This week's movie picks are 'Flight' and 'The Campaign'

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 Bay (R, Suspense, Horror): Directed by Barry Levinson and starring Nansi Aluka, Christopher Denham, Stephen Kunken, Frank Deal and Kether Donohue.

The Details (R, Comedy, Drama): Directed by Jacob Estes and starring Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks, Kerry Washington, Anna Friel and Laura Linney.

Flight (R, Adventure, Drama): Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly and James Badge Dale.

Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters (Not Rated, Documentary): Directed by Ben Shapiro.

High Ground (Not Rated, Documentary): Directed by Michael Brown.

Jack and Diane (R, Drama): Directed by Bradley Rust Gray and starring Riley Keough, Juno Temple, Jena Malone, Dane DeHaan and Kylie Minogue.

A Late Quartet (R, Drama): Directed by Yaron Zilberman and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Imogen Poots, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener and Wallace Shawn.

The Man with the Iron Fists (Action, Adventure): Directed by RZA and starring RZA, Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu, Cung Le and Byron Mann.

This Must Be the Place (Comedy, Drama): Directed by Paolo Sorrentino and starring Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson and Kerry Condon.

Wreck-It Ralph (PG, Comedy, Family): Directed by Rich Moore and starring the voices of John C. Reilly, Jane Lynch, Jack McBrayer, Sarah Silverman and Ed O’Neill.

New DVD releases for the week of Oct. 30 include:

Americano (Not Rated, Drama): Directed by Mathieu Demy and starring Mathieu Demy, Chiara Mastroianni, Geraldine Chaplin and Salma Hayek.

Bindlestiffs (R, Comedy): Directed by Andrew Edison and starring John Karna, Luke Loftin, Andrew Edison, Will Fordyce and Morgan Alexander.

The Campaign (R, Comedy): Directed by Jay Roach and starring Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Katherine LaNasa and Dylan McDermott.

A Christmas Story 2 (PG, Comedy, Family): Directed by Brian Levant and starring Daniel Stern, Braeden Lemasters, Stacey Travis, Valin Shinyei and Gerard Plunkett.

First Position (Documentary): Directed by Bess Kargman and starring Aran Bell, Michaela DePrince, Joan Sebastian Zamora, Rebecca Houseknecht and Gaya Bommer Yemini.

My Friend Bernard (PG, Childrens, Family): Directed by Aaron Lim and starring the voice of Stephen Hudges.

Reef 2: High Tide (PG, Childrens): Starring the voices of Drake Bell, Donal Logue, Rob Schneider, Jamie Kennedy and Andy Dick.

Ruby Sparks (R, Comedy, Romance): Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and starring Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina, Elliott Gould and Antonio Banderas.

Safety Not Guaranteed (R, Comedy): Directed by Colin Trevorrow and starring Aubrey Plaza, Jake M. Johnson, Karan Soni, Mark Duplass and Mary Lynn Rajskub.

Stealing Summers (Not Rated, Action, Crime): Directed by David Martin Porras and starring Sophie Auster, Wilson Bethel, James Jagger and Mariano Martinez.

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

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.