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LAT |
RTMC |
RTC |
note: “~” = the film's name. *RT fresh |
documentary |
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The Woman Who Loves Giraffes |
yes |
100 |
100 |
lives up to its title, and something more |
Advocate |
yes |
100 |
71 |
Lea Tsemel, a Jewish Israeli lawyer who helps Palestinian prisoners |
Don't Be a Dick About It |
yes |
100 |
36 |
an affectionate portrait of a fraternal bond |
System K |
yes |
100 |
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exhilarating portrait of troubled African city’s thriving art scene. |
The Cordillera of Dreams |
yes |
93 |
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Of men and mountains |
Chinese Portrait |
yes |
90 |
40 |
Brimming with humanity; contemplative, minimalist |
Afterward |
yes |
88 |
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Haunted by what happened before |
Sorry We Missed You |
yes |
87 |
82 |
*feels honest and blisteringly human |
Once Were Brothers |
yes |
84 |
86 |
*demands to be seen |
The Times of Bill Cunningham |
yes |
80 |
92 |
photographer comes into fashion again |
Art Paul of Playboy: The Man Behind the Bunny |
yes |
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a portrait of unwavering dedication to aesthetics |
Earth |
yes |
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straightforward, striking |
Hate Among Us |
so-so |
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skirt[s] incendiary tweets and retweets from [Trump] |
Lost in America |
no |
100 |
91 |
editing hiccups, language that feels dated. |
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street |
no |
100 |
90 |
*overstates the cultural impact of NOES |
Tread |
no |
92 |
87 |
Less would have been considerably more |
Created Equal |
no |
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Clarence Thomas; one-sided film’s wheels come off |
Heavy Water |
no |
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It’s tubular only to hardcore surfers |
animated |
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Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon |
yes |
96 |
80 |
*A charming film with a clunky title |
Ride Your Wave |
yes |
93 |
83 |
Masaaki Yuasa’s best anime yet |
Weathering With You |
yes |
92 |
96 |
*a thought-provoking edge |
Onward |
yes |
88 |
95 |
*Nostalgia and originality carry forth |
Sonic the Hedgehog |
yes |
63 |
93 |
shrugs off shaky start |
My Hero Acadamia: Heroes Rising |
yes |
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99 |
satisfies with bravery and kaboom |
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back — Evolution |
so-so |
44 |
46 |
it all feels very familiar. |
regular movies |
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Saint Frances |
yes |
99 |
75 |
*honest, funny and messy too |
Corpus Christi |
yes |
98 |
93 |
thrilling narrative power of complex moral decisions |
Extra Ordinary |
yes |
98 |
77 |
*‘Extra’ laughs in this kooky romp |
Knives Out |
yes |
97 |
92 |
*ingenious, deliriously entertaining detective tail |
First Cow |
yes |
96 |
64 |
delightful surprise in the Old West |
Blood on Her Name |
yes |
96 |
54 |
*making terrible mistakes |
Little Woman |
yes |
95 |
92 |
*it’s a pip |
Come as You Are |
yes |
95 |
80 |
Road-trip humor takes a fresh turn |
Invisible Life |
yes |
94 |
88 |
*a moving look at Brazilian sisters kept apart |
Beanpole |
yes |
93 |
76 |
*becomes utterly, fascinatingly specific |
Ordinary Love |
yes |
93 |
69 |
*The backbone of a marriage |
Straight Up |
yes |
93 |
67 |
Love is a complicated thing in sweet, smart ~ |
The Assistant |
yes |
93 |
25 |
*Job is a misery for ‘Assistant’ |
