This week's movie picks are 'Underworld: Awakening' and 'The Ides of March'

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:

16-Love (PG): Directed by Adam Lipsius and starring Lindsey Shaw, Chandler Massey, Keith Coulouris, Susie Abromeit and Lindsey Black.

Haywire (R, Action, Suspense): Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender and Michael Douglas.

Red Tails (PG-13, Action, War): Directed by Anthony Hemingway and starring Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Bryan Cranston, Tristan Wilds and Lee Tergesen.

Underworld: Awakening (R, Action, Horror): Directed by Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein and starring Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy, Stephen Rea, India Eisley and Charles Dance.

New DVD releases for the week of Jan. 17 include:

Abduction (PG-13, Suspense): Directed by John Singleton and starring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina, Jason Isaacs and Maria Bello.

Arena (R, Action, Suspense): Directed by Jonah Loop and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Nina Dobrey, Kellan Lutz, James Remar and Daniel Dae Kim.

Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star (R, Comedy): Directed by Tom Brady and starring Nick Swardson, Christina Ricci, Stephen Dorff, Don Johnson and Edward Herrmann.

Courageous (PG-13, Drama): Directed by Alex Kendrick and starring Alex Kendrick, Kevin Downes, Ken Bevel, Ben Davies and Rusty Martin.

The Ides of March (R, Drama): Directed by George Clooney and starring Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei and Paul Giamatti.

Kevin Hart: Laugh At My Pain (R, Comedy Performance): Directed by Leslie Small and starring Kevin Hart.

Killing Bono (R, Comedy): Directed by Nick Hamm and starring Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, Krysten Ritter, Pete Postlethwaite and Peter Serafinowicz.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be "Underworld: Awakening," and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be "The Ides of March."

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.