Wednesday, March 9, 2011

My movie picks this week are 'Battle: Los Angeles' and 'Inside Job'

It’s Wednesday, so today I give you my weekly list of movies that will open in theatres this week as well as a 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:

3 Backyards (R, Drama): Directed by Eric Mendelsohn and starring Embeth Davidtz, Edie Falco, Elias Koteas, Rachel Resheff and Kathryn Erbe.

Around June (Not Yet Rated, Drama): Directed by James Savoca and starring Samaire Armstrong.

Battle: Los Angeles (PG-13, Action, Science-Fiction): Directed by Jonathan Liebesman and starring Aaron Eckhart, Michael Pena, Bridget Rodriguez, Joey King and Brandi Coleman.

Black Death (R, Action, Horror, Thriller): Directed by Christopher Smith and starring Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Carice van Houten, Kimberly Nixon and David Masterson.

The Certified Copy (Not Rated, Drama Romance): Directed by Abbas Kiarostami and starring Juliette Binoche, Jean-Claude Carriere, Agathe Natanson and William Shimell.

Clash (Not Yet Rated, Foreign, Action, Drama): Directed by Le Thanh Son and starring Hieu Hien, Thanh Van Ngo, Hoang Phuc Nguyen, Johnny Nguyen and Lam Minh Thang.

Jane Eyre (PG-13, Romance, Drama): Directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench and Sally Hawkins.

Kill the Irishman (R, Crime and Mystery, Thriller, Drama): Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh and starring Val Kilmer, Christopher Walken, Linda Cardellini, Ray Stevenson and Vinnie Jones.

Mars Needs Mom (PG, Science Fiction, Comedy, Family): Directed by Simon Wells and starring the voices of Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Joan Cusack, Elisabeth Harnois and Matthew Wolf.

Monogamy (Not Yet Rated, Drama): Directed by Dana Adam Shapiro and starring Chris Messina, Rashida Jones and Meital Dohan.

Red Riding Hood (PG-13, Horror, Thriller, Suspense, Fantasy): Directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandez, Julie Christie, Gary Oldman and Billy Burke.

New DVD releases for the week of March 8 include:

Every Day (R, Drama, Comedy): Directed by Richard Levine and starring Helen Hunt, Live Schreiber, Carla Gugino, Eddie Izzard and Brian Dennehy.

A Film Unfinished (Not Rated, Documentary): Directed by Yael Hersonski.

Four Lions (R, Comedy): Directed by Chris Morris and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Will Adamsdale, Riz Ahmed and Adeel Akhtar.

Inside Job (PG-13, Documentary, Epic and Historical, Special Interest): Directed by Charles Ferguson and starring the voice of Matt Damon.

Jackass 3 (R, Comedy, Reality): Directed by Jeff Tremaine and starring Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius and Ryan Dunn.

The Man From Nowhere (R, Action, Crime): Starring Won Bin and Kim Sae-Ron.

Morning Glory (PG-13, Comedy, Drama): Directed by Roger Michell and starring Rachel McAdama, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson and Jeff Goldblum.

The Next Three Days (PG-13, Suspense, Action, Drama, Thriller): Directed by Paul Haggis and starring Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde and Jonathan Tucker.

Tales From Earthsea (PG-13, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation): Directed by Goro Miqazaki and starring the voices of Willem Dafoe, Timothy Dalton, Mariska Hargitay, Cheech Marin and Matt Levin.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Battle: Los Angeles,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Inside Job.”

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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