My movie picks this week are 'Dead Awake' and 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'

It’s Wednesday, so today I give you my weekly list of movies that will open in theatres this week as well as my list of movies that will be released this week on DVD.

I hope this will serve as a useful guide as to what’s going on this week if you happen to be near a movie theatre or if you’re looking for something to drop into your NetFlix queue.

Movies that are scheduled to hit theatres this Friday include:

- All Good Things (Crime and Mystery, Drama, R): Directed by Andrew Jarecki and starring Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Phillip Baker Hall and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

- The Black Swan (Drama, R): Directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder.

- Dead Awake (Horror-Thriller, Not Yet Rated): Directed by Omar Naim and starring Rose McGowan, Amy Smart and Nick Stahl.

- I Love You Phillip Morris (Comedy, Drama, Romance, R): Directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra and starring Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro and Michael Mandel.

- Meskada (Drama, Not Yet Rated): Directed by Josh Sternfeld and starring Nick Stahl, Rachel Nichols, Kellan Lutz, Jonathan Tucker and Norman Reedus.

- Night Catches Us (Drama, R): Directed by Tanya Hamilton and starring Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Jamie Hector, Wendell Pierce and Jamara Griffin.

- Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (Drama, Not Yet Rated): Directed by Jalmari Helander and starring Onni Tommita, Jorma Tommila, Per Christian Ellefsen, Tommi Korpela and Rauno Juvonen.

- The Warrior’s Way (Action, Fantasy, Westerns, R): Directed by Sngmoo Lee and starring Jang Dong-gun, Geoffrey Rush, Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston and Tony Cox.

New DVD releases for the week of Nov. 30 include:

- Cairo Time (Drama, Romance, PG): Directed by Ruba Nadda and starring Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Elena Anaya, Amina Annabi and Tom McCamus.

- Going the Distance (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Nanette Burstein and starring Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis and Christina Applegate.

- Knight and Day (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by James Mangold and starring Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard, Jordi Moila and Paul Dano.

- The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Fantasy, Comedy, PG): Directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Nicholas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer and Toby Kebbell.

- Valhalla Rising (Action, Not Rated): Directed by Nicholas Winding Refn and starring Mads Mikkelsen, Alexander Morton, Maarten Stevenson, Gordon Brown and Andrew Flanagan.

- Vampires Suck (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer and starring Matt Lanter, Chris Riggi, Ken Jeong and Jenn Proske.

- Waking Sleeping Beauty (Documentary, PG): Directed by Don Hahn.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Dead Awake,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.”

In the end, let me know if you get a chance to watch any of the new movies in theatres this week or if you’ve already seen any of the movies that have just been released on DVD. What did you think about them? Which would you recommend? Let us know in the comments section below.