Brookline's Top Ten Movies: Dec. 26 - Jan. 1

Wondering what's out and what's hot in movies this week? Here are the top ten great flicks Brookline's rented from in the last week.

1. Midnight in Paris
   Rated: PG-13 Starring: Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
2. The Help
   Rated: PG-13 Starring: Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia L. Spencer, Emma Stone, Jessica Chastain
3. The Debt 
   Rated: R Starring: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Jesper Christensen, Marton Csokas
4. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
   Rated: PG-13 Starring: James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Andy Serkis, Brian Cox
5. One Day
   Rated: PG-13 Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Romola Garai, Tom Mison, Rafe Spall
6. Super 8
   Rated: PG-13 Starring: Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, AJ Michalka, Joel Courtney, Gabriel Basso
7. Crazy Stupid Love
   Rated: PG-13 Starring: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, Emma Stone
8. Cowboys and Aliens
   Rated: PG-13 Starring: Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano
9. Bridesmaids
   Rated: R Starring: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper
10. The Hangover 2
    Rated: R Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Jamie Chung

New This Week: Contagion, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011), The Guard, I Don't Know How She Does It

Staff Pick: "The Guard" stars Brendan Gleeson (28 Days Later, Gangs of N.Y.) as Sergeant Gerry Boyle. This small-town Irish cop has a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother and a fondness for women but when FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) arrives in town to assist in investigating an international drug ring they soon realize how hard of it case it will be to crack while in each others company.