Wednesday, March 12, 2014

This week's movie picks are 'Veronica Mars' and 'The Book Thief'

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:

- The Art of the Steal (Comedy, Crime, R): Directed by Jonathan Sobol and starring Kurt Russell, Matt Dillon, Jay Baruchel, Katheryn Winnick and Terence Stamp.

- Bad Words (Comedy, R): Directed by Jason Bateman and starring Bateman, Rohan Chand, Kathryn Hahn, Allison Janney and Philip Baker Hall.

- The Den (Horror, Suspense, R): Directed by Zach Donohue and starring Melanie Papalia, David Schlachtenhaufen, Matt Riedy and Adam Shapiro.

- Enemy (Suspense, R): Directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, Isabella Rossellini and Jane Moffat.

- Ernest & Celestine (Comedy, Drama, Family, PG): Directed by Stephanie Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner and starring the voices of Forest Whitaker, Mackenzie Foy, Lauren Bacall, William H. Macy and Megan Mullally.

- Need for Speed (Action, Crime, PG-13): Directed by Scott Waugh and starring Aaron Paul, Dakota Johnson, Dominic Cooper, Scott Mescudi and Michael Keaton.

- On My Way (Drama): Directed by Emmanuelle Bercot and starring Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Garouste and Nemo Schiffman.

- The Right Kind of Wrong (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik and starring Ryan Kwanten, Catherine O’Hara, Kristen Hager, Will Sasso and Sara Canning.

- Tyler Perry’s The Single Mom’s Club (Comedy, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Tyler Perry and starring Nia Long, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Amy Smart, Zulay Henao and Cocoa Brown.

- Veronica Mars (Drama, Mystery, Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Rob Thomas and starring Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Jason Dohring, Tina Majorino and Ryan Hansen.

New DVD releases this week include:

- The Book Thief (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nelisse, Ben Schnetzer and Nico Liersch.

- Dark House (Horror, R): Directed by Victor Salva and starring Tobin Bell, Luke Kleintank, Lesley-Anne Down and Alex McKenna.

- Easy Money: Hard to Kill (Suspense, Crime, Action): Directed by Babak Najafi and starring Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, Dragomir Mrsic, Fares Fares and Lisa Henni.

- Enemies Closer (Action, Suspense, R): Directed by Peter Hyams and starring Tom Everett Scott, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Orlando Jones, Kristopher Van Varenberg and Matt Medrano.

- Homefront (Action, Suspense, R): Directed by Gary Fleder and starring Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth and Frank Grillo.

- The Hungover Games (Comedy): Directed by Josh Stolberg and starring Ross Nathan, Ben Begley, Herbert Russell, Rita Volkmann and Tara Reid.

- In Fear (Suspense, R): Directed by Jeremy Lovering and starring Iain De Caestecker, Alice Englert and Allen Leech.

- Inside Llewyn Davis (Drama, R): Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen and starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund and Justin Timberlake.

- Out of the Furnace (Suspense, Drama, Crime, R): Directed by Scott Cooper and starring Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck and Willem Dafoe.

- The Patience Stone (Drama, War, R): Directed by Atiq Rahimi and starring Golshifteh Farahani, Massi Mrowat, Hamid Djavadan and Hassina Burgan.

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


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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