|
LAT |
RTMC |
RTC |
note: “~” = the film's name |
documentary |
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Cries From Syria |
yes |
100 |
100 |
focuses on children in refugee crisis |
Keep Quiet |
yes |
100 |
100 |
follows man's journey from open anti-Semite to Orthodox Jew |
Betting on Zero |
yes |
100 |
100 |
chronicles a big short on Herbalife |
The Settlers |
yes |
100 |
100 |
delves into Israeli politics and religion |
Kedi |
yes |
98 |
90 |
*investigates the feline lives of Istanbul |
Five Came Back |
yes |
97 |
93 |
shows how World War II changed prominent Hollywood directors |
I Called Him Morgan |
yes |
95 |
100 |
The jazz tragedy of Lee Morgan, exquisitely rendered |
The Freedom to Marry |
yes |
91 |
100 |
chronicles the long road for gay rights |
In Search of Israeli Cuisine |
yes |
91 |
83 |
The subject's very existence is open to debate |
I Am Jane Doe |
yes |
90 |
83 |
Child exploitation, free speech and net neutrality tangle |
Dying Laughing |
yes |
87 |
75 |
The art, agony and gooseflesh of stand-up comedy |
Mr. Gaga: A True Story of Love and Dance |
yes |
85 |
88 |
dazzling choreography and prickly personality shine in |
Kiki |
yes |
82 |
100 |
an energetic, affectionate portrait of New York's LGBT ballroom scene |
American Anarchist |
yes |
70 |
67 |
The long-lasting effects of revolutionary rhetoric explored |
Contemporary Color |
yes |
68 |
82 |
shines a gleeful spotlight on flag-waving, rifle-twirling artists |
Water & Power: A California Heist |
yes |
|
|
a compelling picture of timeless greed |
Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness |
yes |
|
|
showcases the best and the buffest |
The Last Laugh |
so-so |
100 |
100 |
At times haphazard but always involving |
My Scientology Movie |
no |
87 |
80 |
nothing really new revealed |
Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe |
no |
|
|
their stories never fully coalesce |
animated |
|
|
|
|
My Life as a Zucchini |
yes |
100 |
100 |
*a stop-motion delight |
The Lego Batman Movie |
yes |
90 |
88 |
*the best Batman movie since 'The Dark Knight' |
The Boss Baby |
no |
52 |
38 |
the rancid diaper of animated movies |
regular movies |
|
|
|
|
Love & Taxes |
yes |
100 |
100 |
preferable to death and taxes |
Duckweed |
yes |
100 |
|
Chinese dramedy winningly goes back to the future |
Don't Kill It |
yes |
100 |
|
Dolph Lundgren is back having fun in the horror-comedy film |
Get Out |
yes |
99 |
100 |
an overdue Hollywood response to our racial anxiety |
After the Storm |
yes |
96 |
96 |
a quietly masterful family drama |
The Women's Balcony |
yes |
95 |
92 |
a warm culture-clash comedy that makes sharp points |
Prevenge |
yes |
95 |
91 |
British comic Alice Lowe makes a bloody good directing debut |
Logan |
yes |
93 |
90 |
*an authentic drama between scenes of brutal violence |
Donald Cried |
yes |
93 |
82 |
tense, funny and melancholic |
The Son of Joseph |
yes |
92 |
100 |
puts a beguiling French twist on the Nativity |
The Devil's Candy |
yes |
92 |
89 |
a creepy riff on metalhead parenting |
The Levelling |
yes |
92 |
|
a modestly scaled, superbly crafted drama |
Punching Henry |
yes |
91 |
83 |
Amusing sequel finds reality in comedy |
Raw |
yes |
90 |
90 |
Delectable cannibal thriller fleshes out the mystery of female desire |
Frantz |
yes |
90 |
82 |
illuminates the mystery of postwar grief |
