Cogent documentary makes the persuasive argument for the role that U.S. military and corporate interests have played in the influx of immigration from Latin American countries.

Unfortunately, the thin storyline isn't substantial enough to sustain the nearly two-hour running time.

A commendably restrained loser-turns-winner tale offering an unexpected second showcase for Terri star Jacob Wysocki, Matthew Lillard's Fat Kid Rules the World is less colorful than its grandeur-deluded title suggests.

This informative but scattershot documentary about the Occupy Wall Street suffers from a surfeit of facts and figures.

Inherently unpreachy but making its point more effectively than many participants in the debate can, the film should find vocal advocates in a niche theatrical run.

Meticulous care is evident in every aspect of the film. All three actors playing Pi are outstanding.

Its sharp writing and essential credibility make this small, intimate tale fresh and involving.

A deceptively slight film that strikes the right balance between realist family drama and earnestness.

In the spirit of the venture, the entire cast gets down and comes off all the better for it. Both Efron and McConaughey get very messed up physically, and both actors seem stimulated to be playing such flawed characters.

Refreshingly, V/H/S promises no more than it delivers, always a plus with genre fare.

Six Million and One suggests the need for both a more ruthless editor and a well-trained family therapist.

Unfortunately, the alternately melodramatic and comic Bringing Up Bobby fails to impress, despite a showy turn by Milla Jovovich in a sharp departure from her usual zombie butt-kicking in the Resident Evil series.

Pitch Perfect is an enjoyably snarky campus romp that's both wildly nerdy and somewhat sexy.

The movie addresses timely issues but eschews shading in favor of blunt black and white. It's old-school Lifetime fodder dressed up in Hollywood trappings.

A timely look at an important issue that's getting more hotly contested every month, Electoral Dysfunction takes a mildly jocular tone to get viewers concerned about what it calls a "war on voting" in America.

Much more than a sports film, The Other Dream Team is a rousing document of how one oppressed country reclaimed its identity and won its freedom in large part through its basketball prowess.

It is nonetheless imaginative in a highly familiar and ultimately tedious way.

The doc has little to say about the Michelin ranking system that hasn't been said, but offers enough behind-the-scenes interest to entertain foodies and inspire a few additions to their dining-experience bucket lists.

Despite an intriguing setup, sharply drawn central characters and a lead performance from the luminous Jennifer Lawrence that elevates the material a few notches, House at the End of the Street is a by-the-book horror thriller that's low on scares and suspense.

The devastating effects of head injuries in sports are detailed in Steve James' wrenching documentary.

Though not novel enough to attract non-devotees of America's Pastime, the film should please fans on the small screen.

A compelling portrait of an entire nation being kept in captivity and ignorance.

Cheerfully yet poignantly exposing the struggles, anxieties, disorders and obsessions of ordinary people, this is a film as odd as it is charming.

Moviegoers who liked Taken and want more of the same will get precisely that.

Eastwood is vastly entertaining as an old-fashioned scout who disdains computers and fancy statistical charts in favor of his own time-tested instincts.

It's a nice little human interest story, but hardly seems worthy of this full-length treatment.

She's (Milla Jovovich) constantly being besieged by a seemingly never-ending series of monsters, and we -- at least every couple of years or so -- are forced to sit through yet another installment of the mind-numbing series.

The bottom line: Mirthless and unmoving drama about a depressed stand-up comedian finding a new life as a kindergarten teacher.