Wednesday, January 19, 2011

My movie picks this week are 'The Way Back' and 'Buried'

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 Friday include:

- No Strings Attached (R, Comedy, Romance): Directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Olivia Thirlby, Kevin Kline, Lake Bell, Cary Elwes, Greta Gerwig, Talia Balsam, Phil LaMarr and Stefanie Scott.

- The Way Back (PG-13, Drama): Directed by Peter Weir and starring Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Saoirse Ronan, Dragos Bucur, Igor Gnezdilov and Dejan Angelov.

- The Company Men (R, Drama): Directed by John Wells and starring Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Maria Bello, Craig T. Nelson and Rosemarie Dewitt.

- The Housemaid (Not Yet Rated, Drama): Directed by Im Sang-soo and starring Ahn Seo-Hyun and Jeon Do-yeon.

New DVD releases for the week of Jan. 18 include:

- Animal Kingdom (R, Drama, Crime): Directed by David Michod and starring Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelson, Joel Edgerton, Jackie Weaver, Luke Ford, Dan Wylie, Sullivan Stapleton and James Frecheville.

- Buried (R, Drama, Thriller): Directed by Rodrigo Cortes and starring Ryan Reynolds, Ivana Mino, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis and Diane Farr.

- Down Terrace (R, Comedy): Directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Bob Hill, Robin Hill, Julia Deakin, Mark Kempner, Kali Peacock, Kerry Peacock and David Schaal.

- Eichmann (Not Rated, Drama): Directed by Robert Young and starring Thomas Kretschmann, Troy Garity, Franka Potente, Stephen Fry and Delaine Yates.

- Freakonomics (PG-13, Documentary, Special Interest): Directed by Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney, Seth Gordon, Rachel Grady, Eugene Jarecki and Morgan Spurlock.

- Jack Goes Boating (R, Comedy, Drama): Directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz and Daphne Rubin-Vega.

- Lebanon (R, Drama): Directed by Samuel Maoz and starring Reymond Amsalem, Ashraf Barhom and Oshri Cohen.

- Paper Man (R, Comedy): Directed by Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney and starring Jeff Daniels, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Lisa Kudrow, Hunter Parrish, Kieran Culkin, Arabella Field and Chris Parnell.

- Stone (R, Drama, Thriller): Directed by John Curran and starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich, Frances Conroy, Enver Gjokaj, Pepper Binkley, Rachel Loiselle and Sandra Love Alridge.

- The Switch (PG-13, Comedy): Directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon and starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum and Juliette Lewis.

- Takers (PG-13, Action, Crime and Mystery): Directed by John Luessenhop and starring Hayden Christensen, Paul Walker, Idris Elba, Chris Brown, T.I., Matt Dillon, Zoe Saldana, Jay Hernandez, Michael Ealy, Steve Harris and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.

- The Virginity Hit (R, Comedy): Directed by Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland and starring Zack Pearlman, Jacob Davich, Justin Kline, Krysta Rodriguez, Nicole Weaver, Savannah Welch, Seth Barrish, Tina Parker, Sunny Leone, Daniel Weber and David Jensen.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “The Way Back,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Buried.”

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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