Wednesday, August 24, 2011

My movie picks this week are 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' and 'Troll Hunter'

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:

Buzzkill (Comedy): Directed by Steven Kampmann and starring Daniel Raymont, Krysten Ritter, Reiko Aylesworth, Mike Starr and Darrell Hammond.

The Caller (Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, R): Directed by Matthew Parkhill and starring Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer, Luis Guzman, Ed Quinn and Lorna Raver.

Chasing Madoff (Documentary, Special Interest, Not Rated): Directed by Jeff Prosserman.

Columbiana (Action, Crime, PG-13): Directed by Olivier Megaton and starring Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Jordi Molla, Lennie James and Cliff Curtis.

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (Horror, Suspense, Thriller, R): Directed by Troy Nixey and starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Alan Dale and Dylan Young.

The Family Tree (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Vivi Friedman and starring Dermot Mulroney, Hope Davis, Selma Blair, Max Thieriot and Bow Wow.

Higher Ground (Drama, R): Directed by Vera Farmiga and starring Farmiga, Donna Murphy, John Hawkes, Joshua Leonard and Dagmara Dominczyk.

Our Idiot Brother (Comedy, R): Directed by Jesse Peretz and starring Paul Rudd, Zooey Deschanel, Elizabeth Banks, Rashida Jones and Emily Mortimer.

Redemption Road (Drama, PG-13): Directed Mario Van Peebles and starring Michael Clarke Duncan, Morgan Simpson, Kiele Sanchez, Taryn Manning and Luke Perry.

Swinging With The Finkels (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Jonathan Newman and starring Mandy Moore, Martin Freeman, Melissa George, Jerry Stiller and Jonathan Silverman.

New DVD releases for the week of Aug. 23 include:

The Beaver (Comedy, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Jodie Foster and starring Foster, Mel Gibson, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, Zachary Booth.

The Bleeding House (Horror, Suspense, Thriller, Not Rated): Directed by Philip Gellat and starring Patrick Breen, Alexandra Chando, Charlie Hewson and Nina Lisandrello.

Blitz (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, R): Directed by Elliott Lester and starring Jason Statham, Luke Evans, David Morrissey, Aidan Gillen and Paddy Considine.

Closed for the Season (Horror, Thriller): Starring Aimee Brooks, Damian Maffei and Joe Unger.

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (Comedy, Documentary, Special Interest, PG-13): Directed by Morgan Spurlock and starring Spurlock, Ralph Nader, Damian Kulash, Tim Nordwind, J.J. Abrams.

Henry’s Crime (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Malcolm Venville and starring Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, James Caan, Judy Greer and Peter Stormare.

The High Cost of Living (Drama, Romance, Not Yet Rated):

Sympathy for Delicious (Drama, R): Directed by Mark Ruffalo and starring Orlando Bloom, Laura Linney, Juliette Lewis, Christopher Thornton and John Carroll Lynch.

TrollHunter (Action, Comedy, Fantasy, PG-13): Directed by Andre Ovredal and starring Otto Jespersen, Hans Morten Hansen, Tomas Alf Larsen, Johanna Morck and Knut Naerum.

Win Win (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Tom McCarthy and starring Paul Giamatti, Alex Shaffer, Amy Ryan, Burt Young and Bobby Cannavale.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Troll Hunter.”

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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