John Wick: Chapter 2 |
yes |
89 |
80 |
*Keanu Reeves knows gun-fu in the thrillingly disciplined |
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore |
yes |
88 |
92 |
Melanie Lynskey raises hell in the bloody dark comedy |
Bwoy |
yes |
86 |
|
effectively conveys depths of loss and loneliness |
Chapter & Verse |
yes |
85 |
80 |
The words of James Baldwin ring out in Harlem drama |
The Lure |
yes |
84 |
83 |
retro-disco-horror-musical-mermaid tale |
A United Kingdom |
yes |
83 |
70 |
Oyelowo and Pike breathe life into the star-crossed lovers |
Mean Dreams |
yes |
81 |
77 |
a beautiful, dangerous picture of rural America |
Dig Two Graves |
yes |
80 |
90 |
Creepy thriller evokes the best of Stephen King |
Personal Shopper |
yes |
80 |
85 |
spooky, entrancing; Kristen Stewart's finest performance? |
T2 Trainspotting |
yes |
78 |
78 |
Logic be damned; casts a profane, exuberant spell |
Lovesong |
yes |
78 |
70 |
Female friendship is given quiet depth |
Stray Bullets |
yes |
75 |
80 |
Teen auteur Jack Fessenden propels crime drama |
You’re Killing Me Susana |
yes |
75 |
44 |
The subversive pleasure of Gael García Bernal's scoundrel |
The Blackcoat's Daughter |
yes |
73 |
86 |
offers a different type of horror experience |
The Sense of an Ending |
yes |
73 |
80 |
a genteel British puzzle-box of a movie |
Catfight |
yes |
73 |
75 |
In the dark satire goes for the jugular |
The Other Half |
yes |
73 |
75 |
a granular depiction of trauma, illness and protectiveness |
Junction 48 |
yes |
71 |
|
Music carries dreams amid Palestinian-Israeli conflict |
They Call Me Jeeg |
yes |
67 |
|
Italian mob goon turns superhero in comics-inspired film |
Before I Fall |
yes |
65 |
80 |
a warm, empathetic mash-up of 'Groundhog Day' and 'Mean Girls' |
As You Are |
yes |
65 |
75 |
Adolescence is no nirvana in '90s-set indie drama |
Dark Night |
yes |
65 |
50 |
offers a hypnotic prelude to a tragedy |
Zookeeper's Wife |
yes |
60 |
58 |
Niki Caro and Jessica Chastain create an emotionally satisfying film |
Wilson |
yes |
46 |
47 |
Daniel Clowes' cranky comedy |
Ghost in the Shell |
yes |
45 |
30 |
The ravishing sci-fi noir is fascinating, and not without its glitches |
Song to Song |
yes |
43 |
52 |
finds beauty, frustration and hope in the Austin music scene |
VooDoo |
yes |
33 |
|
Something new in found-footage horror flick |
Don't Hang Up |
yes |
25 |
|
Tables are turned on pranksters in taut horror film |
Bornless Ones |
yes |
|
|
Supernatural thriller wields surprising depth |
The Great & the Small |
yes |
|
|
delivers emotional depth |
From Nowhere |
yes |
|
|
Three teens in U.S. illegally tell their stories |
Metamorphoses |
yes |
|
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A contemporary transformation of Ovid's epic poem that is daring |
Actor Martinez |
so-so |
81 |
75 |
Docufiction questions cinematic truth |
Beauty and the Beast |
so-so |
71 |
69 |
a gilded monument to the more-is-more principle |
American Fable |
so-so |
69 |
57 |
unsettling, if uneven |
Life |
so-so |
67 |
46 |
twists and scary moments, but ... |
Bokeh |
so-so |
47 |
71 |
less than fully satisfying, but plenty to admire along the way |
Drifter |
so-so |
44 |
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Horror-thriller is a semi-successful exercise in genre homage |
A Cure for Wellness |
