3. Warrior
Hey, even guys need their own personal soap operas, and that's what movies like Rocky and now Warrior are. Only we want our characters to settle their differences in a steel cage and the loser unconscious in a pool of their own sick. Warrior is an underdog story of two very different brothers(Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton) trying to move on from their brutal past in a worldwide tournament, not realizing they're on a collision course with destiny.
2. Contagion
Sales of Purell and gas masks have no doubt skyrocketed thanks to Steven Soderbegh's star-studded disaster film chronicling the world's pathetic response to a fast spreading airborne virus.
1. Drive
When 2011 wraps up, there'll be no doubt this was the year of Ryan Gosling. Drive may not be the defining role of his career, but it'll be the film people point to as proof of his Steve McQueen-level cool and charisma. Gosling is a rugged Holloywood stuntman moonlighting as a criminal wheelman, who gets mixed up with some shady characters and is forced to kick a little ass to protect the people he loves. Danish director Niolas Winding Refn infuses Drive with a gritty 80s style reminiscent of Michael Mann's finest. Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, and Christina Hendricks make up part of an amazing assemblage of talent.
DVD Pick of the Week: Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Blu-Ray)
Was there really any doubt? Although with George Lucas' incessant tinkering with his unquestioned classic epic, part of me feels like this long awaited box set should be booted out of the top spot if not relegated to a black hole far off the charts. But this is Star Wars. The greatest piece of science fiction ever created. At this point it's so much bigger than anything Lucas could ever do to it that it remains a must buy. And since the price recently dipped down to $79.99 it becomes absolutely essential.
