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Movies
Hugh Jackman: Les Miz’s Leading Man Talks to TIME
The Renaissance man chats about playing the good guy, singing without grimacing and why Jean Valjean reminds him of his dad
And the Best Movie of 2012 Is …
Grab some tissues — TIME’s pick for movie of the year will break your heart
Parental Guidance: Should Be Rated R for Rotten
Billy Crystal and Bette Midler as fun-loving grandparents? On paper that sounds good. On screen it’s painful.
A Hobbit Holiday: Bilbo Beats Babs and Tom
On a weak pre-Christmas weekend, Streisand and Cruise get coal in their stockings
Quartet: The Least Exotic Country Retirement Home
Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay and Pauline Collins are up to their usual fine standard, but Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut about retirees putting on a show to help save their retirement home lacks bite
Matt Damon’s Promised Land: What the Frack!?
The star and cowriter takes on the natural-gas industry, and everyone loses
On the Road: Sex, Drugs and Kristen Stewart
Walter Salles’ film of the Beatnik novel has cool moments but remains stillborn, like a diorama in a Kerouac museum
Mary Pols’ Top 10 Movies of 2012
Because while our critic Mary Pols had fun writing about the worst films, she has more fun with movies she loves
Oscar Surprise: Why a 5-Year-Old Actress Might Just Win Over the Academy
At the age of five, Quvenzhané Wallis was on the set of ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild,’ delivering a fierce and unforgettable performance. Now four years later, critics are hailing the fantasy as one of the best films of 2012. …
The Impossible: Naomi Watts Keeps This Disaster Film Afloat
The technical and emotional marvel from the Spanish filmmaking team of Juan Antonio Bayona and Sergio G. Sanchez hits you like a tidal wave
David Chase’s Not Fade Away: A Musical Memoir from the Sopranos Boss
The King of HBO drama hits a flat note in his evocation of the Jersey ’60s. Good thing he brought James Gandolfini along for the trip.
Apatow’s This Is 40: Way Too Many Scenes From a Marriage
Writer-director Judd Apatow’s meandering “sort-of” sequel to Knocked Up starts strong and funny but falls flat in its second hour