so-so |
42 |
29 |
The mad puzzle of Gore Verbinski |
Fare |
so-so |
|
|
keeps getting sidetracked by long, therapy-speak-laden conversations |
Burning Sands |
no |
85 |
71 |
Black fraternity drama rehashes abusive hazing rituals |
The Girl With All the Gifts |
no |
84 |
75 |
unlikely to leave you hungry for more |
Kong: Skull Island |
no |
76 |
73 |
he ends up at times as an afterthought in his own film |
Suntan |
no |
76 |
50 |
Schlubby Greek drama fails to satisfy |
Headshot |
no |
74 |
83 |
Indonesian fight drama can't sustain its gratuitous violence |
Growing Up Smith |
no |
70 |
|
Immigrant comedy set in the '70s falls short |
This Beautiful Fantastic |
no |
67 |
50 |
A thin story undermines the whimsical drama |
Carrie Pilby |
no |
65 |
50 |
swings wildly from melancholy to wacky |
For Here or to Go? |
no |
64 |
50 |
suffers from having too much on its plate |
Fabricated City |
no |
60 |
|
it's not clear where the game ends and the movie begins |
Here Alone |
no |
55 |
|
swaps adventure for less satisfying touchy-feelies |
The Belko Experiment |
no |
53 |
43 |
descends into a meaningless orgy of murder |
Saban’s Power Rangers |
no |
44 |
38 |
a witless and cobbled-together pile of junk |
The Discovery |
no |
43 |
33 |
Proof of an afterlife is no stairway to heaven |
Brimstone |
no |
37 |
17 |
depiction of hell on Earth is a trial in itself |
Wolves |
no |
36 |
22 |
Coming-of-age sports tropes and gritty domestic drama don't quite mesh |
The Great Wall |
no |
35 |
24 |
crumbles in epic fashion |
The Last Word |
no |
35 |
13 |
predictable |
Lavender |
no |
33 |
43 |
Thriller looks and sounds (and probably smells) great, but story falls flat |
In Dubious Battle |
no |
32 |
22 |
laborious drama |
Havenhurst |
no |
30 |
|
Bloody; unlikely to win over any converts |
Fist Fight |
no |
27 |
29 |
overzealous comedy |
Table 19 |
no |
23 |
14 |
choking on fumes |
Atomica |
no |
22 |
|
Sci-fi thriller runs low on energy |
The Shack |
no |
21 |
0 |
eccentric, kitschy |
Collide |
no |
20 |
17 |
Long-delayed action film is one dopey ride |
The Ottoman Lieutenant |
no |
20 |
0 |
lacks depth and heat |
1 Night |
no |
20 |
|
Potential goes unfulfilled in romantic drama |
CHIPS |
no |
16 |
15 |
dunderheaded new buddy-cop movie |
Fifty Shades Darker |
no |
10 |
10 |
Fifty shades dimmer |
Despite the Falling Snow |
no |
10 |
0 |
Cold war drama boasts Russians, spies and a snooze aler |
Bitter Harvest |
no |
9 |
0 |
Tragic story of the Holodomor is reduced to cliché |
Sex Doll |
no |
0 |
|
European drama is a meandering take on a high-end call girl |
The Institute |
no |
0 |
|
James Franco's gothic thriller is more silly than chilly |
All Nighter |
no |
0 |
|
It’s all feather-light, low-stakes stuff |
Rings |
no |
|
|
a horror franchise is reborn. It should have stayed dead |
The Adventure Club |
no |
|
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Anachronistic kids' caper takes bland to the next level |
Ghost of New Orleans |
no |
|
|
laughable |
Erasing Eden |
no |
|
|
so much focus on the darkness, it’s hard to embrace the eventual light |
Diamond Cartel |
no |
|
|
Kazakh crime thriller is a best-forgotten mess |
Walk of Fame |
no |
|
|
Unfunny comedy takes aim at everyone |
Pitching Tents |
no |
|
|
Retro comedy flounders with '80s raunch |
The Prison |
no |
|
|
all punch, no plot |