Wednesday, May 15, 2013

This week's movie picks are 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' and 'Cloud Atlas'

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 or pick up at the local Redbox.

Movies that are scheduled to hit theatres this week include:

- 33 Postcards (Drama): Directed by Pauline Chan and starring Guy Pearce, Zhu Lin, Claudia Karvan and Lincoln Lewis.

- Augustine (Drama): Directed by Alice Winocour and starring Vincent Lindon, Soko, Chiara Mastroianni, Olivier Rabourdin and Roxane Duran.

- Black Rock (Suspense, R): Directed by Katie Aselton and starring Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell, Katie Aselton, Will Bouvier and Jay Paulson.

- The English Teacher: Directed by Craig Zisk and starring Julianne Moore, Michael Angarano, Greg Kinnear, Lily Collins and Nathan Lane.

- Frances Ha (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Noah Baumbach and starring Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen and Patrick Heusinger.

- Pieta (Drama, Suspense): Directed by Kim Ki-Duk.

- Star Trek: Into Darkness (Action, Science Fiction, PG-13): Directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana and Alice Eve.

- State 194 (Documentary, PG-13): Directed by Dan Setton.

New DVD releases this week include:

- Back to 1942 (Drama, War): Directed by Fen Ziaogang and starring Adrien Brody, Tim Robbins, Zhang Guoli, Xu Fan and Zhang Hanyu.

- Beware of Mr. Baker (Documentary, Music): Directed by Jay Bulger and starring Ginger Baker.

- Cloud Atlas (Drama, Science Fiction, Fantasy, R): Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski and starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Jim Sturgess and Hugh Grant.

- Frankie Go Boom (Comedy): Directed by Jordan Moore and starring Charlie Hunnam, Chris O’Dowd, Lizzy Caplan, Chris Noth and Ron Perlman.

- A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (Comedy, R): Directed by Roman Coppola and starring Charlie Sheen, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Bill Murray, Aubrey Plaza and Katheryn Winnick.

- Leonie (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Hisako Matsui and starring Emily Mortimer, Christina Hendricks, Mary Kay Place and Shido Nakamura.

- Texas Chainsaw (Horror, R): Directed by John Luessenhop and starring Alexandra Daddario, Bill Moseley, Dan Yeager, Tania Raymonde and Trey Songs.

- Liz & Dick (Drama, Romance): Directed by Lloyd Kramer and starring Lindsay Lohan, Grant Bowler, Theresa Russell, Andy Hirsch and David Hunt.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Star Trek: Into Darkness,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Cloud Atlas.”

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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