This week's movie picks are 'Oculus' and 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'

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:

- Cuban Fury (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by James Griffiths and starring Nick Frost, Chris O’Dowd, Rashida Jones, Ian McShane and Olivia Colman.

- Draft Day (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Frank Langella, Denis Leary and Terry Crews.

- Hateship Loveship (Drama, R): Directed by Liza Johnson and starring Kristen Wiig, Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld, Nick Nolte and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

- Joe (Drama, R): Directed by David Gordon Green and starring Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Sue Rock and Heather Kafka.

- Oculus (Horror, R): Directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Karen Gillan, Katee Sackhoff, James Lafferty, Brenton Thwaites and Rory Cochrane.

- Only Lovers Left Alive (Drama, Fantasy, Romance, R): Directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin and Jeffrey Wright.

- The Railway Man (Drama, R): Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky and starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgard and Sam Reid.

- Rio 2 (Comedy, Family, G): Directed by Carlos Saldanha and starring the voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Jemaine Clement, Tracy Morgan and George Lopez.

New DVD releases this week include:

- August: Osage County (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by John Wells and starring Ewan McGregor, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Benedict Cumberbatch and Abigail Breslin.

- Back in the Day (Comedy, R): Directed by Michael Rosenbaum and starring Rosenbaum, Morena Baccarin, Nick Swardson, Harland Williams and Jay R. Ferguson.

- 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.

- Black Coffee (Comedy, Romance, PG): Directed by Mark Harris and starring Tiffany Hines, Christian Keyes, Darrin Henson, Gabrielle Dennis and Erica Hubbard.

- Cavemen (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Herschel Faber and starring Skylar Astin, Camilla Belle, Alexis Knapp, Chad Michael Murray and Jason Patric.

- Grudge Match (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Peter Segal and starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Kevin Hart, Alan Arkin and Kim Basinger.

- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Adventure, Fantasy, PG-13): Directed by Peter Jackson and starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Lee Pace, Ian Holm and Luke Evans.

- Justin Bieber’s Believe (Documentary, Music, PG): Directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Justin Bieber, Scooter Braun, Usher, Rodney Jerkins and Ludacris.

- Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (Horror, Suspense, R): Directed by Christopher Landon and starring Andrew Jacobs, Katie Featherston, Molly Ephraim, Richard Cabral and Crystal Santos.

- Snake & Mongoose (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Wayne Holloway and starring Jesse Williams, Richard Blake, Noah Wyle, John Heard and Ashley Hinshaw.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Oculus,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.”

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.