LAT RTMC RTC
documentary



The Great Flood yes 100 100 An evocative look at The Great Flood of 1927
Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys yes 80
a look at two brothers in Finnish Lapland over a year.
If You Build It yes 78 80 A struggling community finds its own kind of field of dreams
Hank: 5 Years From the Brink yes 64 71 *an economic horror story
The Lion's Mouth Opens yes

an espresso shot to the heart
Happy Valley yes

Penn State scandel
Kids for Cash yes

Mark Ciavarella, a former judge … convicted of racketeering.
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me yes

You'll hang on her every word
Particle Fever yes

*a smashingly captivating look at a big idea [CERN]
The Last of the Unjust so-so 100 100 ungainly but powerful
12 O'Clock Boys so-so 93 94 *[an] unvarnished, kinetic, often disturbing portrait of illegal dirt bikers
A Rising Tide of Silence so-so

a beautiful but bland portrait
It's Better to Jump no 83
lopsided snapshot of the ancient walled city of Acre in Israel
Mitt no 81 78 needs a broader focus
The Grounded no 25 0 digs itself into a hole
For No Good Reason no

paints a limited portrait of Ralph Steadman
A Journey to Planet Sanity no

crash lands in slapdash-parody territory
animated



Ernest & Celestine yes 100 100 *about a bear and a mouse
The Lego Movie yes 96 97 *a tall stack of subversive fun
The Pirate Fairy so-so 57
plenty of pretty spectacles, but true flights of fancy are far too rare.
Mr. Peabody & Sherman so-so

*may be too smart for its own good
The Nut Job no 13 14 well-animated animals but a too complicated story
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo no

looks good but veers to melodrama.
War of the Worlds: Goliath no

Absurd plot devices render 3-D animation film nonsensical.
regular movies



The Rocket yes 100 100 *Laos-set antiwar drama, a touch of fable and a powerful sense of place.
7 Boxes yes 100 100 a thrilling Paraguayan crime caper
Gloria yes 99 100 *a naturalistic charm to the truth-telling going on
Stranger by the Lake yes 97 95 *tantalizing and thought-provoking
Lunchbox yes 97 90 a delectable take on the hunger for connection
In Bloom yes 95 91 follows fate of young girls in a changing country
Child's Pose yes 93 93 *exceptionally written, directed and acted
Banshee Chapter yes 93
CIA, LSD and dread
Omar yes 88 87 a heartbreaking tale of love across isolation walls
Like Father, Like Son yes 84 82 *a film of considerable emotional complexity
Run and Jump yes 83 100 luminous and lovely
Charlie Victor Romeo yes 80 88 unsettling and chilling
After the Dark yes 75
well-shot sci-fi thriller, smart, provocative, about nuclear holocaust
Non-Stop yes 58 61 a crisp, efficient thriller
Generation War yes 57 60 *an epic, combat-intensive film with a solid ensemble cast.
Somewhere Slow yes 50 60 finds lovely expression in woman's journey
Raze yes 50 36 *unrelenting, fist-into-skull violence
Adult World yes 48 62 *smart, incisive
The Best Offer yes 46 33 *a finely layered mystery
Cold Comes the Night yes 42 30 cat-and-mouse thriller
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones yes 39 40 *smartly aims to be little more than a scary picture
Beijing Love Story yes 33 40 an appealing valentine
Date and Switch yes 33
broad but credible with heartfelt moments.
Pompeii yes 25 20 *accomplishes its ambitious agenda to largely engrossing effect
Son of God yes 24 15 proves more than a mere watered-down "The Passion of the Christ."
Freezer yes

a snappy action flick that makes good use of its close confines
Let's Ruin It With Babies yes

gets a little lost on its cross-country tour but recovers
Venus Talk yes

a light and lively look at the sex lives of 40ish female friends
Bethlehem yes

a taut cat-and-mouse game
In Fear yes

*Unsettling close-ups and a well-paced series of scares … exceptional
Journey to the West yes

