Wednesday, March 30, 2011

My movie picks this week are 'Insidious' and 'Black Swan'

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:

Cat Run (R, Action, Comedy): Directed by John Stockwell and starring Paz Vega, Janet McTeer, Christopher McDonald, Tony Curran and Scott Mechlowicz.

Hop (PG, Family, Animation, Comedy): Directed by Tim Hill and starring Russell Brand, Kaley Cuoco, Elizabeth Perkins and Chelsea Handler.

In a Better World (R, Drama): Directed by Susanne Bier and starring Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Camilla Gottlieb and Satu Helena Mikkelinen.

Insidious (PG-13, Horror, Thriller): Directed by James Wan and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Lin Shaye and Ty Simpkins.

The Last Godfather (PG-13, Crime and Mystery, Thriller, Comedy): Directed by Shim Hyung-rae and starring Harvey Keitel, Jason Mewes, Blake Clark, Jon Polito and Michael Rispoli.

Queen to Play (Not Yet Rated, Drama): Directed by Caroline Bottaro and starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Valerie Lagrange, Francis Renaud and Alexandra Gentil.

Rubber (R, Comedy, Horror, Drama): Directed by Quentin Dupieux and starring Jack Plotnick, Wings Hauser, Stephen Sinella, Roxane Medquida and Ethan Cohn.

Source Code (PG-13, Science Fiction, Action, Thriller): Directed by Duncan Jones and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright and Russell Peters.

Super (Not Rated, Comedy): Directed by James Gunn and starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion and Kevin Bacon.

Trust (R, Drama): Directed by David Schwimmer and starring Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato, Viola Davis and Jason Clarke.

Wrecked (R, Horror, Suspense, Drama, Thriller): Directed by Michael Greenspan and starring Adrien Brody, Caroline Dhavernas, Ryan Robbins and Jacob Blair.

New DVD releases for the week of March 29 include:

All Good Things (R, Crime and Mystery, Drama, Suspense): Directed by Andrew Jarecki and starring Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Lily Rabe and Kristen Wiig.

Black Swan (R, Drama, Suspense): Directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder and Sebastian Stan.

Dead Awake (R, Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery): Directed by Omair Naim and starring Nick Stahl, Rose McGowan, Amy Smart and Ben Marten.

Fair Game (PG-13, Drama, Action): Directed by Doug Liman and starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly and Brooke Smith.

Hubble (G, Documentary, Special Interest): Directed by Toni Myers and starring the voice of Leonardo DiCaprio.

Made In Dagenham (R, Drama): Directed by Nigel Cole and starring Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Rosamund Pike, Miranda Richardson and Richard Schiff.

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (R, Crime and Mystery, Thriller, Action): Directed by Jean-Francois Richet and starring Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Gerard Lanvin and Samuel Le Bihan.

The Resident (Drama, Thriller, Suspense): Directed by Antti J. Jokinen and starring Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Christopher Lee, Lee Pace and Kisha Sierra.

Tangled (PG, Animation, Comedy, Family): Directed by Byron Howard and Nathan Greno and starring the voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Ron Perlman and M.C. Gainey.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Insidious,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Black Swan.”

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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