Wednesday, May 25, 2011

My movie picks this week are 'The Hangover Part II' and 'I Am Number Four'

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 week include:

- The Hangover Part II (Comedy, R): Directed by Todd Phillips and starring Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha and Mike Tyson.

- Kung Fu Panda 2 (Animation, Comedy, Family, PG): Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and starring the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan and Seth Rogen.

- Tied to a Chair (Action, Comedy, Not Rated): Directed by Michael Bergman and starring Bonnie Loren, Robert Gossett, Marion Van Peebles, Richard Franklin and Kim Cristo.

- The Tree of Life (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Terrence Malick and starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Fiona Shaw and Dalip Singh.

- We are the Night (Suspense, Horror): Directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer and Max Riemelt.

New DVD releases for the week of May 24 include:

- Anton Chekhov’s The Duel (Drama, Not Rated): Directed by Dover Koshashvili and starring Andrew Scott, Fiona Glascott, Tobias Menzies, Niall Buggy and Nicholas Rowe.

- The Big Bang (Action, Crime, R): Directed by Tony Krantz and starring Antonio Banderas, Sienna Guillory, Thomas Kretschmann, William Fichtner and Sam Elliott.

- Burning Palms (Drama, R): Directed by Christopher Landon and starring Dyland McDermott, Zoe Saldana, Lake Bell, Nick Stahl and Paz Vega.

- Eatrip (Documentary, Special Interest, Not Yet Rated): Directed by Yuri Nomura.

- Fertile Ground (Horror, Suspense, Thriller, R): Directed by Adam Gierasch and starring Gale Harold, Leisha Hailey, Jami Bassman, Ingrid Coree and Steve Janousek.

- Forget Me Not (Horror, Suspense, Thriller, R): Directed by Tyler Oliver and starring Carly Schroeder, Cody Linley, Brie Gabrielle, Chloe Bridges and Jillian Murphy.

- Gnomeo and Juliet (Animation, Comedy, Family, G): Directed by Kelly Asbury and starring the voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Ashley Jensen, Michael Caine and Matt Lucas.

- I Am Number Four (Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, PG-13): Directed by D.J. Caruso and starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron and Kevin Durand.

- Johnny (Drama, Family): Directed by D. David Morin and starring Jerry Phillips, Musetta Vander, Mel Fair, Lee Majors and Aubyn Cole.

- Lemonade Mouth (Family, Musicals): Directed by Patricia Riggen and starring Bridgit Mendler, Hayley Kiyoko, Christopher McDonald, Tisha Campbell-Martin and Naomi Scott.

- Lilly’s Thorn (Comedy, Drama): Directed by Will Bain and Rocky Yost and starring Geraldine Lemay, Deirdre Schwiesow, Jack Hartman, Lanny Slusher and Doug Grieneisen.

- The Scenesters (Comedy, Crime and Mystery, Thriller, R): Directed by Todd Berger and starring Sherilyn Fenn, Blaise Miller, Suzanne May, Jeff Grace and Todd Berger.

- Seconds Apart (Horror, Suspense, Thriller, R): Directed by Antonio Negret and starring Orlando Jones, Louis Herthum, Samantha Droke, Courtney J. Clark and Marc Macaulay.

- Today’s Special (Comedy, R): Directed by David Kaplan and starring Kevin Corrigan, Aasif Mandvi, Dean Winters, Naseeruddin Shah and Madhur Jaffrey.

- The Unloved (Drama): Directed by Samantha Morton and starring Robert Carlyle, Molly Windsor, Lauren Socha, Michael Socha and Susan Lynch.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “The Hangover Part II,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “I Am Number Four.”

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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