*a rollicking tale of demon hunters
Lucky Bastard yes

a clever thriller set in the world of porn
The Grand Budapest Hotel yes

*another oddball world … playful, poignant
A Field in England so-so 87 89 trippy but happenstance
The Suspect so-so 83 100 frenetic camerawork … stunning set pieces
G.B.F so-so 79 71 Gay Best Friend: muddled, eschews smarts for laughs, sharp and amusing
The Returned so-so 69
shakes up standard undead fare before its plot finally fizzles.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit so-so 61 52 something that could pass for the real thing if you're not looking too hard
Stalingrad so-so 48 35 a siege of the senses laden with history
The Truth About Emanuel so-so 30 17 pain of motherhood and guilt of daughters
Endless Love so-so 15 12 some surprising performances rise above a skin-deep plot.
Dumbbells so-so 14 17 a competent but feather-light gym-scene comedy
Winter's Tale so-so 13 12 you'd like to be able to say it's a complete success. It isn't …
Awful Nice so-so

sometimes falls flat, but [the] stars keep lifting up the comedy.
Special ID so-so

Little suspense, but plenty of kicks
About Last Night no 76 81 unnecessary reimagination of the 1986 original
Enemies Closer no 75 80 Jean-Claude Van Damme makes few friends
Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 no 70 83 Z-grade schlock, vigorously offensive
The Attorney no 70 83 courts a miscarriage of drama
Love Is in the Air no 70 60 too up in the air
Visitors no 66 53 an art piece masquerading as a movie
Nurse 3D no 65
an oversexed caretaker obsessed with a co-worker. It isn't sexy or fun.
At Middleton no 58 53 romantic comedy gets a middling grade
Interior. Leather Bar. no 55 60 movie-within-the-movie's seeming pointlessness
Easy Money: Hard to Kill no 53 38 a sense of randomness robs the film of meaningful connections.
RoboCop no 49 55 this … model could use a recall
In Secret no 47 44 simmers but doesn't boil, making an adulterous affair unexciting
The Pretty One no 45 30 Tragedy and romance play Twister
Almost Human no 43
close encounters of the parasitic variety
Black Out no 40
an uninvolving, dark crime comedy
Holy Ghost People no 40
No miracle can save 'Holy Ghost People'
Swerve no 36 22 has elements of a great thriller, except for a good plot
A Fantastic Fear of Everything no 35
[a] dreary, loud, amateurish horror-comedy
Monuments Men no 34 32 talks big but lacks artful direction
Knights of Badassdom no 33
Oh, the meta-horror
Angels in Stardust no 33
bites the dust with hokey material
3 Days To Kill no 31 17 spy thriller with faulty aim
Odd Thomas no 29 20 gets the hero right, but not the tone
24 Exposures no 25 13 takes a subpar stab at crime
Welcome to the Jungle no 25
Jean-God [Van] Damme — don't! Don't go into the jungle!
Gimme Shelter no 23 22 filled with very good intentions, very bad dialogue
That Awkward Moment no 22 12 passing off misogyny for comedy
The Wait no 18 29 enigmatic but ultimately wearying
Twice Born no 18 15 Romance but little chemistry
Devil's Due no 18 13 an inept take on 'Rosemary's Baby'
Angels Sing no 17 20 cringe-worthy treacle … bah bumbug
Reasonable Doubt no 17
a far-fetched plot with too many holes to be credible.
Ride Along no 16 23 any sense of logic is definitely on the lam.
May I Kill U no 15
The answer ... is, as you might expect, no
Jamesy Boy no 14 20 Inside-the-pen (prison, not ink) follows a too-familiar trajectory
Free Ride no 14 17 Reality takes a toll
Back in the Day no 14
Cloying and smug when it's not being unfunny and crass
Brightest Star no 13 17 a twee look at an aimless, nameless, recently dumped twentysomething
Barefoot no 11 10 it's a stumble
The Bag Man no 10 0 deserves the sack
Girl on a Bicycle no 8 17 runs as flat as Euro-pudding
Cavemen no 8 0 movies about child-men on the make may be headed toward the boneyard
Chlorine no 8 0 A flat, undercooked suburban comedy. Or … drama? Or … satire?
The Outsider no 5 0 a lo-fi imitation of 'Taken'
I, Frankenstein no 4 8 staggers forth barely bolted together
The Legend of Hercules no 2 11 weakened by cliches
Hamlet no 0 0 lacks the creative juice
Saratov Approach no

a spiritual thriller with little soul
California Scheming no

isn't a well-developed plan
Down and Dangerous no

another wearisome 'Breaking Bad' wanna-be
A Stranger in Paradise no

criminally underwhelms
Repentance no

An unforgivable waste of acting talent
The Activist no

suffers from lack of activity
Haunt no

winds up feeling like an exercise in horror formalities
The Face of Love no

feels contrived
Southern Baptist Sissies no

the material is about three decades past due
300: Rise of an Empire no

looks great but is weak in plot