Wednesday, August 22, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'The Apparition' and 'The Dictator'

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:

The Apparition (PG-13, Suspense): Directed by Todd Lincoln and starring Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Suzanne Ford and Julianna Guill.

General Education (PG-13, Comedy): Directed by Tom Morris and starring Chris Sheffield, Janeane Garofalo, Larry Miller, Maiara Walsh and Elaine Hendrix.

Hit & Run (R, Comedy, Action): Directed by David Palmer and Dax Shepard and starring Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold and Beau Bridges.

Little White Lies (Comedy, Drama): Directed by Guillaume Canet and starring Francois Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Jean Dujardin, Benoit Magimel and Laurent Lafitte.

Premium Rush (PG-13, Action, Suspense): Directed by David Koepp and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dania Ramirez, Jamie Chung, Aasif Mandvi and Michael Shannon.

Samsara (PG-13, Documentary): Directed by Ron Fricke.

Sleepwalk with Me (Comedy): Directed by Mike Birbiglia and starring Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, James Rebhorn, Carol Kane and Cristin Milioti.

Thunderstruck (PG, Family, Comedy): Directed by Jeff Farley and starring Brandon T. Jackson, Kevin Durant, Taylor Gray, Jim Belushi and William Ragsdale.

Wild Horse, Wild Ride (PG, Documentary): Directed by Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus.

New DVD releases for the week of Aug. 21 include:

Bernie (PG-13, Comedy, Crime): Directed by Richard Linklater and starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConqughey, Rick Dial and Gary Teague.

California Indian (R, Drama): Directed by Timothy Andrew Ramos and starring Gary Farmer, Mark Boone Junior, Timothy Andrew Ramos, Gil Birmingham and Julia Jones.

Chimpanzee (G, Documentary): Directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield and starring the voice of Tim Allen.

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

Freelancers (R, Crime, Action): Directed by Jessy Terrero and starring Robert De Niro, Forest Whitaker, Beau Garrett, 50 Cent and Dana Delany.

The Frontier Boys (PG-13, Action, Adventure): Directed by John Grooters and starring Rebecca St. James, Big Kenny Alphin, Earthquake Kelley, Timothy Lofing and Jedidiah Grooters.

Hell (R, Horror, Science Fiction): Directed by Tim Fehlbaum and starring Hannah Herzsprung, Stipe Erceg, Angela Winkler, Michael Kranz and Lars Eidinger.

One in the Chamber (R, Action, Adventure): Directed by William Kaufman and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Dolph Lundgren and Claudia Bassols.

A Separation (PG-13, Drama): Directed by Asghar Farhadi and starring Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini and Sarina Farhadi.

Shuffle (PG-13, Drama, Suspense): Directed by Kurt Kuenne and starring T.J. Thyne, Paula Rhodes, Chris Stone, Meeghan Holaway and Dylan Sprayberry.

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

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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