3. Death at a Funeral
Chris Rock's remake of the wacky 2007 British comedy is probably the best time any of us is ever going to have at a funeral. It's also probably the most you're ever going to laugh at a movie featuring both Martin Lawrence and Tracy Morgan. For 90 minutes, everything that can go wrong does, from acid trips to cranky geriatrics to blackmailing gay midgets. Watch out for James Marsden, who steals the entire film right out from under all the established comedy vets around him.
2. The Secret in Their Eyes
I was surprised as anybody when The Secret in Their Eyes beat out The White Ribbon at the Oscars this year, but now I know why. More than just a simple murder mystery, Juan Jose Campanella's film is a perfect story of unrequited love, passion and obsession.
1. Kick-Ass
Was there really any doubt? Kick-Ass isn't just a superhero movie. It's the high school bully that slams other superhero movies into the locker. A bloody, foul mothed, cynical beast of a film that introduces the world to the breakout character of 2010: Hit-Girl.
DVD Pick of the Week: Pirate Radio
Richard Curtis takes that same emotion he inspired with Love Actually and channels in towards a love of rock 'n roll music. When a group of stuffed shirt government types ban rock 'n roll music in England, an outcast group of hip cats take their crankin' radio station to the lawless high seas. In essence, this is a frat boy comedy that's as much Animal House as it is Almost Famous. Go into with that in mind and you'll have a rockin' good time, just ignore the fact that some of the music is from the wrong time period.
