Wednesday, August 7, 2013

This week's movie picks are 'Elysium' and 'Oblivion'

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:

- Blood (Suspense, Drama, Crime): Directed by Nick Murphy and starring Paul Bettany, Brian Cox, Mark Strong, Zoe Tapper and Ben Crompton.

- Elysium (Science Fiction, Action, R): Directed by Neill Blomkamp and starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, William Fichtner and Michael Shanks.

- I Give it a Year (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Dan Mazer and starring Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Alex Macqueen, Stephen Merchant and Jane Asher.

- In a World… (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Lake Bell and starring Lake Bell, Fred Melamed, Rob Corddry, Demetri Martin and Michaela Watkins.

- Jug Face (Horror, Suspense, R): Directed by Chad Crawford Kinkle and starring Sean Bridgers, Lauren Ashley Carter, Kaitlin Cullum, Larry Fessenden and David Greathouse.

- Lovelace (Drama, R): Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and starring Amanda Seyfried, Demi Moore, James Franco, Peter Sarsgaard and Adam Brody.

- Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (Adventure, Fantasy, Family, PG): Directed by Thor Freudenthal and starring Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Gina Carano and Melina Kanakaredes.

- Planes (Family, Comedy, PG): Directed by Klay Hall and starring the voices of Dane Cook, Val Kilmer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad Garrett and John Cleese.

- Prince Avalanche (Comedy, R): Directed by David Gordon Green and starring Emile Hirsch and Paul Rudd.

- We’re the Millers (Comedy, Crime, R): Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Nick Offerman and Kathryn Hahn.

New DVD releases this week include:

- Adventures in Zambezia (Family, Comedy, G): Directed by Wayne Thornley and starring the voices of Jeremy Suarez, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson and Corey Burton.

- Aftershock (Suspense, Action, Horror, R): Directed by Nicolas Lopez and starring Eli Roth, Andrea Osvart, Ariel Levy, Nicolas Martinez and Lorenza Izzo.

- Magic, Magic (Horror, Mystery, R): Directed by Sebastian Silva and starring Michael Cera, Emily Browning, Juno Temple, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Agustin Silva.

- Mud (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard and Sarah Paulson.

- Not Today (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Jon Van Dyke and starring Cody Longo, Walid Amini, John Schneider, Wilson Bethel and Cassie Scerbo.

- Oblivion (Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, PG-13): Directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

- On the Road (Drama, Adventure, R): Directed by Walter Salles and starring Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams, Kirsten Dunst, Garrett Hedlund and Viggo Mortensen.

- The Place Beyond the Pines (Drama, R): Directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Rose Byrne and Emory Cohen.

- The Sapphires (Comedy, Musical, PG-13): Directed by Wayne Blair and starring Chris O’Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell.

- To the Wonder (Drama, Romance, R): Directed by Terrence Malick and starring Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Olga Kurylenko, Javier Bardem and Rachel Weisz.

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

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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