Wednesday, March 13, 2013

This week's movie picks are 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' and 'Life of Pi'

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 or pick up at the local Redbox.

Movies that are scheduled to hit theatres this week include:

- Blancanieves (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Pablo Berger and starring Maribel Verdu, Angela Molina and Daniel Gimenez Cacho.

- The Call (Suspense, Drama, R): Directed by Brad Anderson and starring Halley Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund and Michael Imperioli.

- From Up on Poppy Hill (Family, Romance, PG): Directed by Goro Miyazaki and starring the voices of Sarah Bolger and Anton Yelchin.

- Ginger & Rosa (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Sally Potter and starring Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Annette Bening, Christina Hendricks and Timothy Spall.

- The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Don Scardino and starring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, Olivia Wilde and Alan Arkin.

- K-11 (Drama, Not Rated): Directed by Jules Stewart and starring Goran Visnjic, Kate del Castillo, D.B. Sweeney, Portia Doubleday and Jason Mewes.

- The Kitchen (Comedy, R): Directed by Ishai Setton and starring Laura Prepon, Bryan Greenberg, Dreama Walker, Matt Bush and Tate Ellington.

- My Amityville Horror (Documentary): Directed by Eric Walter and starring Daniel Lutz, Laura DiDio and Lorraine Warren.

- Reality (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Matteo Garrone and starring Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone, Nello Iorio and Nunzia Schiano.

- Reincarnated (Documentary, Music, R): Directed by Andy Capper and starring Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Daz Dillinger, Angela Hunte and Ariel Rechtshaid.

- Spring Breakers (Comedy, R): Directed by Harmony Korine and starring Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, James Franco, Ashley Benson and Heather Morris.

- Upside Down (Drama, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Juan Diego Solanas and starring Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess, Frank M. Ahearn, Holly O’Brien and Vincent Messina.

New DVD releases this week include:

- Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (Performing Arts, Fantasy, PG): Directed by Andrew Adamson and starring Igor Zaripov and Erica Kathleen Linz.

- The Devil’s in the Details (Suspense, Action): Directed by Waymon Boone and starring Ray Liotta, Emilio Rivera, Joel Mathews, Raymond J. Barry and Noel Gugliemi.

- Duke (Family, Drama): Directed by Mark Jean and starring Steven Weber, Sarah Smyth, Allison Hossack, April Telek and Kendall Cross.

- Hitchcock (Drama, Suspense, PG-13): Directed by Sacha Gervasi and starring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, James D’Arcy and Jessica Biel.

- The Last Gladiators (Documentary, Sports, R): Directed by Alex Gibney and starring Donald Brashear, Marty McSorley, Chris Nilan, Paul Schantz and Tony Twist.

- Life of Pi (Adventure, Drama, PG): Directed by Ang Lee and starring Suraj Sharma, Tobey Maguire, Irrfan Khan, Gerard Depardieu and Tabu.

- Rise of the Guardians (Family, Adventure, PG): Directed by Peter Ramsey and starring the voices of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Jude Law.

- Smashed (Drama, Comedy, R): Directed by James Ponsoldt and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally.

- Spiders (Suspense, Science Fiction, PG-13): Directed by Tibor Takacs and starring Christa Campbell, Patrick Muldoon, William Hope, Jon Mack and Shelly Varod.

- Storage 24 (Horror, R): Directed by Johannes Roberts and starring Noel Clarke, Colin O’Donoghue, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Laura Haddock and Jamie Thomas King.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Life of Pi.”

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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