"In Bruges"
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrel, and Ralph Fiennes
Plot: Two hit men, while on a semi vacation in Bruges, receive an unlikely assignment.
Extras:  Deleted Scenes, Gag reel, and making of featurette

Bottom Line: The years most entertaining film thus far, also happens to be the best. Writer-Director Martin McDonaugh's delivers a sharp, exceedingly dark comedy that somehow functions as a violent morality tale and small town character study. Farrel clearly has fun using his native irish accent, while Gleeson deserves award recognition for his turn as the aging hitman who seems to enjoy sight seeing more than killing. With this being McDonaugh's feature debut, one can't help but eagerly await his sophmore outing.  Extras: B-  Film: A

"Charlie Bartlett"
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, and Anton Yelchin
Plot: Prep school drop out Charlie Bartlett causes a commotion at his new school when he acts as a surrogate psychiatrist to the various troubled students who populate the local public school system. 
Extras: Directors commentary, rest room confessional featurette, and a music Video

Bottom Line:  Anton Yelchin and Robert Downey Jr. impress in this John hughes esque brat pack picture that seems infused with the same psychiatric meds the title character prescribes to his classmates. The duo of charismatic performances elevate a coming of age teen comedy in desperate search of its own clique. Extras: B- Film: B-

"Definitely, Maybe"
Starring: Rachel Weisz and Ryan Reynolds
Plot: Reynolds plays a political consultant who in the midst of a divorce recounts to his younger daughter the stories of his romantic past.
Extras: Directors commentary, Making of doc, and deleted scenes.

Bottom Line: With cinematic wastes of space such as "P.S. I love You" and "27 Dresses" populating the battered romantic comedy genre, "Definitely, Maybe" is a welcome, albeit still slight, surprise. Reynolds posses undeniable charm and Kevin Kline promptly steals every scene given to him as a jaded professor. Extras: B+  Film: B-

Also on DVD this week: "10,000 B.C." and "Persepolis"