The Hoax	A	B-	B+	yes			fearlessly wades through the slippery psychology of a shameless liar
Knocked Up	A	A-	A	so-so		up	a terrific film — one of the year's best, easily
Manufactured Landscapes	A	C+	B+				a highly unusual viewing experience that stimulates the senses and the conscience simultaneously.
Everything's Gone Green	A	C-	B+	yes			starts coming into sharper focus as it seemingly shambles along
Strike	A	C	N/A	yes			Thalbach's Agnieszka is irresistible
Ratatouille	A	A-	A	yes			the master chefs at Pixar have blended all the right ingredients
Fracture	A	B+	C-	no		down	a movie of slick surfaces, smart dialogue and intricate, chesslike maneuvers
Ghosts of Cité Soleil	A	B	N/A	yes			a spectacularly turbulent portrait
Hot Fuzz	A	A-	A-	yes		up	deeply nuts and exhaustingly hilarious.
Blame It on Fidel	A	N/A	B+				thoroughly delightful
Punk's Not Dead	A	C+	N/A	yes			a diehard's scrapbook of three decades of living punk
Away From Her	A	B-	A	yes		up	deep and sensitive
Hairspray	A	B+	A-	yes		up	a lot of fun — colorful, sassy, and brisk.
I Don't Want To Sleep Alone	A	C	A				demands a sharp eye and ever sharper wits
The Simpsons Movie	A	A-	A	so-so		up	everything a fan of the 18-year-old animated Fox television series could ask for.
The Real Dirt on Farmer John	A	A	A	yes			a loving, moving, inspiring, quirky documentary
Severance	A	B+	D	so-so		down	razor-sharp comedy horror film
The Hip Hop Project	A	B	B	so-so			irresistibly uplifting.
Year of the Dog	A	B-	N/A	so-so		up	a satisfying and funny, if ironic, comedy
Sicko	A	B-	A	yes		up	the least controversial and most broadly appealing of Mr. Moore's movies.
The Devil Came on Horseback	A	A	A-	yes			a sickeningly effective call to action
Black Sheep	A	C	D+	yes		down	writer-director King deserves credit for wringing every ounce of ovine mayhem from his sheep-for-brains premise.
The Bourne Ultimatum	A	A	A	yes		up	a full-blown techno-thriller frenzy
Joshua	A-	B-	B+	yes			superbly crafted psychological thriller
Red Road	A-	C+	A-	yes			a nervy and taut thriller
The Boss of It All	A-	C-	N/A	yes			very funny.
Syndromes and a Century	A-	B	A				a movie of long serene takes and gentle absurdities.
Talk to Me	A-	B+	B+	yes		up	a rowdy, richly offbeat biopic
1408	A-	B+	B	so-so		up	a deft Stephen King freak-out.
No End in Sight	A-	B-	B+	yes		up	Masterfully edited and cumulatively walloping
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway	A-	C+	A-	yes			good entertainment
Drama/Mex	A-	C-	N/A	no			deceptively complex
Paprika	A-	B	A	yes			above-average Japanese anime
Zoo	A-	D	N/A	yes			bold and unforgettable meditation on a truly bizarre incident
Colma: The Musical	A-	B+	N/A				a riotous, effervescent and even gritty treat
Unconscious	A-	A-	B	yes			frequently very funny.
Private Fears in Public Places	A-	D	N/A	yes			consistently dazzling in a purely visual sense
Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea	A-	C-	B+	yes			historically thorough and thoroughly hysterical
Chalk	A-	B-	B-	yes			A class act among mockumentaries
Beyond Hatred	A-	C+	N/A				Viewers expecting daytime-TV style histrionics from such emotive material will be struck by the quiet
Live Free or Die Hard	A-	A-	B	yes			a tremendously entertaining, old-fashioned action flick.
Surf's Up	A-	B	D	yes		up	sometimes riding the buoyant swells of a giggly stoner joke, and other times cautiously paddling well-tested corporate currents.
Triad Election	A-	B	N/A	yes			the prevailing sense of dread and simmering danger is palpable.
Sunshine	A-	B+	A	yes			a first-class head trip.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	A-	B+	A-	so-so		up	a sleek, swift and exciting adaptation
This Is England	A-	B-	B+	yes			botches the big picture.
My Best Friend	A-	C	N/A	yes		up	Light, airy, and sweet
La Vie En Rose	A-	B-	B	yes			impressively mounted and involving
Moliére	B+	C+	N/A				highly enjoyable costume drama
The Wendell Baker Story	B+	B+	C	no		down	A sweet, dumb pup of a movie
Tekkonkinkreet	B+	C	A	yes			too cute and too rambling.
