our film critic ben mankiewicz will be along to tell us what to check out. hey, ben.oking cozy from l.a., right? charles needs those contracts tomorrow morning. we should send them overnight with fedex. i already sent them. i didn't use fedex. better cross your fingers. [ man ] oh, yeah, the accident. well, you better knock on wood. remember, we did a green renovation in here, there's no wood. but russ bought a rabbit's foot. it's a bear claw. you could throw salt over your shoulder. actually, that's a salt substitute. but you should find dan -- i think he's a leprechaun. what is it about me that says leprechaun? can someone tell me please, someone? you should have used fedex. [ male announcer ] we understand. you need reliable overnight shipping. fedex. >>> okay, so if you're wondering what to do this weekend, we've got the lowdown on the movies hitting the big screen. "daybreakers," "leap year" and "youth in revolt." they're all out this weekend. are they worth seeing? we turn to our film critic and host of turner classic movies, ben mankiewicz. he's in one of the f

vevevevevevevevevee >>> we're looking at film critic ben mankiewicz's top films of 2009.to the last three. number three, sir, what do we have? >> number three the best iraq war movie of the year certainly. my only fear from the awards point of view is that it came out so early in the year that maybe some people would overlook it at oscar time. >> "the hurt locker." let's take a listen. >> put your gun down! >> advance, advance. keep your hands up! >> okay. >> easy, easy. >> got it! >> can i touch my head now? >> slowly. we're on the same side, you guys. >> that was very real. >> very authentic. that was ralph finnes you saw in that scene, along with anthony macchi. there's some cameos from david morris from ralph finnes to guy pierce. but the performance of anthony macchi, jeremy ren ard are so good. it's about an explosive ordnance unit, bomb squad in iraq. really tense scenes but it's a real personal -- it's sort of a real personal movie as well. great year for female directors. katherine bryn bigelow did a gr. >> number two, quentin tarantino's inglorious basterds. we