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 Awakening (Horror, Suspense, R): Directed by Nick Murphy and starring Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Lucy Cohu and John Shrapnel.
Beloved (Drama, Romance): Directed by Christophe Honore and starring Catherine Deneuve, Ludivine Sagnier, Chiara Mastroianni, Paul Schneider and Milos Forman.
Compliance (Drama, Suspense, R): Directed by Craig Zobel and starring Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp and Philip Ettinger.
Cosmopolis (Drama, Suspense, R): Directed by David Cronenberg and starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric and Jay Baruchel.
The Expendables 2 (Action, R): Directed by Simon West and starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren and Chuck Norris.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (Family, Comedy, PG): Directed by Peter Hedges and starring Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, C.J. Adams, Dianne West and Rosemarie DeWitt.
ParaNorman (Comedy, Suspense, PG): Directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler and starring the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, Jeff Garlin and John Goodman.
Robert & Frank (Comedy, Science Fiction, PG-13): Directed by Jake Schreier and starring Frank Langella, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Susan Sarandon and Peter Sarsgaard.
Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed (Action, War, PG-13): Directed by Ryan Little and starring Corbin Allred, David Nibley, Jasen Wade, Lincoln Hoppe and Scotty Meek.
Side by Side (Documentary): Directed by Chris Kenneally and starring Keanu Reeves, Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh, James Cameron and David Fincher.
New DVD releases for the week of Aug. 14 include:
Assassin’s Bullet (Action, Suspense, R): Directed by Isaac Florentine and starring Christian Slater, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Spall and Elika Portnoy.
Breathless (Suspense, R): Directed by Jesse Baget and starring Gina Gershon, Kelli Giddish, Val Kilmer, Ray Liotta and Wayne Duvall.
Coffin (Suspense, Crime, Not Rated): Directed by Kipp Tribble and Derik Wingo and starring Kevin Sorbo, Bruce Davison, Johnny Alonso, Sunny Doench and Patrick Barnitt.
A Girl Walks Into a Bar (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Sebastian Gutierrez and starring Carla Gugino, Zachary Quinto, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Josh Hartnett and Rosario Dawson.
Hick (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Derick Martini and starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Blake Lively, Eddie Redmayne, Juliette Lewis and Alec Baldwin.
The Hunger Games (Action, Family, PG-13): Directed by Gary Ross and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Willow Shields, Elizabeth Banks, Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson.
The Raid: Redemption (Action, R): Directed by Gareth Evans and starring Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Ananda George, Pierre Gruno and Yayan Ruhian.
Sophie and Sheba (Family, PG): Directed by Leif Bristow and starring Brittany Bristow, Erica Durance, Thure Riefenstein and John Rhys-Davies.
The Sword Identity (Drama, Action, PG-13): Directed by Haofeng Xu and starring Yang Song, Cheng-Hui Yu and Yuanyuan Zhao.
Tonight You’re Mine (Comedy, R): Directed by David Mackenzie and starring Luke Treadaway, Natalia Tena, Mathew Baynton, Ruta Gedmintas and Gilly Gilchrist.
If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “ParaNorman,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “The Hunger Games.”
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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