
In the new installment of At the Movies With Peter Travers, Rolling Stone’s movie critic tackles Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious, Holocaust tearjerker Defiance, and saves some room in the scum bucket for yet another dog of a film. Watch his report here:
• At the Movies With Peter Travers
What were the best movies of the year? What were the worst letdowns? Peter Travers explains what was so great about Gus Van Sant’s Milk, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight — and why 007 flick Quantum of Solace, hideous epic Australia and vampire love story Twilight were massive cinematic bummers.
• Peter Travers on the Year’s Best and Bummers

Peter Travers raves about Hot List star Mickey Rourke’s Oscar-worthy turn as a weekend warrior in The Wrestler. But does Jim Carrey score in his Liar Liar-like Yes Man? Head over to the Travers Take to watch his full report, including his infamous weekly scumbucket.
• Travers Take: “The Wrestler,” “Yes Man” and “The Day the Earth Stood Still”
There’s an eclectic batch of films hitting the cinemas this weekend, including the Ron Howard-directed adaptation of the Peter Morgan play Frost/Nixon and the birth of rock and roll biopic Cadillac Records, which stars Beyoncé. Click below to see which movie Peter Travers thinks you should spend you movie money on this weekend, and stick around to drop kick Four Christmases into the scum bucket.
• Peter Travers Video Review: Frost/Nixon, Cadillac Records and Four Christmases
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While Twilight will still be ruling the cinemas this weekend, there are still a few Oscar-bait films getting releases over the Thanksgiving holiday. Click below for Peter Travers’ thoughts on Gus Van Sant’s Milk and Baz Luhrmann’s epic Australia. And if you’re really into suffering, stick around to watch the Rolling Stone film critic toss Transporter 3 into the scum bucket.
• Peter Travers Video Reviews: Milk, Australia and Transporter 3
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