Wednesday, January 29, 2014

This week's movie picks are 'Labor Day' and 'Rush'

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:

- 12 O’Clock Boys (Documentary): Directed by Lotfy Nathan.

- At Middleton (Comedy, Drama, Romance, R): Directed by Adam Rodgers and starring Vera Farmiga, Taissa Farmiga, Andy Garcia, Tom Skerritt and Nicholas Braun.

- Best Night Ever (Comedy, R): Directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer and starring Desiree Hall, Samantha Colburn, Eddie Ritchard, Crista Flanagan and Jenny Lin.

- California Scheming (Drama, Suspense, R): Directed by Marco Weber and starring Gia Mantegna, Devon Werkheiser, Spencer Daniels, Manish Dayal and S.A. Griffin.

- Labor Day (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Jason Reitman and starring Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Tobey Maguire and Maika Monroe.

- Love is in the Air (Comedy, Romance): Directed by Alexandre Castagnetti and starring Ludivine Sagnier, Nicolas Bedos, Jonathan Cohen, Arnaud Ducret and Brigitte Catillon.

- That Awkward Moment (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Tom Gormican and starring Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Imogen Poots and Jessica Lucas.

- Tim’s Vermeer (Documentary, PG-13): Directed by Teller and starring Tim Jenison, Penn Jillette, Martin Mull, Philip Steadman and David Hockney.

New DVD releases this week include:

- 1 (Documentary, Sports): Directed by Paul Crowder and starring Michael Fassbender, Niki Lauda, James Hunt, Mario Andretti and Michael Schumacher.

- Bonnie & Clyde (Crime, Drama): Directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Holliday Grainger, Emile Hirsch, Lane Garrison, William Hurt and Holly Hunter.

- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Comedy, Family, PG): Directed by Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn and starring the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Will Forte and Kristen Schaal.

- Concussion (Drama, Romance, R): Directed by Stacie Passon and starring Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Ben Shenkman and Julie Fain Lawrence.

- The Fifth Estate (Drama, R): Directed by Bill Condon and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Bruhl, Carice Van Houten, Peter Capaldi and Dan Stevens.

- Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Comedy, Reality, R): Directed by Jeff Tremaine and starring Johnny Knoxville and Jackson Nicoll.

- Last Vegas (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Jon Turtletaub and starring Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline and Mary Steenburgen.

- Metallica: Through the Never (Action, Music, Mystery, R): Directed by Nimrod Antal and starring Dane DeHaan, James Hefield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo.

- A Perfect Man (Drama, R): Directed by Kees Van Oostrum and starring Liev Schreiber, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Joelle Carter, Louise Fletcher and Renee Soutendijk.

- Rush (Action, Drama, R): Directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara and Stephen Mangan.

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


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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