Wednesday, May 16, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'Battleship' and 'The Grey'

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:

- American Animal (Comedy, Drama): Directed by Matt D’Elia and starring Matt D’Elia, Brendan Fletcher, Mircea Monroe and Angela Sarafyan.

- Battleship (Action, Science Fiction, PG-13): Directed by Peter Berg and starring Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgard and Tadanobu Asano.

- Crooked Arrows (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Steve Rash and starring Brandon Routh, Gil Birmingham, Alexandra East, Crystal Allen and Chelsea Ricketts.

- The Dictator (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Larry Charles and starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, John C. Reilly and Megan Fox.

- Hysteria (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Tanya Wexler and starring Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones and Rupert Everett.

- Lovely Molly (Horror, Suspense, R): Directed by Eduardo Sanchez and starring Gretchen Lodge, Johnny Lewis, Alexandra Holden, Ken Arnold and Daniel Ross.

- Polisse (Crime, Drama): Directed by Maiwenn and starring Karin Viard, Joey Starr, Marina Fois, Nicolas Duvauchelle and Maiwenn.

- The Samaritan (Suspense): Directed by David Weaver and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Wilkinson, Luke Kirby, Ruth Negga and Gil Bellows.

- Virginia (Drama, R): Directed by Dustin Lance Black and starring Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Emma Roberts, Toby Jones and Amy Madigan.

- What to Expect When You’re Expecting (Comedy, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Kirk Jones and starring Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Jennifer Lopez and Brooklyn Decker.

New DVD releases for the week of May 15 include:

- Albert Nobbs (Drama, R): Directed by Rodrigo Garcia and starring Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Brendan Gleeson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

- Chronicle (Science Fiction, Suspense, PG-13): Directed by Josh Trank and starring Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly and Ashley Hinshaw.

- Descendents (Horror, R): Directed by Jorge Olguin and starring Karina Pizarro, Cristobal Barra, Patricio Lynch, Sergio Allard and Carolina Andrade.

- The Devil Inside (Horror, R): Directed by William Brent Bell and starring Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Bonnie Morgan and Suzan Crowley.

- The Grey (Action, Suspense, R): Directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson and Nonso Anozie.

- Michael (Drama): Directed by Markus Schleinzer and starring Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain, Ursula Strauss and Viktor Tremmel.

- My Piece of the Pie (Drama, Comedy): Directed by Cedric Klapisch and starring Karin Viard, Gilles Lellouche, Audrey Lamy, Jean-Pierre Martins and Kevin Bishop.

- Norwegian Wood (Romance, Drama): Directed by Tran Anh Hung and starring Rinko Kikuchi, Kenichi Matsuyama, Kiko Mizuhara, Tetsuji Tamayama and Kengo Kora.

- One for the Money (Comedy, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Julie Anne Robinson and starring Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, Nate Mooney, John Leguizamo and Debbie Reynolds.

- Rampart (Action, Crime, R): Directed by Oren Moverman and starring Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Steve Buscemi, Jon Bernthal and Sigourney Weaver.

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

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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