Hair today, gone tomorrow: Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, left) gets through cancer with the support of his loudmouthed friend Kyle (Seth Rogen). Dying young is no laughing matter. Wait, scratch that.

It’s beginning to look a lot like madness. If you’ve read this section of PW with any frequency at all this holiday season (which, of course you have, you’re not a heathen or a degenerate or just an ...