The Valet	B+	B+	B-	yes			a fun premise and satisfying quotient of laughs
Day Night Day Night	B+	B-	N/A	so-so			dramatically limited but strangely powerful
Cashback	B+	C	C-	yes		up	Slickly charming, genteelly erotic and directed with supreme polish
Diggers	B+	B-	B-	so-so		up	has a lyrical feel for place, period, and the rhythms of a small-town community
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman	B+	B+	N/A	yes			dark but absorbing
The TV Set	B+	A-	N/A	yes			very smart, very funny
Jindabyne	B+	A	C+	yes			a soberly, if sluggishly, crafted movie in which the bitterness never stops.
The Camden 28	B+	F	N/A				stinging, and finally instructive
Waitress	B+	A-	B+			up	sweetheart of a comedy boasts a hilarious and heartfelt performance by Keri Russell
Day Watch	B+	B	B-				a minor wackjob head trip.
Lonely Hearts	B+	B+	N/A	so-so		down	more humdrum than terrible
Golden Door	B+	C+	N/A	yes			imaginative, intelligent and attractive
Vitus	B+	C+	B	yes			charming and smart
Disturbia	B+	A-	B	no		up	Better and more likable than today's average thriller
Brand Upon the Brain!	B+	B-	A				weird and very funny
You're Gonna Miss Me	B+	D	N/A				skimps on perspective and complexity
You Kill Me	B+	C+	C	yes		up	hilariously deadpan comic performances by Ben Kingsley and Tea Leoni make it a consistent pleasure.
Transformers	B+	A-	B+	no		up	Big, loud and full of testosterone-fueled car fantasies
Stephanie Daley	B+	C+	B+	yes			shines a piercing light onto some of the hidden terrors of women
Becoming Jane	B	B+	B	no		down	a finely tooled Brit-lit costumer
Crazy Love	B	C	A-	yes		up	a case of intriguing subject matter and lackluster execution.
Gracie	B	B	B-	so-so		up	too often reaches for broad-strokes inspiration in a way that feels generic.
The Method	B	C	N/A				If only the writing matched the film's style and acting.
Macbeth	B	B-	N/A	no			furiously paced and unapologetically cinematic.
Hair High	B	C	N/A	no			nicely walks the border between ridiculously gross and outright offensive.
Spider-Man 3	B	B+	A-	so-so		down	an action-packed tale with the emotional heft and humor we've come to expect from the series.
Hollywood Dreams	B	D+	N/A	so-so			a wistful contemplation of the fickle nature of movie success.
Bug	B	C+	B+	so-so		down	enjoyably icky
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion	B	C	N/A				too focused, too unwilling to waver from its mission
Fido	B	B-	N/A	yes		down	brightly packaged and steadily amusing
Wild Tigers I Have Known	B	D+	B+				stylish flourishes hold things together in the absence of strong plotting.
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres	B	B+	A	so-so		down	they succeed enough of the time to make a perversely entertaining movie.
Ocean's Thirteen	B	B+	B+	so-so		up	does recapture much of the spirit of the original film.
DOA: Dead or Alive	B	C	N/A				the best butt-kicking PG-13 bikini jigglefest since the first 'Charlie's Angels' flick.
Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman	B	D+	N/A				By turns playful, sexy, tragic and contemplative
Whole New Thing	B-	D+	C-	yes			Pleasant, moderately offbeat
Summer in Berlin	B-	D+	D+				nicely observed and played, but writ a tad small to leave much impression.
Vacancy	B-	B+	B-	yes		down	a schlock surprise: a no-frills motel-hell slasher film — with a bit of soul.
In the Land of Women	B-	B	C	yes		up	combines hugs and 'pain' and dialogue so fakey-cute it makes your ears hurt.
Firehouse Dog	B-	B	C-	yes			Eventually, though, the script wises up and settles down for a surprisingly heartfelt father/son relationship
Interview	B-	B-	B-	so-so			Any doubts as to whether Sienna Miller is a gifted actress should be laid to rest
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	B-	A-	B	so-so		up	the biggest, loudest and second-best (or second-worst) 'Pirates' ever
Flanders	B-	C	B+	yes			a somber, beautifully acted reflection on the barbarity of war and the bestiality of man
Paris, Je T'Aime	B-	B	B+	yes		up	has an overall winning charm
Shrek the Third	B-	B+	C+	no		down	if this calculated amalgam of snark and heart had more wit, you wouldn't think much about not loving the way it looks.
Adam's Apples	B-	B-	C-	so-so			peculiar but oddly winsome fable
Fay Grim	B-	C+	N/A	yes			the shift from dry, offbeat wit to politically charged drama is a little jarring
Broken English	C+	C	C	yes		up	the wish-fulfillment content is awfully flimsy
Nancy Drew	C+	B+	B+	so-so		up	serves up stale mystery-movie clichés and overcooked red herrings in a thoroughly wooden adaptation.
