Wednesday, July 18, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'The Dark Knight Rises' and 'Casa de Mi Padre'

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:

30 Beats (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Alexis Lloyd and starring Jennifer Tilly, Paz de la Huerta, Lee Pace, Justin Kirk and Ingeborga Dapkunaite.

The Dark Knight Rises (Action, Suspense, PG-13): Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gary Oldman.

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (Drama, Action): Directed by Takashi Miike and starring Ebizo Ichikawa, Koji Yakusho, Hikari Mitsushima and Eita.

The Queen of Versailles (Documentary, PG): Directed by Lauren Greenfield and starring David Siegel and Jackie Siegel.

The Well-Diggers Daughter (Drama, Romance): Directed by Daniel Auteuil and starring Daniel Auteuil, Kad Merad, Sabine Azema, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Nicolas Duvauchelle.

New DVD releases for the week of July 17 include:

4:44 Last Day on Earth (Science Fiction, Drama): Directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Willen Dafoe, Paz de la Huerta, Natasha Lyonne, Shanyn Leigh and Paul Hipp.

Black Butterflies (Drama): Directed by Paula van der Oest and starring Rutger Hauer, Liam Cunningham, Carice van Houten, Grant Swanby and Graham Clarke.

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.

The Fairy (Comedy, Romance, Not Rated): Directed by Dominique Abel and starring Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Philippe Martz and Bruno Romy.

Friends with Kids (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Jennifer Westfeldt and starring Jennifer Westfeldt, Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm.

Get the Gringo (Action, Crime, R): Directed by Adrian Grunberg and starring Mel Gibson, Peter Stormare, Scott Cohen, Dean Norris and Bob Gunton.

Intruders (Suspense, R): Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and starring Clive Owen, Daniel Bruhl, Carice van Houten, Kerry Fox and Ella Purnell.

Lockout (Science Fiction, Action, PG-13): Directed by James Mather and Stephen St. Leger and starring Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare, Vincent Regan and Lennie James.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (Comedy, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked and Rachael Stirling.

The Three Stooges (Comedy, Family, PG): Directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly and starring Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jane Lynch and Kate Upton.

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

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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