Wednesday, June 26, 2013

This week's movie picks are 'White House Down' and 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone'

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 Band Called Death (Documentary, Music): Directed by Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino and starring Alice Cooper, Bobby Hackney, Dannis Hackney, David Hackney and Henry Rollins.

- Byzantium (Drama, Fantasy, R): Directed by Neil Jordan and starring Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller and Daniel Mays.

- Copperhead (Drama, War, PG-13): Directed by Ronald F. Maxwell and starring Billy Campbell, Peter Fonda, Angus Macfadyen, Augustus Prew and Francois Amaud.

- The Heat (Comedy, Action, R): Directed by Paul Feig and starring Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir, Michael Rapaport and Marlon Wayans.

- How to Make Money Selling Drugs (Documentary): Directed by Matthew Cooke and starring 50 Cent, ‘Freeway’ Rick Ross, Susan Sarandon, Woody Harrelson and David Simon.

- I’m So Excited (Comedy, R): Directed by Pedro Almodovar and starring Hugo Silva, Antonio De La Torre, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Laya Marti and Javier Camara.

- Petunia (Comedy, Drama, Not Rated): Directed by Ash Christian and starring Tobias Segal, Thora Birch, Christine Lahti, Brittany Snow and Michael Urie.

- Redemption (Action, Suspense, R): Directed by Steven Knight and starring Jason Statham, Senem Temiz, Vicky McClure, Benedict Wong and Lee Asquith-Coe.

- White House Down (Action/Drama, PG-13): Directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods and Richard Jenkins.

New DVD releases this week include:

- The Call (Suspense, Drama, R): Directed by Brad Anderson and starring Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund and Michael Imperioli.

- Help! (Musical, Comedy, G): Directed by Richard Lester and starring Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Leo McKern.

- The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Don Scardino and starring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, Olivia Wilde and Alan Arkin.

- Into the White (Action, War, R): Directed by Petter Naess and starring Florian Lukas, David Kross, Stig Henrik Hoff, Lachlan Nieboer and Rupert Grint.

- No (Drama, R): Directed by Pablo Larrain and starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Nestor Cantillana, Antonia Zegers and Luis Gnecco.

- Phantom (Action, Suspense, Adventure, PG-13): Directed by Todd Robinson and starring Ed Harris, David Duchovny, Willian Fichtner, Lance Henriksen and Jonathon Schaech.

- A Place at the Table (Documentary, PG): Directed by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush and starring Jeff Bridges and Tom Colicchio.

- Pusher (Crime, Suspense, R): Directed by Luis Prieto and starring Richard Coyle, Bronson Webb, Agyness Deyn, Mem Ferda and Zlatko Buric.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “White House Down,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.”

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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