|
LAT |
RTMC |
RTC |
|
documentary |
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|
|
|
Red Obsession |
yes |
100 |
100 |
Wealthy Chinese and their passion for pricy Bordeaux reds |
Valentine Road |
yes |
100 |
100 |
When children kill children |
AKA Doc Pomus |
yes |
100 |
100 |
the life of the prolific rock 'n' roll songwriter |
God Loves Uganda |
yes |
100 |
100 |
looks at missionaries, anti-gay bill |
A River Changes Course |
yes |
100 |
|
a deeply felt portrait of Cambodia |
Muscle Shoals |
yes |
96 |
95 |
warmly spotlights America's legendary music recording locale |
Let the Fire Burn |
yes |
94 |
89 |
the 1985 fire bombing by the Philly police on the house occupied by MOVE |
Informant |
yes |
93 |
100 |
*aggressive, paranoid, pathological liar or an American hero? |
After Tiller |
yes |
92 |
93 |
personalizes the difficult decisions made in third-trimester abortions |
Inequality for All |
yes |
91 |
96 |
rich in detail on how the 'haves' are leaving everyone else behind. |
Bridegroom |
yes |
88 |
100 |
a poignant, powerful tale of first [gay] love and untimely death |
Trials of Muhammad Ali |
yes |
88 |
92 |
complex and involving |
Shepard & Dark |
yes |
85 |
75 |
the playwright Sam Shepard and his friend Johnny Dark |
Dislecksia |
yes |
83 |
|
manages to inform and inspire despite goofy musical distractions |
Money for Nothing |
yes |
69 |
50 |
a worrying look at Federal Reserve |
Broadway Idiot |
yes |
61 |
55 |
fast-paced, thoroughly entertaining if hardly trenchant |
The Summit |
yes |
60 |
47 |
*a tragic attempt climbing K2 |
Linsanity |
yes |
60 |
44 |
relives frenzy of N.Y. Knicks' 2012 comeback |
GMO OMG |
yes |
|
|
lively, thought-provoking |
Generation Iron |
yes |
|
|
skillfully captures the lives of seven bodybuilders |
First Cousin Once Removed |
yes |
|
|
Heartbreaking, haunting and unexpectedly heartening |
Winter Nomads |
yes |
|
|
captures beauty, hardships of European shepherding |
The Missing Picture |
yes |
|
|
a poetic study of Khmer Rouge horrors |
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy |
yes |
|
|
condolence letters sent to Jacqueline |
Birth of the Living Dead |
yes |
|
|
is a nifty little tribute to that granddaddy of the modern zombie movie |
The Paw Project |
yes |
|
|
delivers biting critique of declawing cats |
Hawking |
so-so |
100 |
|
loses focus later on |
I Am Breathing |
so-so |
95 |
|
chronicles the last days of Neil Platt |
The Network |
so-so |
73 |
67 |
the development of Afghanistan's first independent television network |
The Institute |
so-so |
67 |
40 |
the Jejune Institute: we're left with more questions than answers |
Men at Lunch |
so-so |
42 |
|
obsesses over disappearing ghosts instead of … the history we should know. |
The Muslims Are Coming! |
so-so |
|
|
Hug a Muslim |
Short Game |
so-so |
|
|
dynamic camera work … shtick delivering voiceover narration |
Mademoiselle C |
so-so |
|
|
fascinating, but the scenes following Carine Roitfeld lack drama |
We Came Home |
so-so |
|
|
showing how music acts as [a] hand across generations and cultures. |
Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde |
so-so |
|
|
[has] an admirably friendly, sentimental lilt. |
McConkey |
so-so |
|
|
a worthy ode to pro skier Shane McConkey |
Sample This |
no |
92 |
83 |
offers little insight into band's music |
Fire in the Blood |
no |
91 |
86 |
never manages the propulsive gut punch its incendiary subject demands |
Unacceptable Levels |
no |
|
|
looking for answers about industrial toxins |
Walter: Lessons From the World's Oldest People |
no |
|
|
about our eldest living senior citizens |
Dsknectd |
no |
|
|
a series of free-associating non sequiturs |
Two: The Story of Roman & Nyro |
no |
|
|
a self-aggrandizing puff piece. |
animated |
|
|
|
|
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 |
yes |
|
|
*cooks up crazy fun |
Wolf Children |
so-so |
|
|
feels equal parts sentimental, somber and strange |
regular movies |
|
|
|
|
On the Job |
yes |
100 |
100 |
a resonant tale of Filipino hit men |
Gravity |
yes |
97 |
100 |
*has powerful pull |
All Is Lost |
yes |
95 |
100 |
a man alone against the sea |
12 Years a Slave |
yes |
95 |
97 |
impressive and hard to watch |
Enough Said |
yes |
95 |
95 |
a funny, honest film about everyday, fallible people |
Captain Phillips |
yes |
94 |
89 |
a cargo ship captain tries to protect his crew from Somali pirates |
You Will Be My Son |
yes |
91 |
100 |
A strongly acted, character-driven melodrama |
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete |
yes |
88 |
100 |
a bit of mischief and mayhem that will break your heart, give you hope |
We Are What We Are |
yes |
85 |
84 |
*Creepy tension works under your skin … builds to horror galore |
I Used to Be Darker |
yes |
83 |
100 |
