|
LAT |
RTMC |
RTC |
note: “~” = the film's name |
documentary |
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|
|
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The Messenger |
yes |
100 |
100 |
ponders vanishing songbirds |
Ingrid Bergman — In Her Own Words |
yes |
100 |
100 |
a surprisingly intimate portrait of the movie star |
Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story |
yes |
100 |
100 |
plays it straight and true on jazzman Frank Morgan |
Mavis! |
yes |
100 |
100 |
a fitting tribute to gospel/R&B diva Mavis Staples |
In Jackson Heights |
yes |
95 |
91 |
generous-spirited |
(T)error |
yes |
90 |
90 |
follows an FBI informant, and twists ensue |
Troublemakers: The Story Of Land Art |
yes |
89 |
80 |
A portrait of 1960s artists who changed the art world |
Orion: The Man Who Would Be King |
yes |
83 |
|
*fascinating biography with a tantalizing twist |
Prescription Thugs |
yes |
75 |
60 |
points finger at Big Pharma for increasing drug abuse |
Emperor's New Clothes |
yes |
59 |
57 |
advocates with fun and wit |
Almost There |
no |
82 |
88 |
a paint-by-numbers portrait of Peter Anton |
Jim: The James Foley Story |
no |
80 |
|
journalist slain by ISIS |
Where to Invade Next |
no |
77 |
71 |
Michael Moore loses his way |
We Are Many |
no |
75 |
|
adds little to the story behind the worldwide protests against the Iraq war |
Dream/Killer |
no |
|
|
a nightmare in tone |
Polyfaces |
no |
|
|
about a sustainable family farm, gets too preachy |
Snervous Tyler Oakley |
no |
|
|
reveals little about the YouTube celebrity |
Gnothi Seauton |
no |
|
|
Homage to skiing siblings goes largely downhill |
animated |
|
|
|
|
Boy & the World |
yes |
96 |
100 |
a charming bit of Brazilian animation |
Anomalisa |
yes |
92 |
90 |
*an exceptional romance from Charlie Kaufman |
Kung Fu Panda 3 |
yes |
86 |
74 |
The third time's just as charming |
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip |
so-so |
16 |
20 |
a nutty trip |
Norm of the North |
no |
8 |
6 |
ploddingly follows in footsteps of 'Happy Feet' |
Boruto: The Naruto Movie |
no |
|
|
takes series to next generation |
regular movies |
|
|
|
|
Christmas, Again |
yes |
100 |
100 |
*a sweetly offbeat holiday tale |
Aferim! |
yes |
100 |
100 |
a wickedly droll ride into Romania's feudal past |
45 Years |
yes |
97 |
97 |
captures a marriage shaken by a seismic jolt |
45 Years |
yes |
97 |
97 |
a superb, restrained drama of the highest order |
Son of Saul |
yes |
96 |
95 |
a powerful, immersive vision of hell |
Rams |
yes |
96 |
94 |
hardheaded Icelandic brothers clash with each other |
Nina Forever |
yes |
96 |
|
[a dead] ex shows up at the oddest times |
In the Shadow of Women |
yes |
94 |
94 |
Love is framed by infidelity |
The Treasure |
yes |
93 |
100 |
mixes Romanian history and a quixotic mission |
A War |
yes |
91 |
92 |
effectively shows the havoc that combat wreaks at home and abroad |
The Big Short |
yes |
88 |
87 |
somehow makes the '08 housing collapse entertaining |
Sweaty Betty |
yes |
86 |
|
has good instincts for a tale of a hog and a dog |
Hail, Caesar! |
yes |
85 |
77 |
*the Coen brothers will leave you laughing |
The Revenant |
yes |
82 |
83 |
*a survival tale of beautiful, brute strength |
Ip Man 3 |
yes |
82 |
71 |
has all the right moves to end martial arts trilogy |
Lamb |
yes |
80 |
80 |
steps carefully into odd pair's provocative journey |
Mountain Men |
yes |
80 |
60 |
*a deft script and fine performances |
Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong |
yes |
78 |
86 |
channels 'Before Sunrise' in a very good way |
Touched With Fire |
yes |
68 |
72 |
shines fresh light on bipolar disorder and creativity |
All Mistakes Buried |
yes |
67 |
|
uncovers fine acting with a gritty mood |
The Finest Hours |
yes |
63 |
58 |
stares down the fiercest of storms without blinking |
Anguish |
yes |
50 |
|
a spooky, sensitive tale of possession without the horror antics |
Jane Got A Gun |
yes |
42 |
36 |
*This 'Jane's' a straight shooter, despite checkered past |
American Hero |
yes |
38 |
|
glides smoothly through offbeat Big Easy tale |
The Pack |
yes |
33 |
|
reminds us how scary dogs can be |
Daddy's Home |
yes |
32 |
25 |
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg go mano a mano |
Mojave |
yes |
30 |
24 |
Prickly, suspenseful, even coolly humorous |
Fifty Shades of Black |
yes |
7 |
11 |
*targets 'Grey,' fetishism, sexism and racism |
The House That Jack Built |
yes |
|
|
an uproarious portrait of a less-than-perfect family |
Those Who Feel the Fire Burning |
yes |
|
|
a powerful look at the refugee journey |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
