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 week include:
- The Way Back (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Peter Weir and starring Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Saoirse Ronan, Dragos Bucur, Igor Gnezdilov and Dejan Angelov. (Opened Dec. 29)
- Another Year (Comedy, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Mike Leigh and starring Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton, Ruth Sheen, Oliver Maltman, Peter Wright, David Bradley, Martin Savage and Karina Fernandez. (Opened Dec. 29)
- Biutiful (Drama, R): Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and starring Javier Bardem, Maricel Alvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib and Guillermo Estrella. (Opened Dec. 29)
- Hood to Coast (Documentary, Special Interest, Sports, Not Yet Rated): Directed by Christoph Baaden. (Opens Jan. 1)
- Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (Documentary, Special Interest, Not Yet Rated): Directed by Kenneth Bowser and starring Phil Ochs.
- Blue Valentine (Drama, Romance, NC-17): Directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, Faith Wladyka, Ben Shenkman, John Doman and Samii Ryan.
New DVD releases for the week of Dec. 28 include:
- Resident Evil: Afterlife (Action, Horror, R): Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts and Sergio Peris-Mencheta.
- The Last Exorcism (Horror, Thriller, PG-13): Directed by Daniel Stamm and starring Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr, Louis Herthum and Caleb Landry Jones.
- The American (Drama, Thriller, R): Directed by Anton Corbjin and starring George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli, Thekla Reuten, Violante Placido and Irina Bjorklund.
- Twelve (Crime and Mystery, Thriller, Drama, R): Directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Kiefer Sutherland, Emma Roberts, Chace Crawford, Anthony Quarles and Ellen Barkin.
- And Soon the Darkness (Suspense, R): Directed by Marcos Efron and starring Amber Heard, Odette Yustman, Karl Urban, Adriana Barraza and Gia Mantegna.
- Handsome Harry (Drama, R): Directed by Bette Gordon and starring Steve Buscemi, Jamey Sheridan, Aidan Quinn, Mariann Mayberry, Campbell Scott, John Savage, Titus Welliver, Karen Young and Jayne Atkinson.
- Legacy (Suspense, R): Directed by Thomas Ikimi and starring Idris Elba, Eamonn Walker, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Clarke Peters, Julian Wadham, Richard Brake and Gerald Kyd.
- Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (Crime and Mystery, Thriller, R): Directed by Jean-Francois Richet and starring Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Gerard Lanvin and Samuel Le Bihan.
If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “The Way Back,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Resident Evil: Afterlife.”
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.
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