|
LAT |
RTMC |
RTC |
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documentary |
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Planet of Snail |
yes |
100 |
100 |
*simple, direct and magical |
How to Survive a Plague |
yes |
100 |
100 |
1980s Greenwich Village while it was in the grip of the AIDS crisis. |
They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain |
yes |
100 |
100 |
as quietly enthralling as Myanmar's people. |
Beauty Is Embarrassing |
yes |
100 |
|
an entertaining portrait of pop art's Wayne White. |
5 Broken Cameras |
yes |
96 |
92 |
raw[,] … lyrical and elegiac |
The House I Live In |
yes |
92 |
93 |
calls for cease-fire in war on drugs |
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel |
yes |
91 |
93 |
unfolds in grand fashion |
Somewhere Between |
yes |
91 |
80 |
a moving account of teen adoptees |
The Waiting Room |
yes |
90 |
100 |
a hospital and its patients struggle to survive. |
Wild Horse, Wild Ride |
yes |
89 |
100 |
proves a warm and memorable ride. |
The Other Dream Team |
yes |
89 |
100 |
Lithuanian pride on the basketball court |
We Women Warriors |
yes |
86 |
|
captures the heroism of native women in Colombia |
Detropia |
yes |
81 |
80 |
the economically ravaged Motor City of Detroit |
The Ambassador |
yes |
80 |
89 |
*Part muckraking nonfiction film, part performance piece |
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare |
yes |
78 |
60 |
Cogent, convincing, determinedly non-ideological |
Doctored |
yes |
57 |
|
involving, well-crafted, humane |
Words of Witness |
yes |
|
|
[a] crucial story of modern revolution |
The Right to Love: An American Family |
yes |
|
|
marriage equality |
Harvest of Empire |
yes |
|
|
sows seeds of debate |
The Iran Job |
yes |
|
|
exceptional in its storytelling |
Fame High |
yes |
|
|
the kids in "Fame High" will stay with you. |
Ethel |
yes |
|
|
chronicles the life of Ethel Skakel Kennedy |
Girl Model |
so-so |
91 |
71 |
The nonaggressive approach can be frustrating |
Hellbound? |
so-so |
67 |
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manages to be provocative |
Downtown Express |
so-so |
60 |
60 |
looks and sounds good, but the writing and acting hit sour notes. |
Of Two Minds |
so-so |
|
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has a tendency to take unnecessary detours |
Life Is Strange |
so-so |
|
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has many failings but still manages to be effective |
Electoral Dysfunction |
so-so |
|
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too lightweight and coy for genuine effect. |
Tears of Gaza |
no |
86 |
|
leaves too much unsaid |
Step Up to the Plate |
no |
68 |
78 |
missing a few ingredients |
Love Free or Die |
no |
67 |
|
fails to deliver deeper insights |
Decoding Deepak |
no |
50 |
60 |
precious little table-turning or real insight |
Mulberry Child |
no |
33 |
|
an awkward mix of real events and reenactments |
Blinky & Me |
no |
|
|
documentary about animator Yoram Gross |
Hollywood to Dollywood |
no |
|
|
for Dolly Parton fans only |
animated |
|
|
|
|
Toys in the Attic |
yes |
73 |
|
*Whimsy and menace |
Frankenweenie |
so-so |
85 |
85 |
*another Tim Burton stop-action horror flick |
Hotel Transylvania |
so-so |
44 |
38 |
It should have resulted in funnier fare. |
regular movies |
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|
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The Thieves |
yes |
100 |
|
a stylish mix of light romance and dark crime caper. |
Looper |
yes |
94 |
95 |
*coolly smart, head-spinning |
Argo |
yes |
94 |
95 |
*based on a true story … well acted and directed |
Compliance |
yes |
88 |
88 |
taut and unsettling |
Robot & Frank |
yes |
88 |
86 |
*Charming, playful and sly |
Sleepwalk With Me |
yes |
88 |
82 |
a funny take on relationships |
The Trouble With the Truth |
yes |
88 |
|
an equitable, tender, sometimes surprising game of hard truth-telling |
Keep the Lights On |
yes |
87 |
92 |
a romance between two men |
The Master |
yes |
87 |
92 |
*bristling with vivid moments and unbeatable acting |
End of Watch |
yes |
85 |
89 |
gritty, humorous and moving |
Arbitrage |
yes |
84 |
83 |
a sophisticated swing at a hedge-fund magnate |
Middle of Nowhere |
yes |
83 |
70 |
deft, moving and complex |
The Hole |
yes |
81 |
|
scary fun; dive in |
Alps |
yes |
79 |
67 |
a landscape of altered reality |
Premium Rush |
yes |
74 |
82 |
*a tightly wound, radically fresh slice of street action |
Sinister |
yes |
62 |
48 |
*delivers authentic chills |
Solomon Kane |
yes |
62 |
40 |
*gets action-adventure just right |
Trouble With the Curve |
yes |
54 |
58 |
amiable, old-fashioned |
The Good Doctor |
yes |
53 |
71 |
creepy and cool |
Hermano |
yes |
50 |
|
Soccer meets street life in this familiar but winning Venezuelan film. |
Vulgaria |
yes |
44 |
|
sees modern life in wise if raunchy ways |
The Paperboy |
yes |
39 |
55 |
*a dark, angrily steaming tale |
The Possession |
yes |
