One of the most hotly anticipated movies of the season makes its way to cinemas this weekend, as the latest James Bond film Quantum of Solace enters the ring. But how does it hold up against the rest of the Bond flicks — and more importantly, against the weekend’s other major releases Slumdog Millionaire and Filth and Wisdom? Click below for Peter Travers’ weekend picks.

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In this week’s video review, Peter Travers takes a look at three new movies taking up real estate at your local cineplex. Click above for the Rolling Stone film critic’s take on the Paul Rudd comedy Role Models, the late Bernie Mac’s final performance in Soul Men and the organ transplant-based sci-fi horror musical Repo! The Genetic Opera. Guess which one ends up in the scum bucket?

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It’s a spooky weekend at the cinema, which means that it’s time for Peter Travers to take a look at gorefest Saw V and Swedish vampire tale Let the Right One In, as well as the latest Kevin Smith comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Click below to find out which movie is the best one to accompany your trick-or-treating and what deserves to be egged.

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In this week’s video review, Peter Travers can’t believe that there are two movies worth seeing this week: the latest Clint Eastwood-directed film Changeling and the pulpy cop drama Pride and Glory. Meanwhile, the Rolling Stone film critic reserves some room in a horrible place for High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Click below for thoughts on all three flicks.

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In this week’s video review, Peter Travers focuses on the surreal Oliver Stone-helmed George W. Bush biopic W, as well as the Hollywood-baiting Robert De Niro comedy What Just Happened and the nonsensical video game adaptation Max Payne. Which movie is most deserving of your dedicated movie dollars in these lean economic times? Click below for the rundown from the Rolling Stone film critic.

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In this week’s video review, Peter Travers explains the ups and downs of the Leonardo DiCaprio/Russell Crowe war thriller Body of Lies, Guy Ritchie’s RockNRolla and the Bill Maher documentary Religulous. But first, a few more words on Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Click below for the full take from the Rolling Stone film critic.

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It’s Friday, which means time for your weekend movie forecast: Head on over to the Travers Take, where our movie critic has the skinny on four of the biggest new films: “Rachel Getting Married,” “Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist,” “Flash of Genius” and “Beverly Hills Chihuahua.” Two are great, and two suck — you can guess which category “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” fits into while you click over.

Every week on the Travers Take, the Rolling Stone film critic sits for the camera to let you know which new movies are worth seeing and which ones should be thrown overboard. Click below for Peter Travers’ thoughts on the romantic drama Nights in Rodanthe (which inspired Travers to launched a new feature), the spy thriller Eagle Eye and the Spike Lee World War II epic Miracle at St. Anna.

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In this week’s video review on the Travers Take, Peter Travers dives into four films competing for your attention this weekend. Click below for the Rolling Stone film critic’s take on the Keira Knightley historical vehicle The Duchess, Ricky Gervais in Ghost Town, the Ed Harris-helmed Western Appaloosa and the suburban nightmare film Lakeview Terrace.

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Over on the Travers Take, the Rolling Stone film critic takes a look at the Coen brothers caper comedy Burn After Reading, the De Niro/Pacino team-up Righteous Kill and the long-in-gestation The Women. Does the Coens’ Oscar follow-up live up to their previous work, or does it stand in the shadow of the combination of two legendary actors? And what about Meg Ryan? Click below for the answers to those burning questions.

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As a compendium to the current issue of Rolling Stone devoted to comedy, Peter Travers takes a look at the funny films he thinks were most overlooked by the Academy at Oscar time. Click below for his thoughts on gems like This is Spinal Tap, Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Borat.

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This week’s video feature on the Travers Take is the Rolling Stone film critic’s video version of the fall movie preview. Click below for his thoughts on such fourth quarter blockbusters as Twilight, Burn After Reading, Quantum of Solace and The Day the Earth Stood Still.

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What’s funnier: Steve Coogan as an out-of-place drama teacher penning his own bizarro high school musical in “Hamlet 2″ or Rainn Wilson living out his rock & roll dreams with a band of confused kids in “The Rocker”? Peter Travers tackles both films in his weekly video podcast at the Travers Take.

What makes Pineapple Express, starring Freaks and Geeks castmates Seth Rogen and James Franco one of the greatest stoner movies of all time? Click here to watch Peter Travers break it all down in his weekly video review.

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If the recent Indiana Jones movie was like a knock-off of an Indiana Jones movie, how bad is The Mummy? Pretty bad. Peter Travers tackles Brendan Fraser’s latest CGI-heavy archeology-action flick starring Maria Bello, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh, as well as the recommended “American Teen,” a documentary that follows five graduating students in Indiana that’s like The Hills with a conscience and a sense of humor. Click here to watch his full report.