Wednesday, March 28, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'Wrath of the Titans' and 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'

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:

Bully (Documentary, R): Directed by Lee Hirsch.

The Corridor (Horror, Science Fiction, Not Rated): Directed by Evan Kelly and starring Stephen Chambers, James Gilbert, David Patrick Flemming, Matthew Amyotte and Glen Matthews.

Dark Tide (Suspense, Adventure, PG-13): Directed by John Stockwell and starring Halley Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown, Luke Tyler and Thoko Ntshinga.

Goon (Comedy, R): Directed by Michael Dowse and starring Sean William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Liey Schreiber and Kim Coates.

I Kissed a Vampire (Musical, PG): Directed by Chris Nolan and starring Drew Seeley, Lucas Grabeel, Adrian Slade, Chris Coppola and Mekia Cox.

Intruders (Suspense, R): Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and starring Clive Owen, Daniel Bruhl, Carice van Houten, Kerry Fox and Ella Purnell.

The Island President (Documentary, PG): Directed by Jon Shenk and starring Mohamed Nasheed.

The Legend of Hell’s Gate: An American Conspiracy (Action, Western, PG-13): Directed by Tanner Beard and starring Eric Balfour, Lou Taylor Pucci, Henry Thomas, Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Summer Glau.

Mirror, Mirror (Fantasy, Comedy, PG): Directed by Tarsem and starring Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane and Robert Emms.

Wrath of the Titans (Fantasy, Adventure, PG-13): Directed by Jonathan Liebesman and starring Sam Worthington, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Rosamund Pike and Bill Nighy.

New DVD releases for the week of March 27 include:

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (Comedy, Family, G): Directed by Mike Mitchell and Jason Lee, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Amy Poehler and Jesse McCartney.

Bending the Rules (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Artie Mandelberg and starring Adam Copeland, Jamie Kennedy, Alicia Witt, Jennifer Esposito and Jessica Walter.

Breaking Wind (Comedy, R): Directed by Craig Moss and starring Heather Ann Davis, Eric Callero, Frank Pacheco, Danny Trejo and Alissa Kramer.

Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (Documentary, R): Directed by Alex Stapleton and starring Roger Corman, Robert De Niro, Quentin Tarantino, Jack Nicholson and Martin Scorsese.

A Dangerous Method (Drama, R): Directed by David Cronenberg and starring Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen, Keira Knightley, Vincent Cassell and Sarah Gadon.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Stephen Daldry and starring Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Max von Sydow and Zoe Caldwell.

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (Action, Suspense): Directed by Jerome Salle and starring Tomer Sisley, Kristin Scott Thomas, Miki Manojlovic, Melanie Thierry and Karel Roden.

The Kate Logan Affair (Drama, Not Rated): Directed by Noel Mitrani and starring Alexis Bledel, Laurent Lucas, Rick Mabe, Noemie Godin-Vigneau and Bruce Dinsmore.

The Lazarus Papers (R): Directed by Jeremiah Hundley and starring Danny Trejo, Gary Daniels, Krystal Vee, John Edward Lee and Tommy Lister.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Wrath of the Titans,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.”

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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