The Must List: What's Hot for the Week Ending Jan. 2, 2011

''The Good Wife,'' ''127 Hours,'' ''The Lonely Polygamist,'' ''Red Dead Redemption,'' and more
By EW Staff
Updated December 20, 2010 at 06:00 PM EST

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THE GOOD WIFE
CBS' always-rich series continues its winning ways in season 2 with engrossing court cases and melodrama — we can't wait to see how the Alicia-Peter-Will triangle unfolds.

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127 HOURS
James Franco capped off a year of soap-opera appearances, literary pursuits, and PhD programs with a dazzling performance in Danny Boyle's drama about the real-life hiker who amputated his arm to escape from a remote canyon. (Rated R)

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WINTER'S BONE
A modern-day gothic set in the backwoods of Missouri's Ozarks, this tough, unsettling indie drama is winning acclaim for its tale of a poor teenager (the revelatory Jennifer Lawrence) on the hunt for her bail-jumping father. (Rated R)

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THE LONELY POLYGAMIST, by Brady Udall
The novel's title character — a Utah contractor named Golden Richards — has four wives, 28 kids, and a doozy of a midlife crisis. But Udall gracefully uses that very big family drama to create a new kind of American epic.

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JUST KIDS, by Patti Smith
The poet-rocker's poignant, elegiac memoir recounts her love affair and friendship with the late Robert Mapplethorpe as the young pair discovered themselves in the raw, bohemian New York of the '60s and '70s.

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''NOTHIN' ON YOU,'' B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars
The Grammy-nominated debut single by the Atlanta rapper was one of 2010's most addictive songs — and one of the most romantic, thanks to B.o.B's heartfelt lyrics and breakout star Mars' tuneful chorus.

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THE SUBURBS, Arcade Fire
In a year ruled by frothy pop singles, Win Butler's Montreal rock collective delivered a majestic 64-minute album packed with arena-size despair, giddy nostalgia, and utterly unique multi-instrument melodies.

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APOCALYPSE NOW: FULL DISCLOSURE Blu-ray set
Between the making-of doc Hearts of Darkness, the obsessively detailed featurettes, and the gorgeous new high-def transfers of both the original and Redux versions of Francis Ford Coppola's bizarre Vietnam War classic, this three-disc set is the stuff Blu-ray dreams are made of.

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BREAKING BAD
The flesh-eating zombies and cocktail-draining admen get more press, but AMC's other series — about Bryan Cranston's meth dealer — has quietly become one of the most twisted, funny, shocking, and all-around thrilling shows on TV.

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RED DEAD REDEMPTION
It could have just been Grand Theft Auto: The Western. Instead, Rockstar Games created a Wild West world that felt gorgeously expansive, equally influenced by John Ford, Sergio Leone, and Unforgiven-era Clint Eastwood. It's the rare videogame that just keeps getting better — right down to the heart-stopping ending. (Rated M)

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