|
LAT |
RTMC |
RTC |
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documentary |
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The Only Real Game |
yes |
100 |
100 |
hits a grand slam in |
Bound by Flesh |
yes |
100 |
100 |
an absorbing look at famed conjoined twins |
Manakamana |
yes |
100 |
100 |
an absorbing, voyeuristic portrait of humanity |
Hanna Ranch |
yes |
100 |
|
the battles of an 'eco-cowboy |
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case |
yes |
95 |
92 |
shows Ai Weiwei under duress, pushing on |
Code Black |
yes |
94 |
88 |
a riveting doctor's-eye view of the emergency room |
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz |
yes |
90 |
81 |
will leave you heartsick as well as more than a little angry |
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band |
yes |
90 |
80 |
paints odd picture of artist Llyn Foulkes |
The Case Against 8 |
yes |
88 |
100 |
Prop 8:engagingly presented |
The Hornet's Nest |
yes |
86 |
100 |
embeds you |
Gore Vidal: United States of Amnesia |
yes |
83 |
70 |
piercing wit rarely exhibited by today's movie heroes and villains |
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs |
yes |
83 |
|
a superb look at the activist |
Fed Up |
yes |
82 |
92 |
Galvanizing ... takes a hard look at the food industry |
Ivory Tower |
yes |
81 |
92 |
Is college, specifically the elite four-year residential model, overrated? |
Breastmilk |
yes |
78 |
80 |
an intimate chronicle of women's, experts' views |
Korengal |
yes |
76 |
89 |
looks at the psychological effects after the battle |
Cyber-Seniors |
yes |
75 |
86 |
a fun look at seniors bridging digital divide |
Documented |
yes |
71 |
57 |
gives first-person account of Dream Act fight |
Now: In the Wings on a World Stage |
yes |
54 |
54 |
captures and conveys the romance of the theatrical experience |
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon |
so-so |
74 |
73 |
breezy good fun if you don't examine it too hard |
Burt's Buzz |
so-so |
70 |
67 |
engaging but not always satisfying |
Under the Electric Sky |
so-so |
63 |
|
promotes Electric Daisy Carnival |
American Jesus |
so-so |
57 |
|
a superficial look at Protestant subcultures in U.S. |
Citizen Koch |
so-so |
53 |
54 |
is pure advocacy documentary |
DamNation |
so-so |
50 |
40 |
a convincing argument for systemic dam removal |
La Bare |
no |
80 |
|
a feature-length ad for the Dallas male strip club |
Before You Know It |
no |
79 |
83 |
reveals little about gay seniors |
Next Year Jerusalem |
no |
|
|
a brief, at times random, routinely shot and edited video diary |
This Is Not a Ball |
no |
|
|
the subject is a tough sell as a feature-length documentary |
animated |
|
|
|
|
Postman Pat |
yes |
47 |
|
*First-class; delivers in fine style |
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return |
no |
16 |
0 |
lacks brains, heart, nerve |
regular movies |
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|
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The Amazing Catfish |
yes |
100 |
|
an ideal balance between understated realism and hopeful poignancy |
We Are the Best! |
yes |
97 |
100 |
an exuberant punk rock tale |
Snowpiercer |
yes |
93 |
95 |
*Hurtling along in Bong Joon-ho's train movie |
X-Men: Days of Future Past |
yes |
92 |
93 |
*revives mutants' fighting spirit |
Dance of Reality |
yes |
92 |
88 |
keeps Jodorowsky's childhood surreal |
How to Train Your Dragon 2 |
yes |
91 |
97 |
*packs emotional firepower in a rip-roaring ride |
Edge of Tomorrow |
yes |
90 |
87 |
*saves the day |
Cold in July |
yes |
89 |
90 |
*turns up the pulp fiction heat with Texas tale |
Chef |
yes |
88 |
86 |
*has all the ingredients for a hit |
Redwood Highway |
yes |
88 |
|
pokey but downright charming |
The Immigrant |
yes |
86 |
92 |
in the end the ideas are so rich, the look so lovely |
The Discoverers |
yes |
86 |
78 |
an offbeat road trip into family healing |
22 Jump Street |
yes |
85 |
87 |
pokes its R-rated finger at everything — hilariously |
Night Moves |
yes |
83 |
81 |
What happens when a seemingly righteous operation goes wrong |
The Double |
yes |
82 |
77 |
is tense and charming |
Coherence |
yes |
81 |
58 |
Mind-bending, without ever seeming off-puttingly brainy |
The Fault in Our Stars |
yes |
80 |
77 |
elevates sad story by cutting the sap |
The Last Sentence |
yes |
77 |
70 |
about a man whose life was more complicated than the world knew. |
Chinese Puzzle |
yes |
75 |
61 |
a buoyant and bittersweet romantic adventure |
Neighbors |
yes |
73 |
74 |
*Naughty[, but] a good mix of the silly and sweet |
Palo Alto |
yes |
72 |
72 |
conjures restless, unformed youth |
A Coffee in Berlin |
yes |
71 |
64 |
a deep cup of German present and past |
The Rover |
yes |
65 |
58 |
*chilling, intense |
Million Dollar Arm |
yes |
61 |
53 |
tosses out a nice softball |
Heli |
yes |
60 |
58 |
a stunning piece of filmmaking |
