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LAT |
RTMC |
RTC |
note: “~” = the film's name |
documentary |
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I Don't Belong Anywhere |
yes |
100 |
100 |
moving portrait of the late filmmaker Chantal Akerman |
Song of Lahore |
yes |
100 |
100 |
Pakistani jazz group beats odds |
O.J.: Made in America |
yes |
100 |
100 |
*so compelling you want it never to end |
Be Here Now (The Andy Whitfield Story) |
yes |
100 |
|
an extraordinarily moving, deeply personal, filmed diary |
Rabin In His Own Words |
yes |
100 |
|
a deeply involving look at [Yitzhak Rabin's] entire life |
Weiner |
yes |
95 |
97 |
Politics and cellphones make strange bedfellows |
Our Last Tango |
yes |
94 |
88 |
a passionate look at dancers María Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes |
Presenting Princess Shaw |
yes |
94 |
94 |
kind of feel-good, audio-visual experiment |
Measure of a Man |
yes |
93 |
92 |
boldly tracks tragedy of the working class |
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt |
yes |
93 |
100 |
a thoughtful, nuanced examination of a complex thinker |
Queen Mimi |
yes |
89 |
|
Intimate portrait of ruler of the laundromat |
Eva Hesse |
yes |
85 |
78 |
a vibrant, affecting piece of filmmaking |
Hockney |
yes |
83 |
64 |
probes what makes the artist David Hockney tick |
No Home Movie |
yes |
80 |
83 |
profoundly moving portrait of the filmmaker's mother Natalia |
Holy Hell |
yes |
69 |
88 |
Suspenseful; mesmerizes |
The Professor: Tai Chi's Journey West |
yes |
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warmly chronicles Tai Chi's trip |
Under the Gun |
so-so |
100 |
|
explores America's reticence toward gun control |
Almost Holy |
so-so |
96 |
89 |
captures two sides of ~ crusader |
Australia's Lost Gold |
so-so |
86 |
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occasionally feels like a bit of a slog |
Elstree 1976 |
so-so |
81 |
89 |
doesn’t round up the usual suspects |
Love Thy Nature |
so-so |
30 |
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cries out for much greater depth and perspective |
Keepers of the Game |
so-so |
|
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Native girls find themselves through lacrosse |
The First Monday in May |
no |
80 |
79 |
gets lost in the Met amid several story lines |
We the People: The Market Basket Effect |
no |
75 |
|
too short, too slanted |
Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame |
no |
67 |
40 |
a tribute to bike maker that goes flat |
Pelé: Birth of a Legend |
no |
20 |
11 |
fails to capture spark of soccer icon |
The Syndrome |
no |
|
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takes a one-sided view of the controversy about shaken baby syndrome |
animated |
|
|
|
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The Angry Birds Movie |
yes |
43 |
43 |
reveals the story behind the wacky rage |
Doukyusei (Classmates) |
yes |
|
|
Watercolor-based anime provides romantic escape |
Bling |
no |
40 |
|
A film nobody will enjoy; borrows heavily from others |
Ratchet & Clank |
no |
17 |
24 |
a weak space-wars saga |
regular movies |
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Kill Zone 2 |
yes |
100 |
100 |
Graceful; showcases martial arts |
Memoria |
yes |
100 |
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Familiar[, but] still makes its mark |
Crush the Skull |
yes |
100 |
|
Thrilling; never lets up |
Love & Friendship |
yes |
99 |
97 |
*droll, deviously charming |
Sing Street |
yes |
97 |
94 |
*cranks up great pop music and one young man's dreams |
Jungle Book |
yes |
94 |
93 |
*a sweet and scary triumph of modern moviemaking |
Green Room |
yes |
91 |
84 |
*a stylishly done horror show |
The Lobster |
yes |
90 |
97 |
*a rich, surreal take on modern love |
Dheepan |
yes |
90 |
93 |
spins a gritty immigrant saga |
A Monster With a Thousand Heads |
yes |
89 |
100 |
Healthcare is a 'Monster' we can all relate to and fear |
A Bigger Splash |
yes |
89 |
85 |
*has deceptive depth |
Francofonia |
yes |
85 |
70 |
an elegant rumination on the Louvre through the lens of war |
Maggie's Plan |
yes |
84 |
87 |
*a sericomic take on messing with fate |
The Meddler |
yes |
84 |
82 |
*Susan Sarandon gives warmth and comic verve |
Echo Park |
yes |
83 |
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a romance plays out with an L.A. backdrop |
Wedding Doll |
yes |
80 |
80 |
Love blooms in the quietly assured Israeli film |
Hostile Border |
yes |
80 |
|
an effective crime thriller |
Viva |
yes |
78 |
76 |
a torch song melodrama convincingly set in Havana |
Men & Chicken |
yes |
74 |
67 |
a darkly comic look at a family secret |
Sworn Virgin |
yes |
73 |
83 |
an absorbing glimpse at Balkan tradition |
The Ones Below |
yes |
72 |
89 |
ably echoes early Polanski |
Those People |
yes |
71 |
67 |
a touching take on Manhattan's young and rich |
What We Become |
yes |
71 |
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a savvy study of suburbanites coping with an encroaching apocalypse |
Divine Access |
yes |
67 |
|
Script grants ~ to wit and deep thoughts |
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising |
yes |
62 |
65 |
goofily funny and mind-bendingly stupid |
High-Rise |
yes |
62 |
48 |
a towering display of destruction |
The Trust |
yes |
57 |
44 |
caper picture reminds us why we liked Nicolas Cage |
Hard Sell |
yes |
38 |
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plays the high school hits but finds its own groove |
Bite |
yes |
36 |
