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LAT |
RTMC |
RTC |
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documentary |
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The Interrupters |
yes |
100 |
100 |
*d:inspirational |
We Were Here |
yes |
100 |
100 |
d:how the AIDS epidemic devastated and transformed San Francisco's gay community. |
Summer Pasture |
yes |
100 |
|
d:has an earthy intimacy and compassion for its subjects |
Senna |
yes |
92 |
87 |
d:a moving tribute to one of the best Formula One drivers who ever lived |
Bobby Fischer Against the World |
yes |
86 |
100 |
d:expertly constructed |
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 |
yes |
84 |
86 |
*d:electric |
Life in a Day |
yes |
81 |
75 |
d:tries to capture the rhythms and unravel the rhymes of a single 24-hour period. |
Pearl Jam Twenty |
yes |
65 |
50 |
d:celebrates the Seattle rock band on its 20th anniversary |
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles |
yes |
61 |
67 |
d:something mysterious, a little strange and a lot of fun. |
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress |
yes |
54 |
64 |
*d:behind the scenes at the restaurant hailed as the most influential in the world. |
Programming the Nation? |
yes |
43 |
33 |
d:profoundly disturbing, as ambitious as it is provocative |
The Harvest/La Cosecha |
yes |
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d:the physical toll of migrant farm work on young workers |
Darwin |
yes |
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|
d:a beautiful, elegiac work with unexpected impact and meaning |
There Was Once |
yes |
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|
d:illuminating |
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure |
so-so |
71 |
63 |
taped arguments of alcoholics [and] their strange and increasingly sad afterlife |
Battle for Brooklyn |
so-so |
70 |
67 |
d:Although not exactly even-handed, the movie proves a deft look at a reluctant crusader |
Jane's Journey |
so-so |
45 |
40 |
d:does not make for compelling cinema |
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator |
so-so |
45 |
20 |
d:a naggingly studied tone |
The Boy Mir: Ten Years in Afghanistan |
so-so |
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d:gets under your skin in ways that are memorable and poignantly real |
Rebirth |
so-so |
|
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d:suffers occasionally from sentimental overreach |
The Whale |
so-so |
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d:the talking-head testimony, it grows repetitive |
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place |
no |
64 |
64 |
d:a psychedelic trip to nowhere |
The Weird World of Blowfly |
no |
60 |
|
d:The music is dirty and the film is a downer |
Finding Joe |
no |
43 |
|
d:weighed down by a barrage of declarations from zealots |
Chasing Madoff |
no |
41 |
25 |
d:frenzied |
Born and Bred |
no |
33 |
|
d:reaches for some big-picture connect-the-dots it can never quite pull together |
Sarah Palin: You Betcha! |
no |
29 |
17 |
d:stale and journalistically lacking |
In Search of God |
no |
|
|
d:painfully inept |
Connected |
no |
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d:dizzyingly jammed with animated and archival imagery |
animated |
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Nine Nation Animation |
yes |
93 |
100 |
*accomplished shorts from around the world |
The Smurfs |
no |
21 |
24 |
By turns grating and cloying, misguided. |
regular movies |
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|
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Weekend |
yes |
96 |
100 |
a moving and empathetic look at how relationships develop |
Rapt |
yes |
95 |
83 |
*Well-acted and procedurally sleek |
Moneyball |
yes |
94 |
97 |
*a story that goes beyond baseball. |
The Guard |
yes |
94 |
89 |
*a great gust of very funny fresh air. |
Silent Souls |
yes |
93 |
100 |
*a marvel |
Take Shelter |
yes |
93 |
93 |
*a world of darkness visible and unexpected light, as recognizable as it is surreal |
50/50 |
yes |
93 |
