Wednesday, November 20, 2013

This week's movie picks are 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' and '2 Guns'

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:

- Bettie Page Reveals All (Documentary): Directed by Mark Mori and starring the voice of Bettie Page and Hugh Hefner and Bunny Yeager.

- Contracted (Horror, Suspense): Directed by Eric England and starring Najarra Townsend, Caroline Williams, Alice Macdonald, Katie Stegeman and Matt Mercer.

- Delivery Man (Comedy, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Ken Scott and starring Vince Vaughn, Cobie Smulders, Chris Pratt, Britt Robertson and Amos VanderPoel.

- Everyday (Drama): Directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Shirley Henderson, John Simm, Shaun Kirk, Robert Kirk and Katrina Kirk.

- Frozen (Family, Comedy, Musical, PG): Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee and starring the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad and Tom Kane.

- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Adventure, Family, PG-13): Directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Willow Shields, Elizabeth Banks, Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson.

- Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (Documentary): Directed by Michel Gondry.

- Narco Cultura (Documentary, R): Directed by Shaul Schwarz.

- Oldboy (Suspense, R): Directed by Spike Lee and starring Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley and Samuel L. Jackson.

- Philomena (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Stephen Frears and starring Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Mare Winningham, Michaelle Fairley and Sophie Kennedy Clark.

New DVD releases this week include:

- 2 Guns (Action, Crime, R): Directed by Baltasar Kormakur and starring Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, James Marsden, Paula Patton and Bill Paxton.

- All is Bright (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Phil Morrison and starring Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Sally Hawkins, Peter Hermann and Curtiss Cook.

- And While We Were Here (Drama, Romance, R): Directed by Kat Coiro and starring Kate Bosworth, Jamie Blackley, Iddo Goldberg and the voice of Claire Bloom.

- Breaking the Girls (Suspense, Drama): Directed by Jamie Babbit and starring Madeline Zima, Agnes Bruckner, Shawn Ashmore, Shanna Collins and John Stockwell.

- C.O.G. (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez and starring Jonathan Groff, Troian Bellisario, Corey Stoll, Dale Dickey and Casey Wilson.

- Crystal Fairy (Comedy, Drama): Directed by Sebastian Silva and starring Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffman, Juan Andres Silva, Jose Miguel Silva and Agustin Silva.

- Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (Documentary): Directed by Erik P. Sharkey and starring Drew Struzan, Harrison Ford, Michael J. Fox, Guillermo del Toro and Steven Spielberg.

- Paranoia (Suspense, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Robert Luketic and starring Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Amber Heard and Josh Holloway.

- The To Do List (Comedy, R): Directed by Maggie Carey and starring Aubrey Plaza, Andy Samberg, Clark Gregg, Connie Britton and Rachel Bislon.

- The World’s End (Comedy, R): Directed by Edgar Wright and starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan and Rosamund Pike.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “2 Guns.”

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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