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satisfies despite an opening that's hard to swallow |
How to Plan An Orgy In A Small Town |
yes |
30 |
|
has surprising heart |
I Am Wrath |
yes |
13 |
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Travolta, Meloni satisfy |
Princess |
yes |
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Dreamy; reveals young girl's nightmare |
Neon Bull |
so-so |
92 |
88 |
languid pace and barnyard earthiness |
Margarita With a Straw |
so-so |
92 |
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Strong performances stir ‘Margarita’ romance |
The Nice Guys |
so-so |
91 |
84 |
an unwieldy pop pastiche that has some fun with its tacky ’70s duds |
Barbershop: The Next Cut |
so-so |
90 |
93 |
*Humor and serious issues cut close to the funnybone |
Captain America: Civil War |
so-so |
90 |
88 |
turns out to be a longer slog than you may anticipate |
The Idol |
so-so |
81 |
88 |
uneven but charmingly earnest |
Sunset Song |
so-so |
79 |
74 |
its emotional power [is] undercut by its studied, episodic unfolding |
11 Minutes |
so-so |
71 |
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has a Big Brother vibe as intersecting lives are caught on camera |
L'Attesa (The Wait) |
so-so |
64 |
83 |
a moody and lyrical contemplation of grief |
Holidays |
so-so |
55 |
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holiday horror anthology |
Manhattan Night |
so-so |
36 |
40 |
a classy, if confusing, neo-noir |
Criminal |
so-so |
32 |
32 |
Frankenstein-ishm half science-fiction tale, half espionage thriller |
The Adderall Diaries |
so-so |
19 |
27 |
complex, absorbing, at times profound |
Starcrossed |
so-so |
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lovers untangle fate and deceit |
Serial Killer 1 |
so-so |
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could well appeal to fans of “Law & Order” |
Dark Horse |
no |
97 |
95 |
cute but underwhelming |
Bill |
no |
94 |
|
tries for Monty Python humor, but Shakespeare comedy falls short |
Tale of Tales |
no |
83 |
89 |
inspired by fairly tales, never quite stirs to life |
Elvis & Nixon |
no |
77 |
77 |
hits the wrong tonal notes in revisiting historical encounter |
Keanu |
no |
77 |
75 |
will be catnip for 'Key & Peele' fans, but for the rest of the world... meh |
13 Cameras |
no |
77 |
|
should spy on a more interesting couple |
Last Days in the Desert |
no |
72 |
50 |
never quite hits its stride as a biblical variation |
A Hologram for the King |
no |
69 |
68 |
Not even Tom Hanks can save baffling, uninteresting ~ |
The Man Who Knew Infinity |
no |
63 |
70 |
limited by formulaic treatment that adds up to a less-than-great film |
Dough |
no |
63 |
62 |
a bland mix of ingredients |
To Life |
no |
57 |
40 |
Post-Holocaust drama lacks emotional connection |
Pali Road |
no |
55 |
57 |
captures Hawaii's beauty but not much else |
Money Monster |
no |
55 |
52 |
George Clooney and Julia Roberts get mauled by ~ |
Phantom of the Theatre |
no |
50 |
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collapses under its own weight |
X-Men: Apocalypse |
no |
48 |
34 |
not the well-oiled machine the Disney Marvel movies have become |
The Congressman |
no |
40 |
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Earnest and well-meaning; devolves into predictable schmaltz |
Sacrifice |
no |
36 |
|
of your time |
Alice Through the Looking Glass |
no |
30 |
14 |
more blunder than wonder |
Being Charlie |
no |
26 |
27 |
Hard to embrace despite sobering look at addiction |
Ma ma |
no |
25 |
15 |
Even Penélope Cruz can't light up uninspiring ~ |
Welcome to Happiness |
no |
25 |
|
fails to amuse amid all its sadness |
Colonia |
no |
22 |
29 |
the 973 Chilean military coup ismore dramatic than its fiction |
An Eye for Beauty |
no |
21 |
13 |
a shallow affair |
Mothers and Daughters |
no |
20 |
0 |
need to lighten up |
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty |
no |
18 |
|
a drab makeover |
The Huntsman: Winter's War |
no |
16 |
9 |
a fairy tale in search of a tale to tell |
Special Correspondents |
no |
13 |
22 |
isn't much of a story |
Rio, I Love You |
no |
9 |
0 |
should be avoided |
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba |
no |
8 |
6 |
manages to turn a colorful, true tale into a boring biopic |
Mother's Day |
no |
7 |
7 |
a monotonous and predictable group therapy session |
The Darkness |
no |
5 |
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my old friend, the same old horror once again |
Nina |
no |
3 |
0 |
a bizarrely staged re-creation of Nina Simone's life |
Term Life |
no |
0 |
|
doesn't pay off |
The Offering |
no |
0 |
|
Just say no to ~ |
Search Party |
no |
0 |
|
should have been abandoned |
Sundown |
no |
0 |
|
strictly offensive |
The Dead Room |
no |
|
|
proves a tedious supernatural thriller until the end |
Paradox |
no |
|
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takes time travel to a bad place |
Beautiful Something |
no |
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lost in time, leaves you looking for more |
Code of Honor |
no |
|
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Steven Seagal takes a bite out of crime (and then some) |
Asian Connection |
no |
|
|
Undercooked, lacks spice |
A Bit of Bad Luck |
no |
|
|
a satirical misfire |
Most Likely to Die |
no |
|
|
Audiences are ~ from apathy |
Back in the Day |
no |
|
|
a punch-drunk retread of much better boxing dramas |
Stressed to Kill |
no |
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Plodding, off the mark |