The Invisible Man |
yes |
92 |
88 |
*visibly scary |
Clemency |
yes |
92 |
65 |
*Death-row drama |
The Two Popes |
yes |
89 |
88 |
*their spirit will move you |
Jezebel |
yes |
89 |
46 |
Character study with genuine warmth |
I Was at Home, But ... |
yes |
88 |
33 |
brilliant, elliptical tale of loss |
Redoubt |
yes |
88 |
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picturesque wilderness meditation |
Standing Up, Falling Down |
yes |
87 |
86 |
*Old school in a good way |
Come to Daddy |
yes |
87 |
75 |
*it does deliver a good, sick twist |
Swallow |
yes |
87 |
71 |
*Inedible becomes almost irresistible |
Zombi Child |
yes |
86 |
54 |
*Beguiling; unique to its genre |
The Way Back |
yes |
84 |
84 |
redemptive drama |
Queen & Slim |
yes |
83 |
92 |
*comes roaring out of the gate |
The Whistlers |
yes |
83 |
53 |
*'Oceans Eleven' territory with fun results |
Secret Zoo |
yes |
83 |
45 |
inspired fun |
The Banker |
yes |
79 |
100 |
inspiring tale of fight against discrimination |
Birds of Prey |
yes |
79 |
78 |
*a sleek, diverting, hyper-violent new caper |
VHYes |
yes |
79 |
69 |
*retro warped comedy |
Disappearance at Clifton Hill |
yes |
76 |
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*Sleuth finds artful mood in mystery |
The Lodge |
yes |
74 |
51 |
*the language of horror |
Escape From Pretoria |
yes |
73 |
76 |
A prison thriller in apartheid era |
All the Bright Places |
yes |
65 |
61 |
moving romantic drama |
Camp Cold Brook |
yes |
57 |
34 |
Clever plot brings ghost story to life |
Burden |
yes |
50 |
97 |
a passionate message about the power of love |
Greed |
yes |
50 |
32 |
Greed is good for laughs in this satire |
Run This Town |
yes |
46 |
22 |
Smart, ambitious and impressive |
Spenser Confidential |
yes |
36 |
51 |
fun, familiar thriller |
The Grudge |
yes |
20 |
23 |
Once it gets going ~ is terrifying |
Emma |
yes |
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lovely to meet again |
Goldie |
yes |
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High-spirited and eyecatching |
Incitement |
yes |
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how fanaticism can grow and be enabled |
Premature |
yes |
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captures the absorbing language of young love |
The World Is Full of Secrets |
yes |
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Bare-bones in scale but enormous in effect |
Underwater |
yes |
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lean, efficient, unapologetically derivative |
And Then We Danced |
so-so |
94 |
95 |
*not terribly original, but ... |
After Midnight |
so-so |
90 |
48 |
Florida man faces heartbreak horror |
37 Seconds |
so-so |
88 |
85 |
sparsely incorporated; film’s latter half feels overlong at times. |
José |
so-so |
87 |
75 |
incredible and evocative, if perhaps overly meandering |
Color Out of Space |
so-so |
86 |
82 |
*rallies down the stretch |
Go Back to China |
so-so |
82 |
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Trial by toys for spoiled daughter |
Buffaloed |
so-so |
81 |
60 |
You’ll fall for this scammer’s pitch |
The Photograph |
so-so |
75 |
81 |
*uneven, but often intoxicatingly lovely romantic drama called |
Horse Girl |
so-so |
71 |
47 |
can’t quite sustain its own extraterrestrial ambitions, |
Hope Gap |
so-so |
64 |
70 |
Smart drama can’t escape stage roots |
The Call of the Wild |
so-so |
63 |
89 |
an old-fashioned animal friendly adventure flick for kids |
Feedback |
so-so |
62 |
53 |
It’s hard to nail down what ~ is about. |
The Last Full Measure |
so-so |
60 |
96 |
underdeveloped storyline, but ... |
The Turning |
so-so |
12 |
15 |
Focus on this spectral puzzle |
