Wednesday, January 11, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'Contraband' and 'Moneyball'


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 week include:

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G, Romance, Family): Directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale and starring the voices of Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Angela Lansbury and Jerry Orbach.

Contraband (R, Action, Suspense): Directed by Baltasar Kormakur and starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi and J.K. Simmons.

The Divide (Science Fiction, Suspense): Directed by Xavier Gens and starring Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance and Rosanna Arquette.

Don’t Go in the Woods (Horror, Musical): Directed by Vincent D’Onofrio and starring Eric Bogosian, Bo Boddie, Gwynn Galitzer, Jorgen Jorgensen and Tim Lajcik.

Joyful Noise (PG-13, Comedy, Drama): Directed by Todd Graff and starring Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Courtney B. Vance and Jesse L. Martin.

New DVD releases for the week of Jan. 10 include:

1911 (R, War, Action): Directed by Jackie Chan and Zhang Li and starring Jackie Chan, Bing Bing Lee, Winston Chao, Joan Chen and Jaycee Chan.

Higher Ground (R, Drama): Directed by Vera Farmiga and starring Vera Farmiga, Donna Murphy, John Hawkes, Joshua Leonard and Dagmara Dominczyk.

I Am (Not Rated, Documentary): Directed by Tom Shadyac.

Killer Elite (R, Action, Adventure): Directed by Gary McKendry and starring Robert De Niro, Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Yvonne Strahoyski and Dominic Purcell.

A Mile in His Shoes (PG, Drama, Family): Directed by William Dear and starring Dean Cain, Luke Schroder, Jarod Joseph, Jesse Hutch and Anna Mae Routledge.

Moneyball (PG-13, Drama): Directed by Bennett Miller and starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright Penn and Chris Pratt.

Saints and Sinners (R, Action, Crime): Directed by William Kaufman and starring Kim Coates, Sean Patrick Flanery, Tom Berenger, Jolene Blalock and Jurgen Prochnow.

Saving Private Perez (PG-13, Adventure, Comedy): Directed by Beto Gomez and starring Gerardo Taracena, Joaquin Cosio, Jaime Camil, Randy Vasquez and Jesus Ochoa.

There Be Dragons (PG-13, Drama): Directed by Roland Joffe and starring Dougray Scott, Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Olga Kurylenko and Rodrigo Santoro.

What’s Your Number? (R, Comedy, Romance): Directed by Mark Mylod and starring Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Martin Freeman, Zachary Quinto and Andy Samberg.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Contraband,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Moneyball.”

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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