This week's movie picks are 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' and 'The Bourne Legacy'

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:

- Any Day Now (R, Drama): Directed by Travis Fine and starring Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher and Gregg Henry.

- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG-13, Adventure, Fantasy): Directed by Peter Jackson and starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Lee Pace, Ian Holm and Luke Evans.

- Let Fury Have the Hour (Documentary): Directed by Antoniono D’Ambrosio and starring Lewis Black, Billy Bragg, Staceyann Chin, Chuck D and Edwidge Danticat.

- Save the Date (R, Comedy, Romance): Directed by Michael Mohan and starring Lizzy Caplan, Alison Brie, Martin Starr, Geoffrey Arend and Mark Webber.

- Saving Grace B. Jones (R, Drama, Suspense): Directed by Connie Stevens and starring Tatum O’Neal, Michael Biehn, Penelope Ann Miller, Evie Thompson and Joel Gretsch.

New DVD releases for the week of Dec. 11 include:

- Backwards (PG, Drama, Romance): Directed by Ben Hickernell and starring Sarah Megan Thomas, James Van Der Beek, Glenn Morshower, Margaret Colin and Wynn Everett.

- Bigfoot Country (R, Horror, Suspense): Directed by Stephon Stewart and starring Stephon Stewart, Davee Youngblood, Shy Pilgreen, Sam Ayers and Don Scribner.

- The Bourne Legacy (PG-13, Action, Adventure): Directed by Tony Gilroy and starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Joan Allen and Oscar Isaac.

- Collision Earth (PG, Science Fiction, Adventure): Directed by Paul Ziller and starring Kirk Acevedo, Diane Farr, Chad Krowchuk, Jessica Parker Kennedy and Adam Greydon Reid.

- From Time to Time (PG, Adventure, Drama): Directed by Julian Fellowes and starring Alex Etel, Timothy Spall, Maggie Smith, Christopher Villiers and Pauline Collins.

- Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG, Family, Comedy): Directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier and starring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Peter Dinklage and Jennifer Lopez.

- The Life Zone (PG-13, Suspense, Horror): Directed by Rod Weber and starring Robert Loggia, Lindsey Haun, Martin Kove, Charles Durning and Angela Little.

- Nesting (PG-13, Comedy, Romance): Directed by John Chuldenko and starring Todd Grinnell, Ali Hillis, Kevin Linehan, Erin Chambers and Erin Gray.

- Ted (R, Comedy): Directed by Seth MacFarlane and starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Giovanni Bibisi, Joel McHale and the voice of Seth MacFarlane.

- Why Stop Now (R, Comedy, Drama): Directed by Phil Dorling and Ron Nyswaner and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Tracy Morgan, Melissa Leo, Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Sarah Ramos.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “The Bourne Legacy.”

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.