Django Unchained
“Is [Quentin Tarantino’s] Django attacking the cruelty [of slavery] or reveling in it?” asks Entertainment Weekly. We’ve figured out the answer.
Jack Reacher
The tagline for this Tom Cruise crimefest tells us that “The law has limits. He does not.” As if that’s a good thing.
On the Road
Kristen Stewart joins the ensemble cast in this adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s influential 1947 novel about a young writer’s lust for worldly experience.
This Is 40
The man responsible for The 40-Year-Old Virgin once again pays comedic homage to the conflicts many middle-aged folks face. This time within the confines of marriage. (But not within the confines of good taste.)
The Guilt Trip
This mother-son road trip movie hits its share of potholes and almost swerves off the road a time or two. But what’s that we spy on the horizon?
Zero Dark Thirty
The Hurt Locker’s Kathryn Bigelow tracks down Osama bin Laden, step by bloody step. And when the hunt’s done, she asks us whether the reward is worth the price.
Amour
Austrian director Michael Haneke is known for injecting jarring subject matter into his films. Amour will do nothing to amend his legacy.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Director Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth to spin out the first part of its “origins” story. But his version of The Hobbit may not be quite the way you remember Tolkien telling it.
Playing for Keeps
Former soccer star and current coach George Dryer wants to reunite with his son and ex-wife. But frisky soccer moms bar his way. (And he’s not inclined to barge right past them … at least at first.)
Killing Them Softly
If Roberta Flack’s silky song is on your lips right now, wipe it away quick. Because this Brad Pitt movie isn’t at all about love. It’s about death. And greed. And desperation. And politics?