Wednesday, February 12, 2014

This week's movie picks are 'RoboCop' and 'Ender's Game'

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:

- About Last Night (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Steve Pink and starring Michael Ealy, Kevin Hart, Regina Hall, Joy Bryant and Christopher McDonald.

- Adult World (Comedy, R): Directed by Scott Coffey and starring John Cusack, Emma Roberts, Evan Peters, Armando Riesco and Shannon Woodward.

- Date and Switch (Comedy, R): Directed by Chris Nelson and starring Dakota Johnson, Sarah Hyland, Hunter Cope, Zach Cregger and Nick Offerman.

- Endless Love (Drama, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Shana Feste and starring Alex Pettyfer, Gabriella Wilde, Robert Patrick, Bruce Greenwood and Rhys Wakefield.

- Girl on a Bicycle (Comedy, Drama, Romance, R): Directed by Jeremy Leven and starring Vincenzo Amato, Nora Tschirner, Paddy Considine, Louise Monot and Stephane Debac.

- Jimmy P. (Drama): Directed by Arnaud Desplechin and starring Benicio Del Toro, Mathieu Amalric, Gina McKee, Larry Pine and Joseph Cross.

- RoboCop (Action, Science Fiction, PG-13): Directed by Jose Padilha and starring Joel Kinnaman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish and Gary Oldman.

- Winter’s Tale (Drama, Fantasy, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Akiva Goldsman and starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and William Hurt.

New DVD releases this week include:

- The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (Adventure, Family, PG): Directed by Jonathan Newman and starring Michael Sheen, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, Ioan Gruffudd and Aneurin Barnard.

- All is Lost (Adventure, Drama, PG-13): Directed by J.C. Chandor and starring Robert Redford.

- The Armstrong Lie (Documentary, Sports, R): Directed by Alex Gibney.

- Austenland (Comedy, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Jerusha Hess and starring Keri Russell, J.J. Field, Jennifer Coolidge, Bret McKenzie and Georgia King.

- The Best Man Holiday (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Malcolm D. Lee and starring Taye Diggs, Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan and Regina Hall.

- The Counselor (Drama, Suspense, R): Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz.

- Diana (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Olivier Hirschbiegel and starring Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Cas Anvar and Laurence Belcher.

- Ender’s Game (Action, Science Fiction, PG-13): Directed by Gavin Hood and starring Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Abigail Breslin, Ben Kingsley and Viola Davis.

- Grace Unplugged (Drama, Family, PG): Directed by Brad J. Silverman and starring A.J. Michalka, Kevin Pollak, James Denton, Shawnee Smith and Michael Welch.

- How I Live Now (Drama, Suspense, R): Directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, Anna Chancellor, George MacKay and Corey Johnson.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “RoboCop,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Ender’s Game.”


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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