My movie picks this week are 'Pirates of the Caribbean 4' and 'The Rite'

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:

- 35 and Ticking (Comedy, Romance): Starring Meagan Good.

- A Beautiful Life (Foreign)

- Cost of a Soul (R, Crime, Drama): Directed by Sean Kirkpatrick and starring Chris Kerson, Will Blagrove, Mark Borkowski, Judy Jerome and Maddie Morris Jones.

- Louder Than a Bomb (Documentary): Directed by Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel.

- Midnight in Paris (PG-13, Comedy, Romance): Directed by Woody Allen and starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Michael Sheen and Adrien Brody.

- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Action, Adventure): Starring Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane and Astrid Berges-Frisbey.

- Ranchero (Drama): Starring Danny Trejo.

New DVD releases for the week of May 17 include:

- Daydream Nation (R, Romance): Directed by Michael Goldbach and starring Kat Dennings, Reece Thompson, Andie MacDowell, Josh Lucas and Rachel Blanchard.

- The Mechanic (R, Action): Directed by Simon West and starring Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Christa Campbell and Jeff Chase.

- The Other Woman (R, Drama): Directed by Don Roos and starring Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Rapp, Lauren Ambrose and Scott Cohen.

- The Rite (PG-13, Drama, Thriller): Directed by Mikael Hafstrom and starring Anthony Hopkins, Ciaran Hinds, Alice Braga, Toby Jones and Colin O’Donoghue.

- The Roomate (PG-13, Thriller): Directed by Christian E. Christiansen and starring Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet, Matt Lanter and Aly Michalka.

- Vanishing on 7th Street (R, Horror, Thriller): Directed by Brad Anderson and starring Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, John Leguizamo, Taylor Groothuis and Jordan Trovillion.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “The Rite.”

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.