Eagle vs. Shark	C+	D	C-	no			clearly meant to be funnier than it is.
Goya's Ghosts	C+	C	D+	so-so			thoroughly watchable for its visuals but ultimately hollow.
The Ex	C	B	C+	no		down	off-the-wall, go-for-broke zaniness
Even Money	C	B	D	no		down	overstructured, overacted indie drama
Hot Rod	C	A-	B+	yes		down	aggressively silly
Introducing the Dwights	C	D+	D+	yes		up	heavy-handed and often ham-fisted
The Treatment	C	C+	B-	yes			Short, sweet, and hardly ever cloying
Evening	C	B	C	no			an all-star team of filmmakers takes on a minor-league story.
Hostel: Part II	C	B	B+				Graphic? Gratuitous? Yes and yes, absolutely.
No Reservations	C	B	B-	no			Agreeably prepared and attractively presented
The Tripper	C	B-	N/A				a mostly dull-blade exercise that offers little to think or scream about
Slow Burn	C	B-	C-	no			fails to ignite the imagination and has direct-to-video etched all over it.
Snow Cake	C	C+	C+	yes		up	The dramatic icing is spread pretty thin
Lucky You	C	C+	D+			up	pic spends so much time at the tables that director Curtis Hanson fails to do much else
El Cantante	C	A-	D+	no		up	someone left the salsa out on the counter too long.
If I Didn't Care	C	N/A	N/A				suitably sets its stage within a community of believable back-stabbers
Smiley Face	C	B	N/A				a stoned meander through incidents that are seldom more than mildly inspired
Civic Duty	C-	B-	C	no		up	arresting but ill-served by an overly fussy visual treatment
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	C-	B+	C+	no			Relentlessly juvenile and awash in stereotypes
Are We Done Yet?	C-	B	D+	no			Fans of the first film can rest assured that a change in the director's chair has done little to curb the overall tone of slapstick desperation
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	C-	B+	C-	so-so		down	passable comic book stuff, dumb and loud.
Angel-A	C-	C	B+	no			amiably inconsequential fairy tale
Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace	C-	B	D	yes			This uneven romantic comedy is firmly in the Zach Braff–ian mold
The Flying Scotsman	C-	C+	N/A				a sincere but shallow drama
The Reaping	C-	B	D+				lurid, often ludicrously entertaining slab of Biblesploitation
The Hawk Is Dying	C-	D+	B				the film is not only hard to understand, it isn't much fun trying to figure it out.
Mr. Brooks	C-	B	D-	no		up	begins promisingly, but it grows steadily more preposterous as it goes along
One to Another	D+	B	N/A	yes			pretentious expedition into the outer limits of narcissistic sexuality
Underdog	D+	B-	C+	no			clumsy, fast-moving and thoroughly inoffensive.
Next	D+	B	C	no			lives from one brilliantly executed chase sequence to the next
The Ten	D+	N/A	N/A	no		up	uneven but often hilarious.
Evan Almighty	D+	B	C-	no		down	Carell's skill with physical comedy is a saving grace
Brooklyn Rules	D+	B-	D	so-so			anemic urban drama
Bratz: The Movie	D+	B	C	no			noisy, cloying and hysterically adolescent
Blind Dating	D+	B+	N/A				aims for 'American Pie' raunch, which doesn't work in a watered-down PG-13 form.
License to Wed	D	B-	F	no			an astonishingly flat romantic comedy
Perfect Stranger	D	B	D+	no		down	so by-the-numbers that it's hardly worth keeping count.
Home of the Brave	D	B-	D				the significant subject matter cries out for a defter directorial touch
Georgia Rule	D-	C	F	no		down	an Ingmar Bergman script as directed by Jerry Lewis.
Pathfinder	D-	B	C-	no			repetitive and poorly lit battle scenes
Delta Farce	D-	C+	B				entirely laughless
I Know Who Killed Me	F	C+	D				it's uncomfortable to watch someone who's hit rock bottom in her personal life play such a sleazy character
Shortcut to Happiness	F	C-	N/A				awkwardly paced, indifferently acted and laughably hokey.
Captivity	F	C	F	no			a very sorry and unthrilling piece of nastiness
The Invisible	F	B	C-	no			really isn't worth seeing.
Kickin' It Old Skool	F	B	N/A	no			fails to live up to even the feeble potential of its premise.
The Condemned	F	B	D-	no		down	Don't feel guilty for enjoying the violence.
Who's Your Caddy?	F	C+	N/A	so-so			tries to create racial issues where there are none
Daddy Day Camp	F	D+	N/A	no		down	suffers all the near-classic sequel handicaps