Jamie Foxx is the scourge of antebellum racists, and Christoph Waltz his wily mentor, in QT’s latest provocation
Reviews
Les Misérables: The YouTube Version
For all its stirring moments, Tom Hooper’s film of the blockbuster musical spends too much time shouting at you in closeup
Ten Years After Interpol’s Turn on the Bright Lines, Album Still Shines
The record’s anniversary edition showcases the band at its best, despite bleak bonuses
Hyde Park on Hudson: FDR, His Mistresses and the King
Bill Murray is fine, but all else dreadful, in a drama about that charming lecher in the White House
Deadfall: Blood on the Snow
Eric Bana is the killer, and Olvia Wilde his sister, in this schizophrenic crime drama/love story
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas: Ed Burns Pulls Together Another Dysfunctional Irish-Catholic Brood
The gang of usual suspects, from the wonderful Connie Britton to Michael McGlone, is all back in this amiable but uninspired ensemble comedy
The Hobbit: Why Go There and Back Again?
Peter Jackson’s return to Middle-earth is just like the Tolkien tale: many marvels and a whole lot of trudging
Alicia Keys Gets Happy with Girl on Fire
The R&B diva sets her newest record ablaze
Killing Them Softly: Brad Pitt as an Assassin with Aplomb
Murder is strictly business in this violent but subdued crime drama
Zero Dark Thirty: The Girl Who Got bin Laden
In this powerhouse, true-life thriller, the team behind The Hurt Locker details the decadelong hunt for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden
Rust and Bone: Marion Cotillard and Oscar Mania
The Academy Award-winning star of ‘La vie en rose’ shines in a love story where tragedy plays matchmaker
Rise of the Guardians: Santa and His Superhero Posse on a Quest to Save Childhood Innocence
Another kiddie movie featuring a crisis revolving around the holidays, with Jack Frost as the reluctant hero
Red Dawn: Chris Hemsworth Helms Lackluster Remake
Without his Thor power, this Red Dawn remake—which originally starred Patrick Swayze—would likely go straight to video