My movie picks this week are 'Cowboys and Aliens' and 'Source Code'

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 week include:

- Attack the Block (Action, Science Fiction, R): Directed by Joe Cornish and starring John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones and Jodie Whittaker.

- Cowboys and Aliens (Action, Science Fiction, PG-13): Directed by Jon Fayreau and starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell and Adam Beach.

- Crazy, Stupid, Love (Comedy, Romance, PG-13): Directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra and starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore and Kevin Bacon.

- The Devil’s Double (Action, Drama, R): Directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Philip Quast, Mem Ferda and Raad Rawi.

- The Future (Drama, R): Directed by Miranda July and starring Miranda July, Hamish Linklater, David Warshofsky, Isabella Acres and Joe Putterlik.

- Good Neighbors (Suspense, Comedy, R): Directed by Jacob Tierney and starring Jay Baruchel, Scott Speedman, Xavier Dolan, Emily Hampshire and Gary Farmer.

- The Guard (Comedy, Mystery, R): Directed John Michael McDonagh and starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan and Liam Cunningham.

- The Interrupters (Documentary, Special Interest, Not Rated): Directed by Steve James.

- Life in a Day (Documentary, Special Interest, Not Rated): Directed by Kevin McDonald.

- The Smurfs (Animation, Family, Fantasy, Comedy, PG): Directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Hank Azaria, Sofia Vergara and Jonathan Winters.

- Spiderhole (Drama, Thriller, Not Yet Rated): Starring Emma Griffiths-Malin, Reuben Henry-Biggs, Amy Noble and George Maguire.

New DVD releases for the week of July 26 include:

- Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (Suspense, Crime, Not Rated): Directed by Jeffrey Donovan and starring Bruce Campbell, Kiele Sanchez, RonReaco Lee, Pedro Pascal and Ilza Rosario.

- Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (Horror, Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Kevin Munroe and starring Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington, Taye Diggs, Brian Steele and Peter Stormare.

- Flesh Wounds (Action, Science Fiction, R): Directed by Dan Garcia and starring Kevin Sorbo, Heather Marie Marsden, Bokeem Woodbine, Kirk Kepper and Johnny Lee.

- Ironclad (Drama, Action, R): Directed by Jonathan English and starring Paul Giamatti, James Purefoy, Brian Cox, Kate Mara and Derek Jacobi.

- Life During Wartime (Drama, Comedy, R): Directed by Todd Solondz and starring Paul Reubens, Allison Janney, Paul Dano, Ally Sheedy and Renee Taylor.

- Mao’s Last Dancer (Drama, PG): Directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Kyle MacLachlan, Bruce Greenwood, Joan Chen, Amanda Schull and Shuang Bao Wang.

- Scream of the Banshee (Horror, R): Directed by Steven C. Miller and starring Lauren Holly, Lance Henriksen, Monica Acosta, Eric F. Adams and Marcelle Baer.

- Source Code (Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, PG-13): Directed by Duncan Jones and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright and Russell Peters.

- The Task (Horror, Suspense, R): Directed by Alex Orwell and starring Alexandra Staden, Victor McGuire, Adam Rayner, Antonia Campbell-Hughes and Ashley Mulheron.

- Trust (Drama, R): Directed by David Schwimmer and starring Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato, Viola Davis and Jason Clarke.

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

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.