Film
Title |
Critics |
Readers |
We |
LAT |
Ebert |
Roeper |
The Gist |
A Walk
Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory |
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yes |
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Beyond
the Call |
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yes |
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Blindness |
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yes |
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Blindsight |
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yes |
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Bloodline |
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yes |
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Bomb It |
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yes |
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Bonneville |
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yes |
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Chop
Shop |
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yes |
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Constantine's
Sword |
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yes |
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Hats Off |
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yes |
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Heavy
Metal in Baghdad |
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yes |
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Hollywood
Chinese |
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yes |
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I for
India |
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yes |
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Indestructible |
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yes |
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Jellyfish |
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yes |
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OSS 117:
Cairo, Nest of Spies |
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yes |
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Pathology |
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yes |
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Refusenik |
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yes |
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Shotgun
Stories |
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yes |
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Swimming
in Auschwitz |
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yes |
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The Cool
School |
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yes |
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The
Dhamma Brothers |
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yes |
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The
Favor |
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yes |
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Times
and Winds |
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yes |
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Trying
to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon |
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yes |
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Tuya's
Marriage |
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yes |
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Unsettled |
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yes |
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Up the
Yangtze |
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yes |
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Wonders
Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic.' |
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yes |
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Dare Not
Walk Alone |
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so-so |
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Mr.
Lonely |
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so-so |
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The
Mother of Tears |
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so-so |
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Vice |
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so-so |
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Meet
Bill |
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no |
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down |
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Before
the Rains |
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no |
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Jack and
Jill vs. the World |
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no |
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Polar
Opposites |
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no |
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Solar
Flare |
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no |
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The
First Saturday in May |
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no |
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The
Memory Thief |
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no |
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The Poet |
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no |
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Turn the
River |
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no |
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Water |
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no |
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Recount |
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up |
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Baghead |
A |
D |
N/A |
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clever insider's riff about life
on the lo-fi end of the indie spectrum |
When Did
You Last See Your Father? |
A |
C |
C+ |
no |
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intelligent, engaging
entertainment |
Redbelt |
A |
B- |
B |
yes |
|
up |
absorbing and colorful |
The Foot
Fist Way |
A |
B- |
A- |
yes |
|
down |
This is irritainment |
Stuck |
A |
B- |
B+ |
yes |
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ingeniously nasty and often
shockingly funny |
My
Winnipeg |
A |
C- |
A |
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simultaneously heartfelt and
mocking ode |
The
Go-Getter |
A |
C |
N/A |
so-so |
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an unusually fresh-feeling indie |
Encounters
at the End of the World |
A |
B |
N/A |
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gorgeously shot chronicle |
Mongol |
A |
B+ |
N/A |
yes |
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dazzling cinematography, bloody
battles |
Bigger,
Stronger, Faster |
