This week's movie picks are 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' and 'The Monuments Men'

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 Angriest Man in Brooklyn (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Phil Alden Robinson and starring Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, Melissa Leo and James Earl Jones.

- Blended (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Frank Coraci and starring Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Kevin Nealon, Terry Crews and Wendi McLendon-Covey.

- Cold in July (Drama, Suspense): Directed by Jim Mickle and starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson, Vinessa Shaw and Nick Damici.

- Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (Documentary): Directed by Nicholas D. Wrathall.

- Tracks (Drama, PG-13): Directed by John Curran and starring Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver, Emma Booth, Jessica Tovey and Rainer Bock.

- Wolf (Crime, Suspense): Directed by Jim Taihuttu and starring Marwan Kenzari, Raymond Thiry, Bo Maerten, Cahit Olmez and Chemseddine Amar.

- Words and Pictures (Romance, Drama, Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Fred Schepisi and starring Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Amy Brenneman, Keegan Connor Tracy and Bruce Davison.

- X-Men: Days of Future Past (Action, Adventure, PG-13): Directed by Bryan Singer and starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Jennifer Lawrence.

New DVD releases this week include:

- 3 Days to Kill (Action, Suspense, PG-13): Directed by McG and starring Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld, Amber Heard, Connie Nielsen and Richard Sammel.

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

- Grand Piano (Suspense, Drama, R): Directed by Eugenio Mira and starring Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Allen Leech, Tamsin Egerton and Alex Winter.

- In Secret (Drama, Crime, R): Directed by Charlie Stratton and starring Elizabeth Olsen, Jessica Lange, Oscar Isaac, Tom Felton and Dimitrije Bogdanov.

- The Monuments Men (Drama, War, Comedy, PG-13): Directed by George Clooney and starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett and Jean Dujardin.

- Pompeii (Action, Drama, Adventure, PG-13): Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Jared Harris and Carrie-Anne Moss.

- Raze (Action, Horror, R): Directed by Josh Waller and starring Zoe Bell, Rachel Nichols, Sherilyn Fenn, Tracie Thoms and Doug Jones.

- 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.

- Vampire Academy (Fantasy, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Mark Waters and starring Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, Gabriel Byrne and Sarah Hyland.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “The Monuments Men.”

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.