Wednesday, February 29, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'Project X' and 'Hugo'

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:

Being Flynn (Drama, Comedy, R): Directed by Paul Weitz and starring Paul Dano, Robert De Niro, Olivia Thirlby, Julianne Moore and Wes Studi.

Black Butterflies (Drama): Directed by Paula van der Oest and starring Rutger Hauer, Liam Cunningham, Carice van Houten, Grant Swanby and Graham Clarke.

Boy (Comedy, Drama): Directed by Taika Waititi and starring James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore and Cherilee Martin.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (PG, Family, Comedy): Directed by Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda and starring the voices of Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Betty White and Taylor Swift.

Last Days Here (Not Rated, Documentary, Music): Directed by Demian Fenton and Don Argott.

Let the Bullets Fly (Action, Comedy, Not Rated): Directed by Jiang Wen and starring Chow Yun-Fat, Jian Wen and Ge You.

No Room For Rockstars (Documentary, Music): Directed by Parris Patton.

Project X (Comedy, R): Directed by Nima Nourizadeh and starring Thomas Mann, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Oliver Cooper, Miles Teller and Nichole O’Connor.

The Salt of Life (Comedy): Directed by Gianni Di Gregorio and starring Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis Bendoni, Alfonso Santagata, Michelangelo Ciminale and Valeria Cavalli.

The Snowtown Murders (Suspense): Directed by Justin Kurzel and starring Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway, Craig Coyne and Louise Harris.

Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie (Comedy, R): Directed by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim and starring Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, John C. Reilly, Zach Galifianakis and Jeff Goldblum.

New DVD releases for the week of Feb. 28 include:

Answers to Nothing (Drama, Mystery, R): Directed by Matthew Leutwyler and starring Dane Cook, Elizabeth Mitchell, Julie Benz, Barbara Hershey and Zach Gilford.

Beneath the Darkness (Suspense, R): Directed by Martin Guigui and starring Dennis Quaid, Aimee Teegarden, Stephen Lunsford, Devon Werkheiser and Tony Oller.

Bounty Hunters (Action, R): Directed by Patrick McBrearty and starring Trish Stratus, Frank J. Zupancic and Boomer Phillips.

Hugo (Family, Adventure, PG): Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Lee and Jude Law.

I Melt With You (Suspense, R): Directed by Mark Pellington and starring Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Carla Gugino, Christian McKay and Rob Lowe.

Insight (Action, R): Directed by Richard Gabai and starring Natalie Zea, Sean Patrick Flanery, Christopher Lloyd, Adam Baldwin and Thomas Ian Nicholas.

Johnny English Reborn (Comedy, Adventure, PG): Directed by Oliver Parker and starring Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West and Richard Schiff.

Mandrill (Action, R): Directed by Ernesto Diaz Espinoza and starring Marko Zaror, Celine Reymond, Alejandro Castillo, Luis Alarcon and Maria Jose Prieto.

The Myth of the American Sleepover (Drama, Comedy): Directed by David Robert Mitchell and starring Jade Ramsey, Amy Seimetz, Nikita Ramsey, Amanda Bauer and Marlon Morton.

Rabies (Horror): Directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado and starring Ania Bukstein, Lior Ashkenazi and Danny Geva.

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

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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