88 |
maintains its balance remarkably well. |
Point Blank |
yes |
92 |
100 |
*Unfolding at a blistering clip from its slam-bang opening through its bravura close |
Attack the Block |
yes |
89 |
86 |
*works as both a sci-fi horror flick and a teen adventure film. |
Bellflower |
yes |
88 |
100 |
*male aggression, fractured love, one tricked-out muscle car and a homemade flamethrower |
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame |
yes |
87 |
89 |
*splendid, action-filled period epic |
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil |
yes |
87 |
89 |
*a refreshingly upending horror-comedy bromance. |
The Hedgehog |
yes |
86 |
100 |
an exquisite, intimate film of restraint and delicacy |
Higher Ground |
yes |
84 |
87 |
intelligence, wit and mature spirit |
Mozart's Sister |
yes |
82 |
89 |
societal inequalities act as a dissonant countermelody to a famous artist's biography |
Rise of the Planet of the Apes |
yes |
81 |
79 |
*Smart, fun and thoroughly enjoyable |
The Myth of the American Sleepover |
yes |
77 |
73 |
evoking a coming of age as it should be rather than the way it really is. |
The Debt |
yes |
77 |
71 |
*a superbly crafted espionage thriller packed with Israeli-Nazi score settling |
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life |
yes |
76 |
60 |
Unconventional, imaginative, nothing if not audacious |
Mysteries of Lisbon |
yes |
75 |
83 |
*moves with its own logic, dreamlike and unshakable. |
Crazy, Stupid, Love |
yes |
75 |
76 |
*grand romantic gesture about grand romantic gestures |
Fright Night |
yes |
74 |
88 |
*clever, funny remake of the 1985 vampire film |
The Help |
yes |
73 |
68 |
an unlikely rebellion in a Southern town in the 1960s |
Littlerock |
yes |
72 |
67 |
ethereal and ephemeral musing on the art and artifice of communication. |
The Mill and the Cross |
yes |
71 |
63 |
dramatizes the creation of Pieter Bruegel's 1564 painting "The Way to Calvary" |
Griff the Invisible |
yes |
69 |
44 |
comically dismantles our superhero-worshiping culture |
Good Neighbors |
yes |
65 |
75 |
*Quirky, creepy and increasingly involving |
Mr. Nice |
yes |
57 |
80 |
*a compelling film about international drug trafficker Howard Marks |
"3" (Drei) |
yes |
50 |
43 |
involving, even when sentimentality creeps [in] |
The Sleeping Beauty |
yes |
46 |
|
*Sly and playful, it's a beauty. |
Colombiana |
yes |
36 |
50 |
a scandalous blend of action, sex and violence |
Special Treatment |
yes |
33 |
40 |
complex, compassionate and endlessly illuminating |
Creature |
yes |
11 |
14 |
*delightfully dopey |
Politics of Love |
yes |
|
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clever and lively |
Bodyguard |
yes |
|
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*a rousing example of Bollywood-style pure escapist entertainment |
My Brother's Bride |
yes |
|
|
the singing, dancing and settings, including the Taj Mahal, are stunning. |
My Afternoons With Margueritte |
yes |
|
|
as soft and light as a summer breeze |
@urFrenz |
yes |
|
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bracing yet understated drama. |
Dolphin Tale |
so-so |
83 |
88 |
well-meaning if stridently heart-tugging |
Contagion |
so-so |
82 |
82 |
some of its many plot strands play out less convincingly than others |
The Future |
so-so |
81 |
75 |
The film doesn't have much of a motor. But there's a lot to like, and to admire. |
Circumstance |
so-so |
75 |
75 |
sometimes choppy narrative |
Our Idiot Brother |
so-so |
67 |
67 |
[An] amiable, if underachieving comedy |
Amigo |
so-so |
62 |
64 |
Uneven but ultimately affecting |
Glee: The 3D Concert Movie |
so-so |
61 |
52 |
the hullabaloo might be lost on anyone who isn't a 'Gleek.' |
Gun Hill Road |
so-so |
58 |
44 |
narrative conflict leads inexorably into clichéd parent-child showdown |
House of Boys |
so-so |
57 |
|
a mostly winning combo of sex, old-fashioned corn, romance-novel fantasy and AIDS tragedy |
Puncture |
so-so |
55 |
78 |
more downer than dander-raiser |
Brighton Rock |
so-so |
51 |
38 |
stylish but heavy-going |
Berlin 36 |
so-so |
50 |
