This week's movie picks are 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Jack Reacher'

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:

- And Now a Word from Our Sponsor (Comedy, Drama): Directed by Zack Bernbaum and starring Bruce Greenwood, Parker Posey, Allie MacDonald, Callum Blue and Rhys Ward.

- Assault on Wall Street (Action): Directed by Uwe Boll and starring Dominic Purcell, Erin Karpluk, John Heard, Edward Furlong and Eric Roberts.

- Erased (Action, Suspense, R): Directed by Phillipp Stolzl and starring Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko, Liana Liberato, Alexander Fehling and Neil Napier.

- The Great Gatsby (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton and Isla Fisher.

- Java Heat (Action, Crime, R): Directed by Conor Allyn and starring Kellan Lutz, Mickey Rourke, Ario Bayu, Uli Auliani and Rio Dewanto.

- One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das (Documentary): Directed by Jeremy Frindel.

- Peeples (Comedy, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Tina Gordon Chism and starring Craig Robinson, Kerry Washington, David Alan Grier, S. Epatha Merkerson and Tyler Williams.

- Sightseers (Comedy, Drama, Crime): Directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Steve Oram and Alice Lowe.

- Stories We Tell (Documentary, PG-13): Directed by Sarah Polley.

- Venus and Serena (Sports, Documentary, PG-13): Directed by Maiken Baird and Michelle Major and starring Venus Williams and Serena Williams.

New DVD releases this week include:

- In the Hive (Drama, R): Directed by Robert Townsend and starring Michael Clarke Duncan, Loretta Devine, Vivica A. Fox, Ali Liebert and Roger Guenveur Smith.

- Jack Reacher (Crime, Action, PG-13): Directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Robert Duvall, David Oyelowo and Richard Jenkins.

- Mama (Suspense, Horror, PG-13): Directed by Andres Muschietti and starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nelisse and Daniel Kash.

- The Oranges (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Julian Farino and starring Leighton Meester, Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Adam Brody and Alia Shawkat.

- Safe Haven (Drama, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders, David Lyons and Noah Lomax.

- Starlet (Drama): Directed by Sean Baker and starring Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Stella Maeve, James Ransone and Karren Karagulian.

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

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