Wednesday, February 6, 2013

This week's movie picks are 'Identity Thief' and 'Flight'

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 or pick up at the local Redbox.

Movies that are scheduled to hit theatres this week include:

- A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (Comedy, R): Directed by Roman Coppola and starring Charlie Sheen, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Billy Murray, Aubrey Plaza and Katheryn Plaza.

- Identity Thief (Comedy, Adventure, R): Directed by Seth Gordon and starring Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet and Tip Harris.

- Lore (Drama, Suspense): Directed by Cate Shortland and starring Saskia Rosendahl, Kai Malina, Nele Trebs, Ursina Lardi and Hans-Jochen Wagner.

- The Playroom (Drama): Directed by Julia Dyer and starring John Hawkes, Molly Parker, Cody Linley, Olivia Harris and Lydia Mackay.

- Side Effects (Suspense, Crimes, R): Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Vinessa Shaw.

- The Sorcerer and the White Snake (Action, Fantasy, PG-13): Directed by Siu-Tung Ching and starring Jet Li, Shengyi Huang, Raymond Lam, Charlene Choi, Zhang Wen and Vivian Hsu.

- Spiders (Suspense, Science Fiction, PG-13): Directed by Tibor Takacs and starring Christa Campbell, Patrick Muldoon, William Hope, Jon Mack and Shelly Varod.

New DVD releases this week include:

- Alex Cross (Crime, Suspense, PG-13): Directed by Rob Cohen and starring Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Jean Reno and Edward Burns.

- The Bouquet (Drama, Romance, G): Directed by Anne Wheeler and starring Kristy Swanson, Michael Shanks, Danny Glover and Alberta Mayne.

- Celeste and Jesse Forever (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Lee Toland Krieger and starring Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood, Emma Roberts and Chris Messina.

- Deadfall (Crime, Suspense, R): Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky and starring Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Sissy Spacek and Kris Kristofferson.

- Flight (Drama, Adventure, R): Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly and James Badge Dale.

- Here Comes the Boom (Comedy, Action, PG): Directed by Frank Coraci and starring Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Joe Rogan and Greg Germann.

- A Late Quartet (Drama, R): Directed by Yaron Zilberman and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Imogen Poots, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener and Wallace Shawn.

- Mafia (Crime, Drama, R): Directed by Ryan Combs and starring Ving Rhames, Pam Grier, Robert Patrick and Persia White.

- So Undercover (Comedy, Action, PG-13): Directed by Tom Vaughan and starring Miley Cyrus, Jeremy Piven, Autumn Reeser, Alexis Knapp and Joshua Bowman.

- You May Not Kiss the Bride (Comedy, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Rob Hedden and starring Dave Annable, Katharine McPhee, Mena Suyari, Vinnie Jones and Tia Carrere.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Identity Thief,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Flight.”

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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