Wednesday, March 23, 2011

My movie picks this week are 'Sucker Punch' and 'Skyline'

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:

The 5th Quarter (PG-13, Drama): Directed by Rick Bieber and starring Ryan Merriman, Aidan Quinn and Andie MacDowell.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (PG, Comedy, Family): Directed by David Bowers and starring Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Robert Capron, Peyton List and Rachael Harris.

Lion of Judah (PG, Family): Directed by Roger Hawkins and Deryck Broom.

Miral (R, Drama): Directed by Julian Schnabel and starring Freida Pinto, Willem Dafoe, Vanessa Redgrave and Alexander Sidding.

Peep World (Not Yet Rated, Comedy): Directed by Barry W. Blaustein and starring Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz and Judy Greer.

Potiche (R, Comedy): Directed by Francois Ozon and starring Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard and Judith Godreche.

Skateland (PG-13, Drama): Directed by Anthony Burns and starring Shiloh Fernandez, Ashley Greene, Heath Freeman, Taylor Handley and A.J. Buckley.

Sucker Punch (PG-13, Action, Fantasy, Comedy): Directed by Zack Snyder and starring Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Abbie Cornish and Jena Malone.

White Irish Drinkers (R, Drama): Directed by John Gray and starring Karen Allen, Anthony Amorim, Zachary Booth, Daniel Carpenter and Jon Corry.

Win Win (R, Comedy, Drama): Directed by Thomas McCarthy and starring Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale, Jeffrey Tambor and Melanie Lynskey.

New DVD releases for the week of March 22 include:

Dark Fields (Horror, Thriller): Directed by Douglas Schulze and starring David Carradine, Richard Lynch, Dee Wallace and Ellen Sandweiss.

How Do You Know (PG-13, Comedy, Drama, Romance): Directed by James L. Brooks and starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson and Kathryn Hahn.

The Little Engine That Could (G, Family): Starring the voices of Alyson Stoner, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brenda Song and Corbin Bleu.

Looking for Palladin (R, Comedy, Drama): Directed by Andrzej Krakowski and starring Ben Gazzara, David Moscow, Talia Shire, Pedro Armendariz Jr. and Angelica Aragon.

Meskada (R, Drama, Crime): Directed by Josh Sternfeld and starring Nick Stahl, Rachel Nichols, Kellan Lutz, Jonathan Tucker and Grace Gummer.

Skyline (PG-13, Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror): Directed by Colin Strause and Greg Strause and starring Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Donald Faison, David Zayas and Brittany Daniel.

The Tourist (PG-13, Drama, Thriller, Action, Suspense): Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and starring Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton and Rufus Sewell.

Vanquisher (R, Action): Starring Sophita Sribanchean.

Yogi Bear (PG, Action, Animation, Comedy, Family): Directed by Eric Brevig and starring the voices of Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake, Anna Faris, Tom Cavanagh and T.J. Miller.

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

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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