Wednesday, October 26, 2011

My movie picks this week are 'The Rum Diary' and 'Captain America'

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:

13 (Action, Crime and Mystery, Drama, Suspense, R): Directed by Gela Babluani and starring Jason Statham, Ray Winstone, Mickey Rourke, Curtis Jackson and Sam Riley.

All’s Faire in Love (Comedy, Romance PG-13): Directed by Scott Marshall and starring Christina Ricci, Owen Benjamin, Ann-Margret, Matthew Lillard and Cedric the Entertainer.

Anonymous (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Vanessa Redgrave, Rafe Spall, Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis and Sebastian Armesto.

The Double (Drama, Suspense, Thriller, PG-13): Directed by Michael Brandt and starring Richard Gere, Topher Grace, Martin Sheen, Odette Yustman and Stana Katic.

The Hammer (Documentary, Special Interest, Sports, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Oren Kaplan and starring Russell Harvard, Raymond J. Barry, Shoshannah Stern, Michael Anthony Spady and Courtney Halverson.

In Time (Drama, Science Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, PG-13): Directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde and Alex Pettyfer.

Janie Jones (Drama, Not Yet Rated): Directed by David M. Rosenthal and starring Abigail Breslin, Elisabeth Shue, Allessandro Nivola, Frank Whaley and Brittany Snow.

Like Crazy (Drama, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Drake Doremus and starring Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Messina and Alex Kingston.

The Rum Diary (Drama, Comedy, Crime and Mystery, R): Directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Richard Jenkins, Amber Heard and Amaury Nolasco.

Puss in Boots (Action, Comedy, Family, PG): Directed by Chris Miller and starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris.

New DVD releases for the week of Oct. 25 include:

Atrocious (Horror, Suspense, Thriller, R): Directed by Fernando Barreda Luna and starring Rafael Amaya, Jose Masegosa, Chus Pereiro and Cristian Valencia.

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

Captain America: The First Avenger (Action, Adventure, PG-13): Directed by Joe Johnston and starring Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan and Hugo Weaving.

City of Life and Death (Drama, Epic and Historical, War, R): Directed by Lu Chuan and starring Hideo Nakaizumi, Yuanyuan Gao and Ye Liu.

Faces in the Crowd (Action, Drama, Suspense, Thriller, R): Directed by Julien Magnat and starring Milla Jovovich, Sarah Wayne Callies, Julian McMahon and Michael Shanks.

Father of Invention (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Trent Cooper and starring Kevin Spacey, Heather Graham, Craig Robinson, Virginia Madsen and Johnny Knoxville.

The Night Shift (Comedy, Horror, Not Rated): Directed by Thomas Smith and starring Erin Lilley and Khristian Fulmer.

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (Action, Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Jalmari Helander.

Shaolin (Action, R): Directed by Benny Chan and starring Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Fan Bingbing, Jackie Chan and Jacky Wu.

Winnie The Pooh (Family, Childrens, Animation, G): Directed by Steve Anderson and Don Hall and starring Jim Cummings, Tom Kenny, Craig Ferguson, John Cleese and Bud Luckey.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “The Rum Diary,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Captain America: The First Avenger.”

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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