LAT RTMC RTC
documentary



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
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

has a tendency to take unnecessary detours
Life Is Strange so-so

has many failings but still manages to be effective
Electoral Dysfunction so-so

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



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

an amiable sports-as-life throwback
Pickin' and Grinnin so-so

not without its raggedy charms and sporadic chuckles
West of Thunder so-so

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