Movie Mailbag: Peter Travers answers your questions

Is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy too smart for its own good? Does Meryl Streep deserve a third Oscar for The Iron Lady? Was Bridesmaids really that good? Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers answers these questions and more.

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There aren’t any new movies in theaters aside from what came out at the end of 2011, so Peter Travers is taking this week’s episode of At the Movies to respond to reader mail. In this batch, Travers is challenged on his reviews of War Horse, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Iron Lady, Bridesmaids and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Plus, Travers explains what the top grossing movies of 2011 say about us as a culture, and he lists off the movies he’s most looking forward to in 2012.

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