The Last Thing He Wanted |
so-so |
5 |
14 |
some overreach and muddle here, but ... |
Sonata |
so-so |
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Stylish ~ can chill |
My Name is Myeisha |
no |
90 |
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feels stuck on stage |
A Simple Wedding |
no |
85 |
71 |
second act ends too soon, leaving an overlong third act |
The Traitor |
no |
85 |
70 |
*Gangster saga feels bloated |
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made |
no |
84 |
59 |
*leans too heavily on quirk to express character |
The Dark Red |
no |
78 |
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overall scope too limited |
Bad Boys for Life |
no |
76 |
96 |
*Older but not much wiser |
The Gentlemen |
no |
75 |
84 |
*well-dressed but low-impact |
Only Cloud Knows |
no |
75 |
78 |
A fine romance, nothing special |
Olympic Dreams |
no |
70 |
54 |
Mopey dramedy earns no medals |
The Flood |
no |
69 |
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cinematic clichés that telegraph outcomes |
The Wave |
no |
68 |
61 |
More a concept than actual plot |
The Burnt Orange Heresy |
no |
66 |
81 |
Neo-noir thriller gets lost in details |
Gretel & Hansel |
no |
63 |
23 |
It's a feast for the eyes, but filling it's not |
Fantasy island |
no |
62 |
52 |
Not a bad idea. Dumb execution |
You Go to My Head |
no |
60 |
85 |
Eye candy? Sure. But that’s about it |
Young Ahmed |
no |
59 |
54 |
Tale of a young zealot disappoints |
The Rise of Skywalker |
no |
52 |
86 |
The skywalking dead |
Guns Akimbo |
no |
51 |
40 |
relentless mayhem and carnage |
Impossible Monsters |
no |
50 |
91 |
visually studied but dramatically muddy |
Quezon’s Game |
no |
45 |
94 |
A story worth telling, but better |
Inherit the Viper |
no |
45 |
46 |
Small-town crime saga lacks drama |
Three Christs |
no |
43 |
62 |
No saving grace in psychology tale |
Waiting for Anya |
no |
43 |
57 |
Heavy on cheese, easy on the Nazi |
Lost Holiday |
no |
42 |
94 |
Footloose duo is a little too much |
Wendy |
no |
42 |
79 |
a sometimes astonishing, ultimately enervating take on ‘Peter Pan’ |
The Night Clerk |
no |
37 |
31 |
muted thrills and noncommittal denouement |
Downhill |
no |
37 |
14 |
disappointing remake of the great Swedish avalanche dramedy |
Reality Queen! |
no |
36 |
60 |
A mockumentary that’s no fun at all |
Impractical Jokers: The Movie |
no |
35 |
76 |
the jokes veer cringingly toward stereotypes |
The Rhythm Section |
no |
28 |
44 |
Thriller never finds its groove |
The Host |
no |
25 |
76 |
Dull Euro-thriller has nice scenery |
Like a Boss |
no |
22 |
65 |
It’s so clearly incomprehensible |
Beneath Us |
no |
20 |
50 |
grisly horror flick |
A Fall From Grace |
no |
20 |
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NTF One long fall for a sketchy potboiler |
The Jesus Rolls |
no |
20 |
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gutter ball of a sophomoric, white middle-age male sexfarce fantasy |
Cats |
no |
19 |
53 |
pawfectly bad |
Disturbing the Peace |
no |
19 |
10 |
A reluctant hero is lacking support |
Goalie |
no |
18 |
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probing though ponderously episodic drama |
Elsewhere |
no |
17 |
70 |
He needs to start over and move on |
Dolittle |
no |
15 |
76 |
Another ~ to belittle |
Intrigo: Death of an Author |
no |
11 |
50 |
A nimble thriller can’t stick landing |
Brahms: The Bad Boy II |
no |
11 |
44 |
A fairly corny and stodgy spook show |
Get Gone |
no |
0 |
44 |
cobbled together from secondhand parts |
John Henry |
no |
0 |
22 |
lead-footed revenge thriller |
Emerald Run |
no |
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A gem? More like a cubic zirconia |