so-so |
92 |
88 |
Was it worth the wait? |
The Club |
so-so |
87 |
87 |
is an offbeat look at the lives of disgraced priests |
He Never Died |
so-so |
86 |
100 |
Henry Rollins brings life to horror-noir |
Glassland |
so-so |
81 |
64 |
working-class cliches get a boost from Jack Reynor's authenticity |
Intruders |
so-so |
44 |
40 |
Martin Starr leads a strong cast in surprising ~ |
In the Heart of the Sea |
so-so |
42 |
36 |
could use more whale, fewer earnest lessons |
The Boy |
so-so |
29 |
25 |
plays the real horrors of domestic abuse for creeps |
The 5th Wave |
so-so |
17 |
7 |
logic is obliterated, but the destruction looks cool |
Dixieland |
so-so |
11 |
17 |
hits authentic notes but misses on story development |
Carl(a) |
so-so |
|
|
a moving, uneven drama about a transgender woman |
The Girl in the Book |
no |
91 |
89 |
anything but a page-turner |
Deadpool |
no |
83 |
73 |
gets off to a fun start but eventually wears out his welcome |
Stinking Heaven |
no |
83 |
71 |
a halfway house of horrors |
Southbound |
no |
80 |
82 |
Horror-story quintet dovetails but fails to take flight |
Close Range |
no |
80 |
|
hits all the usual war vet-versus-cartel bases on its way to basic cable |
Rabid Dogs |
no |
80 |
|
remake retains its bite |
Bad Hurt |
no |
79 |
67 |
A thin slice of life |
Yosemite |
no |
75 |
71 |
too low-key and elliptical to make much of an impression |
The Hateful Eight |
no |
75 |
61 |
amounts to hot air |
Band of Robbers |
no |
74 |
75 |
squanders its time with Tom and Huck |
Dementia |
no |
70 |
|
spotty psychological thriller |
Tumbledown |
no |
68 |
50 |
trips over cloying sitcom conventions |
Portrait of a Serial Monogamist |
no |
67 |
|
a slight rom-com |
A Perfect Day |
no |
65 |
64 |
a regrettable meander through standard antiwar sentiments |
Monster Hunt |
no |
64 |
55 |
a monstrous mess of borrowed ideas |
Concussion |
no |
62 |
67 |
may have tried to tackle a bit too much |
Joy |
no |
61 |
44 |
has too many distractions to mop up |
Sisters |
no |
59 |
58 |
not as funny as it looks |
Eisenstein in Guanajuato |
no |
59 |
46 |
quickly loses steam |
4th Man Out |
no |
55 |
60 |
the jokes are stale |
JeruZalem |
no |
55 |
29 |
Israeli horror film suffers in a found-footage purgatory |
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi |
no |
51 |
50 |
Michael Bay's confusing take on fatal Benghazi attack |
Standoff |
no |
50 |
|
Even Laurence Fishburne can't take the cheesiness out of ~ |
How to Be Single |
no |
49 |
48 |
treads a familiar path |
The Abandoned |
no |
45 |
|
a schlocky basement-level horror-thriller |
Bleeding Heart's |
no |
43 |
|
~ sisterly bonding a lightweight soap |
Mojin: The Lost Legend |
no |
43 |
|
an overreaching action-comedy |
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies |
no |
42 |
32 |
slightly more diverting than "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter |
Moonwalkers |
no |
42 |
25 |
a tired British comedy |
Synchronicity |
no |
39 |
14 |
needs a jump back in time to fix the script |
Anesthesia |
no |
31 |
17 |
completely tosses aside the notion of "show, don't tell" |
Don Verdean |
no |
30 |
33 |
buries the punchlines in an Old Testament archaeology comedy |
The Benefactor |
no |
27 |
27 |
rich in character, poor in story |
Zoolander 2 |
no |
23 |
17 |
more is less as chaos reigns on this catwalk |
Diablo |
no |
21 |
|
doesn't hold a candle to other Westerns out now |
Ride Along 2 |
no |
15 |
23 |
Kevin Hart, Ice Cube skid into sequel |
Regression |
no |
14 |
20 |
Emma Watson and Ethan Hawke are misused |
Misconduct |
no |
11 |
20 |
Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins; ludicrous |
The Choice |
no |
11 |
0 |
Nicholas Sparks's adaptation falls way short |
Dirty Grandpa |
no |
10 |
7 |
truly is, while failing left and right |
The Forest |
no |
9 |
15 |
doesn't live up to its ghost-story potential |
Point Break |
no |
9 |
0 |
reboot an overblown dud |
Martyrs |
no |
7 |
0 |
repels with pointless violence |
Exposed |
no |
5 |
|
a really bad movie |
Extraction |
no |
0 |
0 |
chaos doesn't mask the CIA potboiler's low-rent status |
Cabin Fever |
no |
0 |
0 |
remake is a sanitized, albeit gorier version of the original |
All Roads Lead to Rome |
no |
0 |
|
Sarah Jessica Parker; predictable |
Seahorses |
no |
|
|
tries to say something deep but founders |
Anger of the Dead |
no |
|
|
poses as a zombie film but has it in for women |
400 Days |
no |
|
|
ultimately disintegrates upon impact |
Unlucky Plaza |
no |
|
|
undeftly delves beneath Singapore's multicultural facade |
Monday at 11:01 A.M. |
no |
|
|
Perhaps it's best to jump one minute ahead |