In an unexpected turn, Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" out-earned the much-hyped "Les Miserables" this weekend. "Django" earned $30.6 million across 3010 theaters this weekend, taking the number two spot at the

“Les Mis: Visually impressive w great Emotional performances. But the score suffered massively with great actors PRETENDING to be singers …it's an opera. Hollywoods movie musicals treat the singing as the last priority.

This week, Times critics look at Tom Hooper's “Les Misérables,” Quentin Tarantino's “Django Unchained” and the documentary “West of Memphis.” See all of this week's reviews here. Movies, This Week's Movies, Django Unchained (Movie), Les Miserables

It's no surprise that “Les Misérables” can still hold an audience. Hugo believed in, relished, luxuriated in, contradiction—he thought that we show ourselves most truly when we are seemingly most opposed to our double

UPDATED: Hollywood is hoping for a final burst of moviegoing as 2012 winds down; Matt Damon-John Krasinski drama "Promised Land" off to troubled start at the specialty box office.

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