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:
- The Armstrong Lie (Documentary, Sports, R): Directed by Alex Gibney.
- Best Man Down (Comedy, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Ted Koland and starring Justin Long, Jesse Weixler, Tyler Labine, Addison Timlin and Shelley Long.
- The Book Thief (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nelisse, Ben Schnetzer and Nico Liersch.
- A Case of You (Comedy, Romance): Directed by Kat Coiro and starring Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Busy Philipps, Keir O’Donnell and Peter Dinklage.
- How I Live Now (Drama, Suspense, R): Directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, Anna Chancellor, George MacKay and Corey Johnson.
- Great Expectations (Drama, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Mike Newell and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Sally Hawkins, Holliday Grainger and Robbie Coltrane.
- The Motel Life (Drama, Mystery, R): Directed by Alan Polsky and Gabe Polsky and starring Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, Dakota Fanning and Garrett Backstrom.
- Reaching for the Moon (Drama, Romance): Directed by Bruno Barreto and starring Miranda Otto, Gloria Pires, Tracy Middendorf, Lola Kirke and Treat Williams.
- The Starving Games (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer and starring Maiara Walsh, Brant Daugherty, Christopher Matthew Cook, Lauren Bowles and Diedrich Bader.
- Thor: The Dark World (Action, Fantasy, PG-13): Directed by Alan Taylor and starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Christopher Eccleston, Natalie Portman and Idris Elba.
New DVD releases this week include:
- As I Lay Dying (Drama, R): Directed by James Franco and starring James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Danny McBride, Ahna O’Reilly and Logan Marshall-Green.
- Broken (Drama): Directed by Rufus Norris and starring Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, Lily James, Rory Kinnear and Denis Lawson.
- Clear History (Comedy): Directed by Greg Mottola and starring Larry David, Jon Hamm, Bill Hader, Kate Hudson and Michael Keaton.
- The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (Drama, Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Edward Burns and starring Kerry Bishe, Connie Britton, Edward Burns, Heather Burns and Dara Coleman.
- Girl Most Likely (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini and starring Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Darren Criss, Matt Dillon and Natasha Lyonne.
- Grown Ups 2 (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider and Taylor Lautner.
- Lovelace (Drama, R): Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and starring Amanda Seyfried, Demi Moore, James Franco, Peter Sarsgaard and Adam Brody.
- Parkland (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Peter Landesman and starring Zac Efron, Billy Bob Thornton, Ron Livingston, Paul Giamatti and Tom Welling.
- Passion (Suspense, R): Directed by Brian De Palma and starring Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Paul Anderson, Karoline Herfurth and Rainer Bock.
- White House Down (Action, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods and Richard Jenkins.
If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Thor: The Dark World,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “As I Lay Dying.”
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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