As I expressed earlier in the week as our 2010 Year in Review began, I take it as a great honor that I am able to put together my list of the Best Films of the Year as part of my Editor’s Picks entry. And while I’m a massive fan of my own perspective and opinions, I’m an even bigger fan of the writing and ever-diverse tastes of the Film School Rejects reviewing staff. These are the folks who, through their sensational (and often divisive) review-writing, keep you coming back for more each and every day. They travel the world and brave the crowds at festivals, conventions, preview screenings and special events to bring you some of the industry’s sharpest, most honest film coverage. And I for one am honored to have them all on this team. Just as I did last year, I couldn’t wait to see which films each writer would put on their Top 5 lists as the best films of the year. And just as they did last year, they didn’t disappoint with their unique, ever-fascinating selections. So read on dear reader, as we present the crown jewel of our 2010 Year in Review: The Staff Picks.

Earlier this year, Mel Gibson returned to the big screen – in front of the camera, this time – with the crime thriller Edge of Darkness. If you missed this in the theater and you like Mel Gibson in full ass-kicking mode, you may want to check this out on DVD or Blu-ray. And since it’s Boston, and there’s a lot of pubs in Boston, you might just want to have a drink or two with the film.

It’s been a while since This Week in Blu-ray has been so late. But traveling got the best of me this past week, and here we are. Sure, it’s Thursday. But my most loyal readers will have waited, especially in a week like this, when it could very well go either way on so many of the new releases.

This week sees one of the best vampire film in years (Daybreakers), the return of the Jew hunter (Edge of Darkness), brooding and gun-toting angels (Legion), undead frogs (Mutants), dead krauts (North Face), two average Thai flicks (Legend of the Tsunami Warrior and Phobia), and more!

The story of the hour is that after winning the weekend box office for seven weeks in a row and after setting some big-time records, the reign of Avatar is over. Dear John won the weekend with an unofficial haul of $32.4 million compared to $23 million for Avatar.

Avatar is again the winner of the domestic weekend box office for the seventh weekend in a row with a haul of $30 million. What’s more, the movie has cracked $2 billion in the box office worldwide, the first motion picture in history to do so.

Kevin Carr sits his chubbiness down and sees if Edge of Darkness and When in Rome can make the grade.

Well, there isn’t much more to say about Avatar that hasn’t already been said. On Monday it finally set the worldwide box office record, toppling Titanic’s record. Now, it’s only a matter of time before it topples the domestic record as well.

Neil is still off galavanting at Sundance TwentyTen, so Kevin welcomes Merrill Barr from The Film Stage to the Magical Studio in the Sky to talk about Edge of Darkness and When In Rome.

I loved Edge of Darkness precisely because it was more than I expected.

A spy movie might see the pair reunited after all these years. And this time, Gibson is the one getting too old for this shit.

You can open your eyes now. 2009 is gone, and it’s not coming back. It’s time to move forward, onward and upward, and what better way to start than with the movies we’re most looking forward, onward and upward to?

Rob Hunter leads you into the valley of despair known as January, with a week-by-week guide of all the major (and limited) releases.

Since the (possible) news is so nebulous, would you rather have Charlize Theron or Tom Hardy play Mad Max?

This week on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we spend 5 minutes talking about movie news and another 4 hours talking about Jaws. You’re welcome.

In Boston, the only city in America with corruption and crime, a policeman’s daughter is shot right in front of him, so he tracks down answers and sets to ass-kicking.

According to the folks at Box Office Mojo, Warner Bros. has decided to move around several release dates this week, most notably the target date for their next DC Comics endeavor, The Green Lantern.

Just when things were starting to look up for Mel Gibson…

Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts, and Bojana Novakovic have joined the cast alongside Gibson, Robert De Niro, and Wayne Duvall.