A |
C+ |
A- |
yes |
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entertaining and
journalistically credible |
The Edge
of Heaven |
A- |
C |
N/A |
yes |
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utterly assured, profoundly
moving |
Reprise |
A- |
C |
A |
yes |
|
up |
dazzlingly kinetic |
Then She
Found Me |
A- |
A |
C- |
no |
|
down |
a smart, subtle and seriously
funny dramedy |
Mother
of Tears |
A- |
C- |
N/A |
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Witty to the point of hilarity,
blood-soaked |
Sangre
de Mi Sangre |
A- |
C |
C+ |
up |
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visceral excitement and
heartbreaking |
Iron Man |
A- |
A- |
A- |
so-so |
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up |
There's no rust on this baby. |
Kung Fu
Panda |
B+ |
B+ |
B+ |
so-so |
|
up |
very good-looking, modestly
funny |
Blind
Mountain |
B+ |
N/A |
B |
yes |
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an intense thriller |
The
Tracey Fragments |
B+ |
A- |
B- |
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down |
a paucity of content |
Surfwise |
B+ |
C+ |
B |
yes |
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a mesmerizingly ambivalent
documentary |
Roman de
Gare |
B+ |
N/A |
B+ |
yes |
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glossy melange of suspense and
romance |
Water
Lilies |
B+ |
C+ |
B- |
yes |
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nails the aching doubts and
offhanded cruelty of 15- and 16-year-old girls. |
Zombie
Strippers |
B+ |
C |
N/A |
yes |
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down |
consistently hilarious, brutal,
and titillating |
Forgetting
Sarah Marshall |
B+ |
B+ |
B+ |
so-so |
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up |
laugh-filled and utterly
delightful |
How the
Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer |
B+ |
B- |
B- |
yes |
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up |
slowly ingratiates with its
warmth and humor. |
Quid Pro
Quo |
B |
C+ |
C+ |
yes |
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strikingly original and
provocative |
The
Incredible Hulk |
B |
B+ |
B- |
so-so |
|
up |
a neat thrill ride with an
intelligent script ` |
The
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian |
B |
B+ |
B+ |
yes |
|
down |
this is a movie that showcases
battle. Lots and lots of battle. |
Four
Minutes |
B |
C |
N/A |
no |
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built from cliché. |
Standard
Operating Procedure |
B |
N/A |
B |
yes |
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up |
misses the bigger picture. |
Fugitive
Pieces |
B |
C |
B+ |
yes |
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generally dull and unmemorable |
Harold
& Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay |
B |
A |
A- |
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down |
an over-the-top and beyond-PC
comedy |
Poultrygeist:
Night of the Chicken Dead |
B |
C- |
N/A |
yes |
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Every variation on disgusting
you can think of |
Noise |
B- |
C+ |
N/A |
yes |
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down |
a disappointing misfire. |
The
Forbidden Kingdom |
B- |
B+ |
C+ |
so-so |
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up |
handsome albeit unexceptional |
Mister
Lonely |
B- |
D+ |
A |
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one whacked-out piece of cinema. |
Baby
Mama |
B- |
C |
B |
yes |
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up |
never fully delivers. |
Without
the King |
B- |
N/A |
B |
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runs out of steam halfway
through |
The
Strangers |
B- |
B |
C+ |
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down |
careens off the rails halfway
through |
Son of
Rambow |
B- |
C |
B |
so-so |
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down |
modestly eccentric entertainment |
Sex and
the City |
B- |
B- |
B |
yes |
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down |
a big sweet tasty layer cake |
The Fall |
B- |
C |
B- |
no |
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down |
an excuse to string together
luscious images. |
Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
B- |
B+ |
B+ |
yes |
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up |
delivers the goods |
The
Unknown Woman |
B- |
B |
N/A |
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full of holes and
improbabilities. |
Savage
Grace |
B- |
B |
B |
yes |
|
down |
a twisted mesmerizer of a movie |
You
Don't Mess with the Zohan |
C |
B+ |
B- |
no |
|
down |
at least a few comedic targets
are hit |
Rogue |
C |
B |
N/A |
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a competent horror yarn |
Speed
Racer |
C |
B |
A |
no |
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up |
causes the sensation of being
trapped inside a 3-D video game. |
Made of
Honor |
C |
B- |
D- |
no |
|
down |
a nice cookie-cutter comedy |
The
Children of Huang Shi |
C |
C+ |
C+ |
so-so |
|
down |
cloddish if gorgeous-looking |
Anamorph |
C |
B- |
C+ |
no |
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the ultimate in subtext with no
text |
Kiss the
Bride |
C |
A |
C+ |
no |
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Formulaic gay comedy |
The
Promotion |
C- |
B- |
B- |
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up |
low-key, witty, observant farce |
Deception |
C- |
B |
C+ |
no |
|
down |
a preposterously plotted
neo-noir |
Where in
the World Is Osama Bin Laden? |
C- |
C+ |
C- |
so-so |
|
down |
glib and shallow and facile |
The
Happening |
C- |
B |
C- |
no |
|
up |
a patchy, uninspired
eco-thriller |
What
Happens in Vegas |
C- |
B- |
C+ |
no |
|
down |
The insults fly with whip-crack
timing |
Frontier(s) |
C- |
C+ |
N/A |
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a 100-minute hemorrhage |
Deal |
D+ |
B |
F |
no |
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down |
usual sports-movie and
coming-of-age clichés |
The Life
Before Her Eyes |
D+ |
C+ |
C |
so-so |
|
up |
overstated and overwrought. |
A
Previous Engagement |
D+ |
F |
B- |
no |
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slow going |
War,
Inc. |
D+ |
C+ |
D- |
so-so |
|
down |
a nearly complete misfire. |
The
Babysitters |
D |
D+ |
N/A |
so-so |
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overbroad satire and almost
total lack of conviction. |
Expelled:
No Intelligence Allowed |
D |
B- |
N/A |
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Bizarre and hysterical. |
Postal |
D- |
D+ |
C |
no |
|
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tone-deaf, and nonsensical |
88
Minutes |
F |
B- |
F |
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|
down |
Al Pacino's career worst. |
Miss
Conception |
F |
C- |
D- |
no |
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Miscast and miscalculated |
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