Wednesday, March 14, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'Case De Mi Padre' and 'The Three Musketeers'

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:

21 Jump Street (Action, Comedy, R): Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cub, Brie Larson and Rob Riggle.

Casa De Mi Padre (Comedy, Western, R): Directed by Matt Piedmont and starring Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Efren Ramirez and Genesis Rodriguez.

Detachment (Drama): Directed by Tony Kaye and starring Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Sami Gayle, Christina Hendricks and William Petersen.

The FP (Comedy, R): Directed by Brandon Trost and Jason Trost and starring Jason Trost, Lee Valmassy, Art Hsu, Caitlyn Folley and Nick Principe.

Jeff, Who Lives at Home (Comedy, Drama): Directed by Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass and starring Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon, Judy Greer and Rae Dawn Chong.

The Kid With a Bike (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne and starring Thomas Doret, Cecile De France, Jeremie Renier and Fabrizio Rongione.

Natural Selection (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Robbie Pickering and starring Rachael Harris, Jon Gries, Matt O’Leary, John Diehl and Billy Blair.

Reuniting the Rubins (Comedy, Drama, PG): Directed by Yoay Factor and starring Timothy Spall, Rhona Mitra, James Callis, Blake Harrison and Honor Blackman.

Seeking Justice (Action, Suspense, R): Directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce, Jennifer Carpenter and Harold Perrineau.

The Understudy (Comedy, Drama): Directed by David Connolly and Hannah Davis and starring Marin Ireland, Kelli Giddish, Richard Kind, Gloria Reuben and Aasif Mandvi.

New DVD releases for the week of March 13 include:

Absentia (Horror, Suspense, R): Directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Katie Parker, Courtney Bell, Dave Levine, Morgan Peter Brown, Justin Gordon.

The Adventures of Tintin (Family, Adventure, PG): Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring the voices of Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

Bag of Bones (Horror): Directed by Mick Garris and starring Pierce Brosnan, Melissa George, Anika Noni Rose, Jason Priestley and Matt Frewer.

The Descendants (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Alexander Payne and starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Matthew Lillard and Judy Greer.

Happy Feet Two (Family, Musical, PG): Directed by George Miller and starring the voices of Elijah Wood, E.G. Daily, Alecia Moore, Robin Williams and Brad Pitt.

Loosies (Comedy, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Michael Corrente and starring Peter Facinelli, Jaimie Alexander, Michael Madsen, Joe Pantoliano and Christy Carlson Romano.

Melancholia (Drama, Science Fiction, R): Directed by Lars von Trier and starring Kirsten Dunst, Alexander Skarsgard, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefter Sutherland and Charlotte Rampling.

My Week With Marilyn (Drama, R): Directed by Simon Curtis and starring Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench and Dominic Cooper.

The Three Musketeers (Adventure, Action, PG-13): Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Logan Lerman, Luke Evans, Ray Stevenson, Matthew Macfadyen and Christoph Waltz.

Young Adult (Comedy, R): Directed by Jason Reitman and starring Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt, Elizabeth Reaser and Emily Meade.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Casa De Mi Padre,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “The Three Musketeers.”

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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