Wednesday, November 9, 2011

My movie picks this week are 'J. Edgar' and 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2'


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:

11-11-11 (Horror, Suspense, Thriller, Not Yet Rated): Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and starring Michael Landes, Timothy Gibbs, Denis Rafter, Joseph Crone and Wendy Glenn.

The Conquest (Drama, Not Rated): Directed by Xavier Durringer and starring Denis Podalydes, Florence Pernel, Bernard Le Coq, Hippolyte Girardot and Samuel Labarthe.

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (Action, Not Rated): Directed by Jose Padilha and starring Wagner Moura, Andre Ramiro, Andre Mattos, Sandro Rocha and Maria Ribeiro.

Immortals (Action, Drama, Epic and Historical, Fantasy, R): Directed by Tarsem Singh and starring Henry Cavill, Kellan Lutz, Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto and Luke Evans.

Into the Abyss (Documentary, Special Interest, Not Rated): Directed by Werner Herzog.

J. Edgar (Drama, R): Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, Judi Dench and Jeffrey Donovan.

Jack and Jill (Comedy, PG): Directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, Natalie Gal and Allen Covert.

Kinyarwanda (Drama, Not Yet Rated): Directed by Alrick Brown and starring Cassandra F. Freeman, Edouard Bamporiki and Cleophas Kabasita.

London Boulevard (Crime and Mystery, Thriller, R): Directed by William Monahan and starring Kiera Knightly, Colin Farrell, Ben Chaplin, David Thewlis and Ray Winstone.

Melancholia (Drama, Science Fiction, R): Directed by Lars von Trier and starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling and John Hurt.

New DVD releases for the week of Nov. 8 include:

13 (Action, Crime and Mystery, Drama, Suspense, R): Directed by Gela Babluani and starring Jason Statham, Ray Winstone, Mickey Rourke, Curtis Jackson and Sam Riley.

Arthur (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Jason Winer and starring Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Luis Guzman and Greta Gerwig.

Atlas Shrugged (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Paul Johansson and starring Taylor Schilling, Edi Gathegi, Michael O’Keefe, Paul Johansson and Patrick Fischler.

Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure (Family, Comedy, PG): Directed by John Putch and starring Kyle Massey, Munro Chambers, Kim Rhodes, John O’Hurley and John Cleese.

Boy Wonder (Crime and Mystery, Thriller, R): Directed by Michael Morrissey and starring James Russo, Zulay Henao, Tracy Middendorf, Bill Sage and John Sharian.

The Change Up (Comedy, R): Directed by David Dobkin and starring Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde and Mircea Monroe.

Christmas Mail (Family, Not Rated): Directed by John Murlowski and starring A.J. Buckley, Ashley Scott, Lochlyn Munro, Rolonda Watts and Vanessa Lee Evigan.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, PG-13): Directed by David Yates and starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham Carter.

Life in a Day (Documentary, Special Interest, PG-13): Directed by Kevin Macdonald.

The River Why (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Matt Leutwyler and starring Zach Gilford, Amber Heard, William Hurt, Dallas Roberts and Kathleen Quinlan.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “J. Edgar,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II.”

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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