It’s Wednesday, so today I give you my weekly list of movies that will open in theatres this week as well as my 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.
Movies that are scheduled to hit theatres this Friday include:
- Barney’s Version (R, Comedy, Drama): Directed by Richard J. Lewis and starring Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver and Rachelle Lefevere.
- Burning Palms (R, Drama): Directed by Christopher Landon and starring Zoe Saldana, Jamie Chung, Rosamund Pike, Dylan McDermott and Shannen Doherty.
- The Dilemma (PG-13, Comedy): Directed by Ron Howard and starring Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum and Queen Latifah.
- Down for Life (R, Drama): Directed by Alan Jacobs and starring Jessica Romero, Danny Glover, Kate del Castillo, Emily Rios and Laz Alonso.
- Every Day (R, Drama): Directed by Richard Levine and starring Helen Hunt, Liey Schreiber, Carl Gugino, Eddie Izzard, Brian Dennehy, Ezra Miller, Benita Robledo and David Harbour.
- The Green Hornet (PG-13, Comedy): Directed by Michel Gondry and starring Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Edward Furlong, Tom Wilkinson, Edward James Olmos, Jay Chou and Chad Coleman.
- The Heart Specialist (Not Yet Rated, Comedy, Drama): Directed by Dennis Cooper and starring Zoe Saldana, Wood Harris, Brian J. White, Mya, Scott Paulin, David S. Lee, Kenneth Choi, Irene Tsu, Richard Voigts, Tony Perez, Brittany Ishibashi and Kristi Kirk.
- Looking for Palladin (R, Comedy, Drama): Directed by Andrzej Krakowski and starring Ben Gazzara, David Moscow, Talia Shire, Vincent Pastore and Pedro Armendariz Jr.
- Ong Bak 3 (R, Drama): Directed by Tony Jaa and Panna Rittikrai and starring Tony Jaa and Dan Chupong.
- A Somewhat Gentle Man (Not Rated, Drama): Directed by Hans Peter Moland and starring Stellan Skarsgard, Bjorn Floberg, Jorunn Kjellsby, Gard Eidsvold and Aksel Hennie.
New DVD releases for the week of Jan. 11 include:
- Alpha and Omega (PG, Action, Animation, Family): Directed by Anthony Bell and Ben Gluck and featuring celebrity voices by Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Christina Ricci, Danny Glover, Dennis Hopper, Larry Miller, Vicki Lewis, Kevin Sussman, Eric Price, Chris Carmack and Brian Donovan.
- Animal Kingdom (R, Crime, Mystery, Thriller): Directed by David Michod and starring James Frecheville, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce and Jacki Weaver.
- The Freebie (R, Drama): Directed by Katie Aselton and starring Dax Shepard, Katie Aselton, Joshua Leonard, Bellamy Young, Leonora Gershman, Ken Kennedy, Sean Nelson, Ross Partridge and Marguerite Phillips.
- Heartbreaker (Not Rated, Comedy, Romance): Directed by Pascal Chaumeil and starring Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier, Francois Damiens and Andrew Lincoln.
- Love Hurts (PG-13, Comedy, Romance): Directed by Barra Grant and starring Richard E. Grant, Julia Voth, Jenna Elfman, Carrie-Anne Moss, Janeane Garofalo, Johnny Pacar, Camryn Manheim, Jeffrey Nordling, Yvonne Zima, Caroline Aaron, Marcella Lentz-Pope and Olga Fonda.
- Piranha (R. Horror): Directed by Alexandre Aja and starring Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Eli Roth, Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames, Dina Meyer, Jessica Szohr, Jerry O’Connell, Richard Dreyfuss, Kelly Brook, Cody Longo and Riley Steele.
- The Social Network (PG-13, Drama, Comedy): Directed by David Fincher and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Joseph Mazzello, Rooney Mara, Liam Ferguson, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Max Minghella, Armie Hammer and Douglas Urbanski.
- Truth in Numbers? Everything According to Wikipedia (Not Rated, Documentary, Special Interest): Directed by Scott Glosserman and Nic Hill.
If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “The Green Hornet,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “The Social Network.”
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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