Street Kings: Less Believable: That a ruthless, embittered rogue badass LAPD cop who's come unhinged after witnessing years of unrepentant crime would ultimately puss out and prove he's really a stand-up guy. More Believable: If the cop is Keanu Reeves.

Prom Night: Less Believable: That someone thought they could remake a classic slasher like this and get away with it. More Believable: That someone would want to kill Britney Snow.

The Life Before Her Eyes: Less Believable: That one sixteen year old girl would experiment with hard drugs, sleep with a middle aged exotic animal breeder, deal with an unplanned pregnancy, and become involved in a school shooting -- all in one Spring. More Believable: If the girl is Evan Rachel Wood.*

Also on DVD this Week: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds …

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Rainn Wilson's new comedy, The Rocker, follows the exploits of Robert “Fish” Fishman, a drummer for the '80s hair metal band Vesuvius. The film opens to find the group kicking Fish out of the band, just as they're about to sign their first big record contract and become massively popular -- leaving Fish to spend years working soul-crushing day jobs, and brooding about what could have been. Fish gets an improbable second chance at stardom, however, when his teenage cousin asks him to drum for his band during a gig at the high school prom, and the oddly matched group decide to make a go of it. In honor of The Rocker’s release, Wilson recently sat down for a roundtable interview with a handful of critics for a freewheeling Q&A about geek-cool, religion, and the upside of a rock star diet.

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