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Les Misérables

Very few performers can sing vocally demanding, dramatic solos while a movie camera inspects their nostrils.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at 8:24 PM ET

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Baiters Gonna Bait

Stop complaining about Oscar bait!

S.T. VanAirsdale | MOVIES | Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, at 9:00 AM ET

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Django Unchained

I laughed, I was bored. I pumped my fist, I felt nauseated.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, at 6:10 PM ET

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Jack Reacher

If you’re still haunted by the Newtown shooting, do not see this movie. (Don’t see it anyway.)

Dan Kois | MOVIES | Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at 3:41 PM ET

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Amour

A compassionate, rigorously unsentimental masterwork about love and death.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at 12:21 PM ET

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On the Road

Not a great movie, but an interesting work of literary criticism.

David Haglund | MOVIES | Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at 7:32 PM ET

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The 10 Best Movies of 2012

Presidents, plagues, love, death, a hot dance number, a hell of a carnival ride, and more.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, at 10:35 PM ET

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The Impossible

A giant wave, and then another giant wave of emotion.

Dan Kois | MOVIES | Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, at 1:22 PM ET

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This Is 40

As funny as a hemorrhoid.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, at 7:27 PM ET

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Zero Dark Thirty

A vital, disturbing, and necessary film.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, at 12:21 AM ET

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Save the Date

Not your standard wedding comedy.

Dan Kois | MOVIES | Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at 1:47 PM ET

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Bored of the Rings

The Hobbit looks like Teletubbies and is way too long.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at 9:39 PM ET

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Hyde Park on Hudson

The hand job really arrives out of the blue.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at 6:44 PM ET

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Rust and Bone

Sizzling hot sex between an amateur kickboxer and a legless orca trainer.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, at 5:37 PM ET

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Killing Them Softly

George V. Higgins deserves better.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at 7:51 PM ET

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Hitchcock

Dial M for mildly enjoyable.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at 6:22 PM ET

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Life of Pi

See it stoned.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at 11:24 AM ET

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Silver Linings Playbook

Hardly flawless (Bradley Cooper), but it never stops surprising you.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, at 6:05 PM ET

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Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 2

Kind of bloodless.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at 7:31 PM ET

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The Star Wars Trilogy

GIF-ified.

Chris Wade and Forrest Wickman | MOVIES | Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at 5:19 PM ET

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Lincoln

The legislative process has never been this dramatic—or this fun.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at 7:29 PM ET

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Skyfall

A portrait of a spy at the end of his rope.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 7:07 PM ET

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The James Bond Movie Generator

Skyball? Quantum of Finger? Make your own Bond movie with a single click.

Chris Kirk | MOVIES | Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 6:52 PM ET

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Upper in the Air

Denzel Washington, flying that plane, high on cocaine, in Flight.

Forrest Wickman | MOVIES | Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, at 6:00 PM ET

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Choose the Next “Classic Cinema in 3 GIFs”

Which film should we GIF-ify next? Bambi? Goodfellas? Star Wars?

Chris Wade and Forrest Wickman | MOVIES | Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, at 4:04 AM ET

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Movies

Very few performers can sing vocally demanding, dramatic solos while a movie camera inspects their nostrils.

Stop complaining about Oscar bait!

I laughed, I was bored. I pumped my fist, I felt nauseated.

If you’re still haunted by the Newtown shooting, do not see this movie. (Don’t see it anyway.)

A compassionate, rigorously unsentimental masterwork about love and death.

Not a great movie, but an interesting work of literary criticism.

Presidents, plagues, love, death, a hot dance number, a hell of a carnival ride, and more.

A giant wave, and then another giant wave of emotion.

As funny as a hemorrhoid.

A vital, disturbing, and necessary film.

Not your standard wedding comedy.

The Hobbit looks like Teletubbies and is way too long.

The hand job really arrives out of the blue.

Sizzling hot sex between an amateur kickboxer and a legless orca trainer.

George V. Higgins deserves better.

Dial M for mildly enjoyable.

See it stoned.

Hardly flawless (Bradley Cooper), but it never stops surprising you.

Kind of bloodless.

GIF-ified.

The legislative process has never been this dramatic—or this fun.

A portrait of a spy at the end of his rope.

Skyball? Quantum of Finger? Make your own Bond movie with a single click.

Denzel Washington, flying that plane, high on cocaine, in Flight.

Which film should we GIF-ify next? Bambi? Goodfellas? Star Wars?

From The Root & Foreign Policy