Wednesday, February 16, 2011

My movie picks this week are 'Unknown' and 'Unstoppable'

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.

Movies that are scheduled to hit theatres this Friday include:

Unknown (PG-13, Suspense, Drama, Thriller): Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, January Jones, Diane Kruger and Bruno Ganz.

Vanishing on 7th Street (R, Horror, Thriller): Directed by Brad Anderson and starring Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, John Leguizamo, Jacob Latimore and Taylor Groothius.

I Am Number Four (PG-13, Science Fiction, Action): Directed by D.J. Caruso and starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Kevin Durand, Teresa Palmer and Dianna Agron.

Brotherhood (R, Drama, Action, Suspense): Directed by Will Canon and starring Trevor Morgan, Jon Foster, Lou Taylor Pucci, Arlen Escarpeta and Jesse Steccato.

The Chaperone (PG-13, Comedy, Family): Directed by Stephen Herek and starring Paul Levesque, Kevin Corrigan, Annabeth Gish, Jose Zuniga and Ariel Winter.

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (PG-13, Comedy, Action): Directed by John Whitesell and starring Martin Lawrence, Brandon T. Jackson, Jessica Lucas, Faizon Love and Emily Rios.

Even the Rain (Not Yet Rated, Drama, Epic and Historical): Directed by Iciar Bollain and starring Luis Tosar, Gael Garcia Bernal, Juan Carlos Aduviri, Karra Elejaide and Raul Arevalo.

I Am (PG-13, Documentary, Special Interest): Directed by Tom Shadvac.

Immigration Tango (R, Comedy): Directed by David Burton Morris and starring Elika Portnoy, McCaleb Burnett, Carlos Leon, Ashley Wolfe and Avery Sommers.

The Last Lions (PG, Documentary, Special Interest): Directed by Dereck Joubert and starring Jeremy Irons.

Now & Later (Not Rated, Drama): Starring Luis Fernandez-Gil, Adrian Quinonez, Shari Solanis, Marcellina Walker and James Wortham.

Putty Hill (Not Rated, Drama): Directed by Matthew Porterfield and starring Sky Ferreira, Zoe Vance, Dustin Ray, Cody Ray and Charles “Spike” Sauers.

New DVD releases for the week of Feb. 15 include:

Unstoppable (PG-13, Action, Suspense): Directed by Tony Scott and starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Jessy Schram and Jeff Wincott.

The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (Not Yet Rated, Horror, Thriller, Comedy): Starring Kyle Davis, Devin McGinn and Barak Hardley.

Stag Night (R, Horror, Drama, Thriller): Starring Scott Adkins, Kip Pardue, Vinessa Shaw, Breckin Meyer and Karl Geary.

National Lampoon’s Dirty Movie (R, Comedy): Directed by Jerry Daigle and Christopher Meloni and starring Christopher Meloni, Diane Neal, Adam Ferrara, Caitlin Fitzgerald and Cyndi Lauper.

Game of Death (R, Action): Directed by Giorgio Serafini and starring Wesley Snipes, Aunjanue Ellis, Gary Daniels, Zoe Bell and Robert Davi.

Glorious 39 (R, Drama, Suspense): Directed by Stephen Poliakoff and starring Bill Nighy, Romola Garai, David Tennant, Juno Temple and Eddie Redmayne.

Kites (Not Rated, Drama, Action, Romance): Directed by Anurag Basu and starring Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori, Kangana Ranaut and Nicholas Brown.

Love at First Kill (Not Rated, Drama, Thriller): Directed by John Daly and starring Noah Segan, Margot Kidder, Michael Bowen and Lyne Renee.

Waiting for Superman (PG, Documentary, Special Interest): Directed by Davis Guggenheim.

Williams S. Borroughs: A Man Within (Not Yet Rated, Documentary, Special Interest): Directed by Yony Leyser.

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (R, Romance, Comedy): Directed by Woody Allen and starring Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin, Gemma Jones and Antonio Banderas.

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

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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