38 |
38 |
*A better-than-most fright-time tale |
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best |
yes |
35 |
|
a charming indie ode to musical dreams |
Now, Forager |
yes |
20 |
|
an authentic portrayal of harvesting and cooking |
Taken 2 |
yes |
19 |
30 |
revenge, action, violence, Liam Neeson |
Backwards |
yes |
14 |
11 |
is a warm film about competitive rowing |
Masquerade |
yes |
|
|
a fanciful but entertaining bit of court intrigue. |
Fat Kid Rules the World |
so-so |
94 |
88 |
endearingly uneven |
The Master |
so-so |
85 |
84 |
cryptic to no good end |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
so-so |
84 |
83 |
A bit unsteady but winsome |
Smashed |
so-so |
82 |
80 |
offers nothing new to say about alcohol addiction |
Samsara |
so-so |
82 |
63 |
a frustrating beauty |
Wuthering Heights |
so-so |
76 |
71 |
a stark, muddied affair |
Hello I Must Be Going |
so-so |
75 |
85 |
lets us down in the second half |
Pitch Perfect |
so-so |
74 |
77 |
essentially a college version of 'Glee' |
The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate |
so-so |
74 |
71 |
overstuffed with plot and characters |
17 Girls |
so-so |
65 |
56 |
atmospheric but thin fiction |
10 Years |
so-so |
63 |
67 |
there's a lot of been-there, done-that going on. |
Liberal Arts |
so-so |
61 |
50 |
gets a C |
Stars in Shorts |
so-so |
58 |
67 |
none of the shorts is groundbreaking, but none is terrible either. |
The Eye of the Storm |
so-so |
58 |
42 |
off-and-on impressive |
Little Birds |
so-so |
50 |
60 |
promising and frustrating |
War of the Buttons |
so-so |
23 |
17 |
never ventures far afield in this take on the French Resistance |
My Uncle Rafael |
so-so |
20 |
|
elicits plenty of goofy chuckles |
Home Run Showdown |
so-so |
|
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an amiable sports-as-life throwback |
Pickin' and Grinnin |
so-so |
|
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not without its raggedy charms and sporadic chuckles |
West of Thunder |
so-so |
|
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curiously engaging, despite flaws. |
Almost Perfect |
so-so |
|
|
lacks oomph |
The Bullet Vanishes |
no |
91 |
80 |
No story but lots of action |
Seven Psychopaths |
no |
84 |
73 |
can't handle its own crazy |
Fred Won't Move Out |
no |
80 |
80 |
neither here nor there |
Chicken With Plums |
no |
77 |
82 |
half-baked |
Dredd 3D |
no |
76 |
64 |
a clunk-headed action picture. |
Unconditional |
no |
67 |
60 |
gets bogged down in platitudes |
Lawless |
no |
65 |
54 |
is a bloody, cliched mess |
Red Hook Summer |
no |
63 |
53 |
fizzles as much as it fumes |
Bachelorette |
no |
54 |
54 |
a caustic, drunken tragedy — with lipstick |
The Inbetweeners |
no |
52 |
45 |
just another bawdy spring break movie |
V/H/S |
no |
52 |
42 |
punctures a hole in itself, causing ambience bleed-out |
The Tall Man |
no |
50 |
29 |
one tall tale too many |
Bait |
no |
50 |
|
sounds tempting but is mostly blah |
Here Comes the Boom |
no |
44 |
24 |
no knockout |
Little White Lies |
no |
42 |
15 |
overstays its welcome and squanders its talented cast |
Frankie Go Boom |
no |
38 |
44 |
is more 'Frankie Go Bust' |
Starry Starry Night |
no |
38 |
|
skims the surface |
Butter |
no |
35 |
26 |
butter sculpture |
Won't Back Down |
no |
34 |
18 |
blames a teachers union for a failing school |
The Oogieloves |
no |
33 |
33 |
ineffectual and disengaging |
Resident Evil: Retribution |
no |
32 |
18 |
zombies, slaughter and hyperviolent sci-fi |
Special Forces |
no |
18 |
17 |
More video game than cinema |
Supercapitalist |
no |
18 |
0 |
dull, hectoring |
The Words |
no |
17 |
18 |
can't add up to much of a film |
Excuse Me for Living |
no |
14 |
14 |
a comedy that only an old, out-of-touch billionaire could love. |
Branded |
no |
13 |
|
convoluted and pretentious |
House at the End of the Street |
no |
12 |
18 |
why all the teen melodrama? |
The Victim |
no |
11 |
|
a cringeworthy thriller that has nothing going for it. |
The Cold Light of Day |
no |
7 |
0 |
a thriller that lacks suspense |
The Apparition |
no |
3 |
14 |
lacking either body heat or visceral suspense. |
Atlas Shrugged Part II: The Strike |
no |
0 |
0 |
blandly mediocre |
Last Ounce of Courage |
no |
0 |
|
weighed down by zealotry |
You May Not Kiss the Bride |
no |
0 |
|
Rob Hedden's romantic comedy is really neither. |
R2B |
no |
|
|
offers high-octane thrills but the storytelling stalls out. |
Raaz 3 |
no |
|
|
[Bollywood] cheesy movie horror |
Blue Collar Boys |
no |
|
|
should just clock out |
Barfi! |
no |
|
|
slapstick, pathos and, at times, grinding irritation |
186 Dollars to Freedom |
no |
|
|
Sun, surf and a sexy girlfriend give way to why-me indignity |
Just 45 Minutes From Broadway |
no |
|
|
an investment in theatrical self-indulgence with diminishing returns |
Blues for Willadean |
no |
|
|
set among the beer-drinkin' denizens of a Texas trailer park |
#HoldYourBreath |
no |
|
|
deserves a one-word tweet: don't |