LAT	RTMC	RTC	note: “~” = the film's name
documentary
One Cut, One Life	yes	100	100	thorny, tender and unvarnished
Every Last Child	yes	100	100	a powerful look at polio fight in Pakistan
3 And 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets	yes	100	100	hits hard at racial profiling and Stand Your Ground laws
Amy	yes	97	97	*tracks singer Winehouse's soaring talent, tragic demise
Cartel Land	yes	95	96	goes deep inside both sides of Mexico-U.S. drug war
Fresh Dressed	yes	89	100	checks out the why of what gets worn
Revenge of the Mekons	yes	86	88	a loving tribute to cult band
The Wolfpack	yes	81	84	[a] true-life tale of brothers who saved one another
What Happened, Miss Simone?	yes	76	83	resonates marvelously
Wanted 18	yes	71		Israeli hunt for cows on the lam
Seeds Of Time	yes	67		gets right to the root of how global warming affects food supply
Something Better to Come	yes			*reveals lives in a Russian dump
An Open Secret	so-so	93	88	flawed but unsettling nonetheless
The Yes Men Are Revolting	so-so	81	82	fewer elaborate deadpan stunts than hoped for
Batkid Begins	so-so	81	78	repetitive stretches that feel like promotional videos
A Murder in the Park	so-so	73	100	has a gripping story to tell about
Rubble Kings	so-so	67	100	details the gritty Bronx of the 1960s and '70s
The True Cost	so-so	50		missed opportunity to address the significant retailer markups
Do I Sound Gay?	no	82	91	doesn't say enough about speech issues
The Nightmare	no	70	69	seems more thin mood piece than documentary
Live From New York!	no	49	58	a too-short snapshot of 'SNL'
Northern Limit Line	no			recounts real life but loses in translation
SlingShot	no			feels like infomercial
animated
Inside Out	yes	98	98	*magically brings emotions to life
Minions	yes	54	29	has irresistible, wonky golden touch
regular movies
Rebels of the Neon God	yes	100	100	a clinical, cool-suspicious dissection of disaffected youth
Tangerine	yes	96	97	a joyful girlfriend movie for our modern age
The Farewell Party	yes	94	86	a comically delicate balance to the end
I Believe in Unicorns	yes	94	86	nails the growing pains that result from love and loss
Spy	yes	93	93	warm and open-hearted, even the villains are adorable.
We Are Still Here	yes	92	86	*gets bloody and funny by the end
A Borrowed Identity	yes	88	100	shows life in Israel from an Arab's view
The Tribe	yes	87	89	an unusual, powerful look at criminality
Mr. Holmes	yes	87	80	smartly examines the great detective in winter
La Sapienza	yes	86	91	Stick with ~; it'll teach you to look up
The Stanford Prison Experiment	yes	85	89	plays warden to chilling effect
Trainwreck	yes	85	84	surprisingly touching and raucously funny
Glass Chin	yes	85	63	a neo-noir knockout with fight-ready cast
Eden	yes	83	81	Inside one electronic music fan's 'Eden'
Testament of Youth	yes	82	89	traces WWI's grave effect on woman's life
10,000 Km	yes	82	86	nuanced performances find the emotional truth
The Overnight	yes	82	80	gives a comical twist to 'play date'
Results	yes	81	88	This rom-com regimen gets good results
Infinitely Polar Bear	yes	80	82	emphasizes resilience with bipolar dad
Ant-man	yes	79	72	*light on its feet; got a vintage science fiction feel
Jackie & Ryan	yes	62	63	a strong duet of searching musical souls
Hungry Hearts	yes	61	62	shows love and obsession can be fatal mix
Insidious 3	yes	60	61	*holds its own with mayhem and levity
Set Fire to the Stars	yes	55	38	vividly captures Dylan Thomas visit
Manglehorn	yes	49	43	the quirky visual poetry eventually work[s] its magic
Closer to God	yes	47	57	cloning thriller; a modern-day 'Frankenstein'
Ted 2	yes	46	41	absurd and occasionally disgusting, it is also wickedly funny.
