Wednesday, December 5, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'Deadfall' and 'The Dark Knight Rises'

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:

- Bad Kids Go to Hell (Comedy, Mystery, R): Directed by Matthew Spradlin and starring Judd Nelson, Ben Browder, Amanda Alch, Marc Donato and Augie Duke.

- Deadfall (Suspense, Crime, R): Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky and starring Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Sissy Spacek and Kris Kristofferson.

- Delhi Safari (Family, Comedy, PG): Directed by Nikhil Advani and starring the voices of Jane Lynch, Cary Elwes, Christopher Lloyd, Tara Strong and Vanessa Williams.

- Dino Time 3D (Family, Adventure, PG): Directed by Yoon-suk Choi and John Kafka and starring the voices of Melanie Griffith, Rob Schneider, Tara Strong, Jane Lynch and Pamela Adlon.

- Flying Lessons (Drama, R): Directed by Derek Magyar and starring Maggie Grace, Cary Elwes, Joanna Cassidy, Nikki Deloach and Jonathan Tucker.

- Heleno (Drama, R): Directed by Jose Henrique Fonseca and starring Rodrigo Santoro, Othon Bastos, Herson Capri, Erom Cordeiro and Ora Figueiredo.

- Hyde Park on Hudson (Drama, R): Directed by Roger Michell and starring Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Olivia Colman and Blake Ritson.

- Lay the Favorite (Comedy, R): Directed by Stephen Frears and starring Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson and Laura Prepon.

- Playing for Keeps (Romance, Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Dennis Quaid and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

- Waiting for Lightning (Documentary, PG-13): Directed by Jacob Rosenberg and starring Danny Way, Travis Pastrana, Laird Hamilton, Rodney Mullen and Mat Hoffman.

New DVD releases for the week of Dec. 4 include:

- Beasts of the Southern Wild (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Benh Zeitlin and starring Quvenzhane Wallis and Dwight Henry.

- Butter (Comedy, R): Directed by Jim Field Smith and starring Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell, Olivia Wilde, Hugh Jackman and Ashley Greene.

- The Dark Knight Rises (Action, Suspense, PG-13): Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gary Oldman.

- Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (Action, Science Fiction, Not Rated): Directed by Stewart Hendler and starring Daniel Cudmore, Tom Green, Max Carver, Anna Popplewell and Irone Singleton.

- Hope Springs (Comedy, Drama, PG-13): Directed by David Frankel and starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell, Jean Smart and Marin Ireland.

- Last Ounce of Courage (Drama, PG): Directed by Darrel Campbell and Kevin McAfee and starring Marshall R. Teague, Jennifer O’Neill, Fred Williamson, Jenna Boyd and Rusty Joiner.

- 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.

- Silent Night (Horror, R): Directed by Steven C. Miller and starring Jaime King, Malcolm McDowell, Ellen Wong, Brendan Fehr and Lisa Marie.

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

- A Vampire’s Tale (Horror, Western, R): Directed by Drew Cullingham and starring Doug Bradley, Jonnie Hurn and James Fisher.

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

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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