Wednesday, February 2, 2011

My movie picks this week are 'Sanctum' and 'Let Me In'

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.

Movies that are scheduled to hit theatres this Friday include:

The Other Woman (Drama, R): Directed by Don Roos and starring Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Rapp, Lauren Ambrose and Scott Cohen.

Ranchero (Drama, Not Yet Rated): Directed by Richard Kaponas and starring Roger Gutierrez, Christina Woods, Brian Eric Johnson, Danny Trejo and Ruth Livier.

The Roommate (Thriller, PG-13): Directed by Christian E. Christiansen and starring Leighton Meester, Cam Gigandet, Minka Kelly, Matt Lanter and Aly Michalka.

Sanctum (Action, Drama, R): Directed by Alister Grierson and starring Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Parkinson, Rhys Wakefield and Dan Wylie.

Waiting for Forever (Drama, PG-13): Directed by James Keach and starring Rachel Bilson, Matthew Davis, Richard Jenkins, Blythe Danner and Nikki Blonsky.

New DVD releases for the week of Feb. 1 include:

Bonded by Blood (Crime, Mystery, Thriller): Directed by Sacha Bennett and starring Kierston Wareing, Tamer Hassan, Vincent Regan, Terry Stone and Adam Deacon.

Chain Letter (Horror, Thriller, R): Directed by Deon Taylor and starring Nikki Reed, Noah Segan, Keith David, Betsy Russell and Clifton Powell.

The Client List (Comedy, Not Rated): Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Cybill Shepherd.

Conviction (Drama, R): Directed by Tony Goldwyn and starring Hilary Swank, Minnie Driver, Sam Rockwell, Juliette Lewis and Peter Gallagher.

Hatchett II (Horror, Thriller, Not Rated): Directed by Adam Green and starring Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, R.A. Mihailoff and Tom Holland.

Let Me In (Horror, Suspense, Drama, R): Directed by Matt Reeves and starring Chloe Moretz, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Richard Jenkins, Sasha Barrese and Elias Koteas.

Monsters (Science Fiction, R): Directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Whitney Able and Scott McNairy.

Never Let Me Go (Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller, R): Directed by Mark Romanek and starring Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Sally Hawkins and Charlotte Rampling.

Night Catches Us (Drama, R): Directed by Tanya Hamilton and starring Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie, Wendell Pierce, Jamie Hector and Novella Nelson.

Skin (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Anthony Fabian and starring Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Bongani Masondo, Alice Krige and Hannes Brummer.

The Tillman Story (Documentary, Special Interest, R): Directed by Amir Bar-Lev and starring Josh Brolin (voice).

Welcome to the Rileys (Drama, R): Directed by Jake Scott and starring Kristen Stewart, James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo, Lance E. Nichols and David Jensen.

A Woman, A Gun and a Noodle Shop (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Sun Hong-Lei, Xiao Shenyang, Yan Ni, Ni Dahong and Cheng Ye.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Sanctum,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Let Me In.”

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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