KICK-ASS - The latest must-see comic book adaptation features a teenage boy who decides to become a superhero named Kick-ass by donning a wetsuit he bought on the internet. Without any superpowers to speak of, this does not work out so well until he meets wannabe superhero Big Daddy (Nicholas Cage), a cop who has trained his 11-year-old daughter "Hit-girl" to become a ruthless killer of bad guys. Also stars Christopher Mintz-Plasse ("McLovin" from SUPERBAD).

GHOST WRITER - In Roman Polanski's new thriller, Ewan MacGregor is an author hired to ghostwrite the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister (Pierce Brosnan). When the Prime Minister is implicated in a scandal involving the CIA, the author finds himself tangled in a web of political intrigue.

I NEED THAT RECORD!: THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE - We're pretty sure the name of this guerilla documentary says it all. Features Thurston Moore, Noam Chomsky, Mike Watt, Ian MacKaye, Pat Carney (Black Keys), and more.

THE PATTERNS TRILOGY - Aptly described by the Prague Post as "something like a Guy Maddin remake of PILLOW TALK," this hilarious, visually astounding trilogy of shorts blends the thriller, musical, and romantic comedy genres into a delightful cocktail of neuroses in vibrant Technicolor.

A PROPHET - One of this year's Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film, this bold French drama follows a 19-year-old Arab immigrant's rise in the Corsican criminal underworld when he is condemned to six years in prison for a minor crime.

HAPPINESS RUNS - Growing up on a utopian commune is apparently not as utopian as it sounds, in this semi-autobiographical film about a teenage boy desperate to escape the enslavement of free love and out-of-body meditation.

DUNGEON MASTERS - This documentary takes a look at some of the more fringe elements in the world of roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons. For instance, a much-hated, nudist "dungeon master" reunites with the players he permanently killed off using a "sphere of annihilation." Tempers will surely ignite.

AFTER.LIFE - After an argument with her boyfriend that causes a car accident, a woman (Christina Ricci) wakes up in the basement of a funeral home, in denial about her death. The funeral director (Liam Neeson) has the ability to see and communicate with the dead, and he attempts to help her sort things out...(or is he up to something sinister)?

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID - Based on the popular book series for tweens about a kid who will do anything to be popular in middle school. Steve Zahn and Rachael Harris play the terminally un-hip parents.

IP MAN - This acclaimed Hong Kong epic is based on the life of Ip Man (Donnie Yen), the grandmaster of Wing Chun and teacher to Bruce Lee. Set in southern China during the Japanese invasion of 1937, the movie finds Ip Man drawing the interest of a Japanese colonel, who pits the Chinese locals against his training soldiers for bags of rice. Uh-oh, watch out! Also available, only at La Dolce Video: IP MAN 2!

CLASH OF THE TITANS - Liam Neeson plays Zeus and Ralph Fiennes is Hades (weird SCHINDLER'S LIST reunion, anyone?) in this remake of the 1981 humans-vs.-gods epic. The dude from AVATAR plays Perseus, a demigod who must go on a trek to retrieve the head of Medusa, with some help from a pegasus (the poor man's unicorn).

VINCERE - This critically acclaimed, operatic Italian drama tells the story of Benito Mussolini's first wife Ida Dalser, who refused to go quietly after Mussolini married someone else, refused to acknowledge his son with Dalser, and had them both institutionalized...

REPO MEN - Jude Law and Forest Whitaker are the titular repo men of the future, tasked with repossessing donor organs when their recipients can no longer pay the interest on them (at a whopping 19%). This is somehow eerily believable...

THE SNAKE - I was a little ashamed of myself for laughing so hard at this, but laugh I did. Adam Goldstein plays a wannabe Casanova who resorts to joining a women's Body Issues therapy group in order to seduce a tanorexic girl he has a crush on. He is, after all, 3 inches shorter than the average male (in height!). This low-budget indie boasts an appearance by Margaret Cho and the approval of comedian Patton Oswalt, who calls it "required viewing." Thoroughly offensive and disgusting, but also hilarious!

DON'T LOOK UP - Based on a story by Hideo Nakata (THE RING), this stylish new shocker reminds me of the old adage, "Don't shoot a film in Transylvania on a cursed movie set." Alas, that is exactly what the obsessed protagonist of this film sets out to do...

SECRET OF THE GRAIN - In the tradition of the best family-and-food dramas, this winner of 4 French Oscars tells the story of an extended family of Arab immigrants in the south of France. Hapless patriarch Slimane dreams of opening a port-side restaurant featuring his ex-wife's fish cous-cous...with the help of his girlfriend and her adoring daughter.

RAY BRADBURY'S 'CHRYSALIS' - This Bradbury-approved adaptation takes place in an underground bunker, where a team of scientists are attempting to sustain plant life after WWIII has made Earth virtually uninhabitable. One of them becomes ill and begins to mutate, and they wrestle with the question of whether to kill the possibly harmful new being, or wait to see what it becomes.

RED DESERT - Michelangelo Antonioni's first color film, from 1964, this classic stars Monica Vitti as a lonely woman suffering the spiritual desolation of the modern technological age. This Criterion Collection release is loaded with extras.

FIRST LOVE - Maximilian Schell directed this 1970 adaptation of a story by Russian author Ivan Turgenev, in which a 16-year-old boy becomes infatuated with an impoverished princess during an era of impending revolution.