contained chaos, quietly observed. |
Don Jon |
yes |
82 |
83 |
a smart R-rated comedy |
Prisoners |
yes |
81 |
80 |
captivating and relentless |
The Dirties |
yes |
78 |
80 |
a funny-creepy tale of alienation and self-delusion. |
Concussion |
yes |
75 |
50 |
combines a sense of style with sex |
Out in the Dark |
yes |
73 |
78 |
A gay-themed romance [within the] Israeli-Palestinian conflict |
Bad Milo |
yes |
68 |
60 |
on man's stomach distress is scary fun |
Escape From Tomorrow |
yes |
59 |
45 |
a horror-laced fever dream shot on Disney grounds without permission |
Pulling Strings |
yes |
55 |
|
a mariachi flavored, fun little number |
And While We Were Here |
yes |
48 |
33 |
hashes out some heavy stuff honestly and authentically |
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane |
yes |
40 |
40 |
a spellbinding thriller |
Grace Unplugged |
yes |
33 |
|
Christian-oriented musical drama |
Secret Lives of Dorks |
yes |
14 |
|
A familiar outline takes some clever and funny turns |
The Spy: Undercover Operation |
yes |
|
|
negotiates a tricky work-home balance |
Wadjda |
so-so |
98 |
100 |
depictions of life for women behind the Saudi curtain |
A Touch of Sin |
so-so |
88 |
93 |
shows how greed undermines Chinese society |
Rush |
so-so |
88 |
92 |
a good ride, but not a great one |
Kid-Thing |
so-so |
77 |
86 |
not a lot to recommend … which isn't to say it shouldn't be seen |
Populaire |
so-so |
75 |
71 |
pleased with itself and confident you'll feel the same way |
Forgetting the Girl |
so-so |
75 |
|
Art meets sexual politics |
Kill Your Darlings |
so-so |
71 |
65 |
Far too conventional underneath all the trappings, you wish it would howl. |
Haute Cuisine |
so-so |
68 |
58 |
no shortage of loving close-ups of savories and sweets |
Newlyweeds |
so-so |
67 |
71 |
intriguing, slippery-witted stoner love story |
Final Fight |
so-so |
60 |
43 |
has the right moves … but the latest Ip Man kung fu tale falls a bit flat |
A Single Shot |
so-so |
51 |
40 |
charts no new territory … terrifically cast ... long on atmosphere |
All Is Bright |
so-so |
48 |
62 |
far from a picture-perfect Christmas story |
Morning |
so-so |
45 |
50 |
moving but uneven |
The Fifth Estate |
so-so |
39 |
28 |
WikiLeaks with undramatic and unconvincing peripheral dramas |
Touchy Feely |
so-so |
35 |
33 |
doesn't quite connect |
Romeo & Juliet |
so-so |
22 |
18 |
treads carefully where it should blaze |
Argento's Dracula 3D |
so-so |
12 |
0 |
enough moments of kinky madness |
Una Noche |
no |
80 |
80 |
the plot thins |
Big Ass Spider! |
no |
75 |
|
Is it a spoof or straight-up thriller? |
My Lucky Star |
no |
56 |
71 |
shoots for the sky, falls short |
Carrie |
no |
50 |
50 |
hasn't evolved much since 1976 |
Vikingdom |
no |
50 |
|
looks like Comic-Con, plays like Medieval Times |
A.C.O.D. |
no |
49 |
38 |
can't divorce itself from ho-hum hilarity |
Parkland |
no |
47 |
38 |
a frustrating account of the aftermath of President Kennedy's shooting. |
Escape Plan |
no |
45 |
50 |
a gray, thudding metal machine of throwback exploitation |
Zaytoun |
no |
43 |
40 |
[it's] light tone misses a serious point |
Ghost Team One |
no |
40 |
40 |
deserves to disappear |
Wedding Palace |
no |
38 |
33 |
[a] tonally muddled Korean American romantic comedy |
Jayne Mansfield's Car |
no |
37 |
10 |
runs out of gas |
Insidious: Chapter 2 |
no |
36 |
22 |
The only thing scary is how unimaginative it is. |
The Family |
no |
33 |
29 |
hits and misses |
2 Jacks |
no |
31 |
38 |
Confusion over obvious details mars clever adaptation |
Machete Kills |
no |
30 |
18 |
wants to be a parody of a bad action movie but winds up being just bad. |
Chinese Zodiac |
no |
29 |
|
an action packed mess |
Sweetwater |
no |
27 |
0 |
the darkly comic revenge western leaves a sour taste |
Paradise |
no |
19 |
20 |
comes across as condescending and forced. |
The Colony |
no |
17 |
9 |
[it's] gravest threat is a lack of distinction |
Baggage Claim |
no |
15 |
4 |
is best left at the lost and found |
CBGB |
no |
10 |
23 |
an inauthentic take on '70s NYC punk scene. |
Jewtopia |
no |
10 |
|
Oy! |
Runner Runner |
no |
9 |
4 |
the world of online gambling, but the crime thriller runs out of steam. |
Battle of the Year |
no |
5 |
11 |
We've seen these … steps before |
Nothing Left to Fear |
no |
0 |
0 |
nothing to fear |
I Spit on Your Grave 2 |
no |
0 |
|
a toxic revenge nightmare |
Cassadaga |
no |
0 |
|
gets hung up on the gore |
Chavez: Cage of Glory |
no |
|
|
convincing fights but is otherwise unconvincing. |
A Strange Brand of Happy |
no |
|
|
nothing strange — or compelling |
Cleaver's Destiny |
no |
|
|
an earnest but ultimately amateur production on all fronts |
Silent City |
no |
|
|
has little to say |
Toad Road |
no |
|
|
the Cliffs Notes version of Dante Alighieri's "Inferno." |