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doesn't clear the bar for dramatic impact |
30 Minutes or Less |
so-so |
44 |
34 |
just sharp enough at its peaks to be frustrating in its valleys |
Beware the Gonzo |
so-so |
44 |
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feels timid and unadventurous |
The Afterlight |
so-so |
38 |
0 |
glacially paced, symbolism-heavy |
Conan the Barbarian |
so-so |
26 |
23 |
it's kind of a wicked blast to watch, especially if you're in the mood for some righteous revenge. |
Machine Gun Preacher |
so-so |
22 |
13 |
could have used a good deal more of his discipline |
Apollo 18 |
so-so |
21 |
0 |
a low-key and unassuming film of rising tension rather than big scares or wild shocks. |
The Neighbor |
so-so |
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"Neighbor" is no masterpiece but is distinctive and deeply felt. |
The Road to Freedom |
so-so |
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needs more shape, more nuance and more punch. |
Drive |
no |
93 |
84 |
uncomfortable mixing of classic noir and contemporary mayhem. |
Warrior |
no |
82 |
82 |
shows promise before ultimately overdosing on its own testosterone |
The Whistleblower |
no |
64 |
53 |
too well-intentioned for its own good |
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark |
no |
59 |
47 |
Scary … at least until about 30 minutes in |
Final Destination 5 |
no |
57 |
26 |
Prepare to groan |
3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy |
no |
50 |
|
It plays more as pretense than plot |
Archie's Final Project |
no |
50 |
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Self-consciously fizzy but tasteless and ultimately sour |
The Devil's Double |
no |
49 |
58 |
relentlessly violent and lurid |
Cowboys & Aliens |
no |
44 |
53 |
A leaden mash-up of western and science-fiction elements that ends up noisy, grotesque and unappealing |
Margaret |
no |
43 |
36 |
a turbulent, unrealized dream |
Restless |
no |
37 |
24 |
ultimately runs aground on the film's overly familiar trappings. |
Straw Dogs |
no |
36 |
46 |
miscast, barely functional in terms of technique, stupid and unnecessary |
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy |
no |
29 |
45 |
uneven |
One Day |
no |
27 |
25 |
the pieces never come together in this disappointing romantic drama |
Shark Night 3D |
no |
24 |
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a disposable hard-body-count B movie |
What's Your Number? |
no |
23 |
7 |
a sub-par romantic comedy |
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D |
no |
23 |
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isn't so much bad as it is just boring |
The Change-Up |
no |
21 |
18 |
hacky and repellent |
Stay Cool |
no |
20 |
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cartoonish figures, bad jokes and hackneyed situations |
I Don't Know How She Does It |
no |
17 |
14 |
enough to make you urp. |
Bunraku |
no |
16 |
20 |
gets lost in its bells and whistles |
Seven Days in Utopia |
no |
13 |
7 |
earnest but as flat as the Texas terrain. |
Tanner Hall |
no |
13 |
0 |
Detention would be better than watching 'Tanner Hall' |
Dream House |
no |
8 |
0 |
fails to scare up any thrills |
The Family Tree |
no |
7 |
0 |
scattered |
Abduction |
no |
3 |
0 |
the all-star elders surrounding our squinting hero |
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll |
no |
0 |
0 |
Neither the nods to musical greatness nor the '70s-cred presence of Peter Fonda dispels the hokeyness of the story. |
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star |
no |
0 |
0 |
Unfunny sexual euphemisms abound, making for a lazy, R-rated comedy. |
Where the Road Meets the Sun |
no |
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lots of missed connections, earnest but inorganic, trying hard but uninvolving |
Café |
no |
|
|
either mundane or clichéd — or both. |
One Fall |
no |
|
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ultimately feels minor and superficial |
First Dog |
no |
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spottily acted … corn and treacle. |