Max	yes	35	40	a big slice of patriotic, down-the-middle genre
Bound to Vengeance	yes	11		Unbelievable [,but] nevertheless manages to captivate throughout
Unconventional	yes			Sunset Edge' makes astute observations
Dope	so-so	88	91	Not as 'Dope' as hyped, but it has its moments
Jimmy's Hall	so-so	77	81	charming but surprisingly soft-focus
Suicide Theory	so-so	76	100	Slightly contrived; brings intriguing characters to life
Jurassic World	so-so	71	60	doesn't have the same impact as the initial film
The Little Death	so-so	60	67	arouses interest as much as it disappoints
Felt	so-so	58	67	about a young woman's unraveling
Escobar: Paradise Lost	so-so	51	61	the movie finds a momentum that ends spectacularly
San Andreas	so-so	50	47	rocks technically if not dramatically
Madame Bovary	so-so	44	32	lovely but as constrained as Flaubert's heroine
Little Chaos	so-so	41	21	Kate Winslet puts the bloom on otherwise staid ~
Lila & Eve	so-so	36	43	a standard-issue female vigilante thriller
In Stereo	so-so	23	33	chaotic, nonlinear and confusing, artful Steadicam shots
Aloha	so-so	19	21	its charms despite some of its baggage
Love & Mercy	no	90	85	saddled with one Brian Wilson too many
Heaven Knows What	no	86	91	the absence of traditional character development ultimately takes its toll
Alleluia	no	84	90	can't hold a candle to the 1970 movie "The Honeymoon Killers
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl	no	82	85	a mash note to movies
Love at First Fight	no	76	60	a hit and miss French rom-com
Big Game	no	75	71	runs amok with outsized acting and eccentric cliffhangers
Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor	no	75	60	takes pulse of the wrong MD
Uncertain Terms	no	71	50	looks good but has unwelcome melodrama
Gone Doggy Gone	no	71		serves up ripe humor that wears thin quickly
Marie's Story	no	68	67	follows a familiar, retreaded path
Magic Mike XXL	no	62	60	Abs and raunch aplenty amid the skimpiest of plots
Gemma Bovery	no	54	54	Fabrice Luchini is the best thing about stale ~
Stung	no	54	33	about mutant wasps, is a throwback to 1980s B movies
Boulevard	no	51	43	juggles contrivance and insight
Meet Me in Montenegro	no	50		a scenic but indulgent romantic comedy
Irrational Man	no	42	45	tonally elusive
Strangerland	no	36	27	Too many shifts haunt ~
The Face of an Angel	no	36	23	can't get its story straight
Into the Grizzly Maze	no	36		takes weak swipe at nature-kills story
Entourage	no	32	21	Hollywood for Dummies
Burying the Ex	no	26	25	Joe Dante hits a new genre-mashing gory low
Terminator Genisys	no	25	24	shows why bigger is not always better
Beyond the Mask	no	25		a preachy American Revolution-era drama
Strongest Man	no	22		Clarity, cohesion elude ~
Self/less	no	21	3	sells the soul of its story to slick moviemaking
Eli Roth Presents the Stranger	no	20	20	lightweight vampire fare
Chagall-Malevich	no	20		Lofty ambitions mired in shallow, broad strokes
7 Minutes	no	19	33	packs a lot in, yet remains forgettable
Wild Horses	no	17	0	inconsistent
Barely Lethal	no	16	38	kicks teen angst over the head with weak spy tale
The Gallows	no	15	15	swings between scary and sketchy horror film
Police Story: Lockdown	no	13		Jackie Chan gets little room to kick tail
Faith of Our Fathers	no	10		a dramatically DOA road movie
Survivor	no	8	0	Credibility and clarity are casualties
Phantom Halo	no	8		a ghost of what it should be
Safelight	no	6	0	might be better if it shined on her instead of him
Unfreedom	no	0	0	with stale perspectives and gratuitous sex, has a hollow ring
Freedom	no	0	0	can't overcome forced parallel setup
United Passions	no	0	0	FIFA-bankrolled, a contender for most ill-timed movie of 2015
11th Hour	no	0	0	could use more time to reach its conclusion
Dawn Patrol	no	0		an over-the-top surfing family tragedy
L.A. Slasher	no	0		Cut worthless ~ from any might-see list
The Fourth Noble Truth	no			a meditation on Buddhism, seduction
Club Life	no			is brought down by clichés
The Cain Complex	no			crass, cloven-hoofed
Redeemer	no			a lame vigilante fight fest
Anarchy Parlor	no			a dreadful piece of torture porn
Charlie, Trevor and a Girl Savannah	no			a messy head trip
Saugatuck	no			spoof misses the mark
Ardor	no			a western that can't break from the genre herd