Wednesday, April 27, 2011

My movie picks this week are 'Fast Five' and '3 Idiots'

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:

- 13 Assassins (R, Action): Directed by Takashi Miike and starring Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yusuke Iseya, Goro Inagaki and Masachika Ichimura.

- The Arbor (Documentary): Directed by Clio Barnard and starring Matthew McNulty, Jimi Mistry, Christine Bottomley, George Costigan and Monica Dolan.

- Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (PG-13, Horror, Thriller, Comedy): Directed by Kevin Munroe and starring Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington, Taye Diggs, Brian Steele and Peter Stormare.

- Exporting Raymond (PG, Documentary, Special Interest, Comedy): Directed by Phil Rosenthal.

- Fast Five (PG-13, Action, Thriller): Directed by Justin Lin and starring Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster and Tyrese Gibson.

- Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (PG, Animation, Family, Comedy): Directed by Mike Disa and starring the voices of Hayden Panettiere, Glenn Close, Joan Cusack, David Ogden Stiers and Benjy Gaither.

- Making the Boys (Not Rated, Documentary, Epic and Historical, Special Interest): Directed by Crayton Robey and starring Edward Albee, Mart Crowley, Michael Cunningham, Dominick Dunne and William Friedkin. Actually opens on Thurs., April 28.

- Prom (PG, Comedy, Drama): Directed by Joe Nussbaum and starring Aimee Teegarden, Nicholas Braun, Danielle Campbell, Riley Voelkel and Raini Rodriguez.

- The Robber (Not Rated, Drama): Directed by Benjamin Heisenberg and starring Andreas Lust, Franziska Weisz, Markus Schleinzer, Roman Kettner and Hannelore Klauber-Laursen.

- Sympathy for Delicious (Not Rated, Drama): Directed by Mark Ruffalo and starring Mark Ruffalo, Christopher Thornton, Orlando Bloom, Juliette Lewis and Laura Linney.

New DVD releases for the week of April 26 include:

- 3 Idiots (PG-13, Comedy, Drama): Directed by Rajkumar Hirani and starring Aamir Khan, Kareen Kapoor, Omi Vaidya and Rajeev Ravindranathan.

- Blood Out (R, Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller): Directed by Jason Hewitt and starring Val Kilmer, Curtis Jackson, Luke Gross, AnnaLynne McCord and Vinnie Jones.

- Jolene (R, Drama): Directed by Dan Ireland and starring Jessica Chastain, Dermot Mulroney, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Vartan and Theresa Russell.

- Knockout (PG, Action, Family): Directed by Anne Wheeler and starring Steve Austin, Benjamin Ratner, Daniel Magder, Jaren Brandt Bartlett and Emma Grabinsky.

- One Way to Valhalla (Not Yet Rated, Drama): Directed by Karen Goodman and starring Gabriel Macht, Kim Dickens, Kate Walsh, Brad William Henke and Allison Pill.

- Revenge of the Bridesmaids (Not Rated, Comedy): Directed by James Hayman and starring Raven Symone, Joanna Garcia, Beth Broderick, David Clayton Rogers and Chryssie Whitehead.

- Sacrifice (R, Action): Directed by Damian Lee and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Kim Coates, Devon Bostick, Lara Daans and Christian Slater.

- Sniper: Reloaded (R, Action): Directed by Claudio Fah and starring Billy Zane, Chad Michael Collins, Richard Sammel, Patrick Lyster and Annabel Wright.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Fast Five,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “3 Idiots.”

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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