Wednesday, October 23, 2013

This week's movie picks are 'The Counselor' and 'The Conjouring'

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:

- Bastards (Drama): Directed by Claire Denis and starring Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni and Julie Bataille.

- Blue is the Warmest Color (Drama, Romance, NC-17): Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Lea Seydoux, Adele Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Jeremie Laheurte and Catherine Salee.

- The Counselor (Suspense, Drama, R): Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz.

- Haunted (Horror, R): Directed by Steven M. Smith and starring Jon-Paul Gates, Vivien Creegor, Freddie Fuller, Gemma Gurvitz and Natalie Gurvitz.

- Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Comedy, Reality, R): Directed by Jeff Tremaine and starring Johnny Knoxville and Jackson Nicoll.

- Losers Take All (Comedy): Directed by Alex Steyermark and starring Kyle Gallner, Peter Brensinger, Aaron Himelstein, Billy Kay and Adam Herschman.

- Our Day Will Come (Drama): Directed by Romain Gavras and starring Vincent Cassel, Olivier Barthelemy, Justine Lerooy and Vanessa Decat.

- Spinning Plates (Documentary): Directed by Joseph Levy and starring Grant Achatz and Thomas Keller.

New DVD releases this week include:

- As Cool as I Am (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Max Mayer and starring Claire Danes, Jeremy Sisto, James Marsden, Peter Fonda and Sarah Bolger.

- Before Midnight (Romance, Drama, R): Directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Ariane Labed and Athina Rachel Tsangari.

- The Conjouring (Horror, Suspense, R): Directed by James Wan and starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor and Joey King.

- Dead in Tombstone (Action, Western, Fantasy, R): Directed by Roel Reine and starring Mickey Rourke, Danny Trejo, Anthony Michael Hall, Dina Meyer and Richard Dillane.

- Free Samples (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Jay Gammill and starring Jesse Weixler, Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Halley Feiffer and Tippi Hedren.

- 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.

- The Internship (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Shawn Levy and starring Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rose Byrne, Max Minghella and Aasif Mandvi.

- Just Like a Woman (Drama, R): Directed by Rachid Bouchareb and starring Sienna Miller, Golshifteh Farahani, Bahar Soomekh, Tim Guinee and Roschdy Zem.

- Necessary Evil: The Villians of DC Comics (Documentary): Directed by Scott Devine and J.M. Kenny and starring Christopher Lee, Richard Donner, Guillermo del Toro, Zack Snyder and Geoff Johns.

- Only God Forgives (Crime, Suspense, Drama, R): Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Burke, Byron Gibson and Vithaya Pansringarm.

- The Way, Way Back (Comedy, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash and starring Liam James, Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, Toni Collette and AssaSophia Robb.

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

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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