Wednesday, February 1, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'The Woman in Black' and 'The Thing'

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:

Big Miracle (PG, Drama, Family): Directed by Ken Kwapis and starring Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell, Ted Danson and Dermot Mulroney.

Chronicle (PG-13, Science Fiction, Suspense): Directed by Josh Trank and starring Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly and Ashley Hinshaw.

The Innkeepers (R, Horror, Suspense): Directed by Ti West and starring Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis, George Riddle and Alison Bartlett.

Kill List (Horror): Directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley and Emma Fryer.

Perfect Sense (Romance, Drama): Directed by David Mackenzie and starring Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Connie Nielsen, Stephen Dillane and Ewen Bremner.

The Woman in Black (PG-13, Horror, Suspense): Directed by James Watkins and starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer, Shaun Dooley and Alisa Khazanova.

Windfall (Documentary): Directed by Laura Israel.

New DVD releases for the week of Jan. 31 include:

The Big Year (PG, Comedy): Directed by David Frankel and starring Jack Black, Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, Jim Parsons and Rashida Jones.

Dog Jack (PG-13, Drama, Family): Directed by Edward T. McDougal and starring Louis Gossett Jr., Benjamin Gardner, Frank Kasy, Kenneth Craig and Eddie Huchro.

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

Dream House (PG-13, Suspense, Mystery): Directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Marton Csokas and Rachel G. Fox.

Drive (R, Crime, Drama): Directed by Nicholas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendicks and Albert Brooks.

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

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

Texas Killing Fields (R, Drama, Crime): Directed by Ami Canaan Mann and starring Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jessica Chastain and Jason Clarke.

The Thing (R, Science Fiction, Horror): Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje and Ulrich Thomsen.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “The Woman in Black,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “The Thing.”

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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