The Signal |
yes |
56 |
58 |
*a mind-blowing experience |
Jersey Boys |
yes |
54 |
61 |
old-school entertainment with surprising edge |
The Girl and Death |
yes |
31 |
29 |
watching the paint dry is worth the wait |
Blended |
yes |
14 |
10 |
*Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, fun |
The Retrieval |
so-so |
92 |
100 |
a trek through dilemmas of slavery, manhood |
For a Woman |
so-so |
89 |
100 |
a soapy yet compelling tale of marriage, family |
Borgman |
so-so |
88 |
93 |
mixes mayhem, murder in a mostly compelling ride |
Obvious Child |
so-so |
88 |
83 |
A work in progress that somehow hooks you anyway. |
Elena |
so-so |
87 |
86 |
repetition takes hold in the second half |
Violette |
so-so |
84 |
87 |
an epic portrait ... but is unevenly plotted |
Dormant Beauty |
so-so |
82 |
100 |
The proportions of the narrative strands sometimes feel off |
Godzilla |
so-so |
73 |
67 |
plays it a little too cool |
Policeman |
so-so |
68 |
86 |
a loss of plausibility as well as credibility as events progress |
They Came Together |
so-so |
67 |
50 |
a so-so lampoon of boy-meets-girl |
Trust Me |
so-so |
52 |
55 |
is fun but gets convoluted |
Maleficent |
so-so |
50 |
45 |
not-quite-classic; Angelina Jolie is wickedly good |
Yves Saint Laurent |
so-so |
45 |
45 |
captures the fashion but not the feeling |
The Human Race |
so-so |
45 |
|
extreme blood spattering and loosey-goosey plotting |
Words and Pictures |
so-so |
39 |
30 |
melodrama can almost be forgiven |
The Fatal Encounter |
so-so |
|
|
a pumped-up historical Korean drama |
One Candle, Two Candles |
so-so |
|
|
proves worthwhile at least as a cultural curio |
Test |
no |
88 |
86 |
says little about gay life in the 1980s |
Lucky Them |
no |
77 |
79 |
chases after a vanished rock 'n' roll legend |
Nothing Bad Can Happen |
no |
74 |
40 |
contradicts itself: It's cruel |
Young & Beautiful |
no |
73 |
75 |
yet lacking in grace |
Begin Again |
no |
72 |
52 |
[it's] music more appealing than its story |
Rigor Mortis |
no |
64 |
57 |
a disorienting Hong Kong horror flick |
The Sacrament |
no |
64 |
36 |
something first creepy, then puzzling |
Broken |
no |
63 |
64 |
a crime thriller that blurs lines between criminal and victim |
Filth |
no |
63 |
60 |
an over-the-top wallow in the gutter |
The Big Ask |
no |
63 |
|
fails to expand on questionable premise |
The Grand Seduction |
no |
62 |
63 |
as unmemorable as the original version |
Hellion |
no |
61 |
45 |
finds itself in cinematic limbo |
Chaplin of the Mountains |
no |
60 |
|
feels like an overambitious film-school thesis |
Ping Pong Summer |
no |
54 |
33 |
serves up '80s without the fun nostalgia |
Half of a Yellow Sun |
no |
53 |
43 |
doesn't add up to a satisfying whole |
Miss Lovely |
no |
50 |
57 |
underdeveloped |
Age of Uprising |
no |
50 |
33 |
never quite rises to the challenge |
Emoticon ;) |
no |
50 |
|
agreeable but unnecessary family drama |
Wolf Creek 2 |
no |
48 |
29 |
can't match original |
All Cheerleaders Die |
no |
48 |
27 |
has little to root for |
A Night in Old Mexico |
no |
44 |
22 |
a waste for Robert Duvall |
Anna |
no |
38 |
|
drops a big hint and spoils the old-fashioned mystery |
A Million Ways to Die in the West |
no |
33 |
37 |
shoots self in foot |
I Am I |
no |
33 |
20 |
about a woman's daddy issues, raises ick factor |
Lullaby |
no |
31 |
0 |
in desperate need of a respirator. Stat. |
God's Pocket |
no |
30 |
31 |
is empty of the Philip Seymour Hoffman you want |
Burning Blue |
no |
27 |
20 |
treats 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' era awkwardly |
The Love Punch |
no |
27 |
13 |
not a direct comedy hit |
Think Like a Man Too |
no |
24 |
18 |
way too much of a good thing |
Devil's Knot |
no |
22 |
29 |
offers desolate view of West Memphis Three |
Third Person |
no |
20 |
20 |
maddens far more than it intrigues |
Radio Free Albemuth |
no |
20 |
|
Convoluted; succumbs to dated sci-fi plot |
Transformers: Age of Extinction |
no |
18 |
6 |
things get Bayed — big time |
Mom's Night Out |
no |
17 |
7 |
a one-dimensional bore |
The Moment |
no |
13 |
20 |
badly jumbled, gets lost in a woman's mind |
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn |
no |
12 |
0 |
Expect a shout fest from |
Don Peyote |
no |
8 |
|
a tedious look at a paranoid stoner's emotional and spiritual unraveling |
50 to 1 |
no |
0 |
|
can't overcome its long odds |
Chapman |
no |
|
|
is dull and thinly plotted |
How We Got Away With It |
no |
|
|
gets away from the actors |
Stage Fright |
no |
|
|
a lame mashup of horror and show tunes |
The Odd Way Home |
no |
|
|
a lost cause |
Big Gay Love |
no |
|
|
discombobulated ... hiding a sweet, funny, universal story |
The World Famous Kid Detective |
no |
|
|
plays more like a potential Disney Channel pilot |
No Tears for the Dead |
no |
|
|
sheds blood at story's expense |
Redemption Trail |
no |
|
|
bogs down in excessive restraint |