Wednesday, August 10, 2011

My movie picks this week are 'Final Destination 5' and 'Your Highness'

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:

- 30 Minutes or Less (Comedy, Action, R): Directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson and Dilshad Vadsaria.

- Aarakshan (Drama, Not Rated): Directed by Prakash Jha.

- Final Destination 5 (Horror, Thriller, R): Directed by Steven Quale and starring Emma Bell, Nicholas D’Agosto, Miles Fisher, Courtney B. Vance and Arlen Escarpeta.

- Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (Comedy, Documentary, Special Interest, Music, Not Yet Rated): Directed by Kevin Tancharoen and starring Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Lea Michele, Darren Criss and Chord Overstreet.

- The Help (Drama, Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Tate Taylor and starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard and Allison Janney.

- Littlerock (Drama): Directed by Mike Ott and starring Atsuko Okatsuka, Cory Zacharia, Rintaro Sawamoto, Roberto Sanchez and Brett L. Tinnes.

- One Fall (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Marcus Dean Fuller and starring Marcus Dean Fuller, Zoe McLellan, Seamus Mulcahy, James McCaffrey and Mark La Mura.

- Senna (Documentary, Special Interest, Sports, PG-13): Directed by Asif Kapadia and starring Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Frank Williams, Ron Dennis and Viviane Senna.

New DVD releases for the week of Aug. 9 include:

- Camp Hell (Horror, Suspense, R): Directed by George Van Buskirk and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Dana Delany, Andrew McCarthy, Caroline London and Will Denton.

- Choose (Suspense, Horror, R): Directed by Marcus Graves and starring Katheryn Winnick, Nicholas Tucci, Kevin Pollak, Richard Short and Bruce Dern.

- Clash (Drama, Action, R): Directed by Le Thanh Son and starring Johnny Nguyen, Veronica Ngo, Hieu Hien, Hoang Phuc Nguyen and Lam Minh Thang.

- Gunless (Comedy, Western, Not Yet Rated): Starring Paul Gross and Sienna Guillory.

- Jumping the Broom (Comedy, PG-13): Directed by Salim Akil and starring Paula Patton, Angela Bassett, Laz Alonso, Loretta Devine and Meagan Good.

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

- Lifted (Drama, Family, Not Yet Rated): Directed by Lexi Alexander and starring Trace Adkins, Nicki Aycox, Dash Mihok, Uriah Shelton and Ruben Studdard.

- Mars Needs Moms (Science Fiction, Comedy, Family, PG): Directed by Simon Wells and starring the voices of Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Joan Cusack, Elisabeth Harnois and Matthew Wolf.

- Paul (Comedy, Science Fiction, R): Directed by Greg Mottola and starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman and Kristen Wiig.

- Super (Action, Comedy, R): Directed by James Gunn and starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion and Kevin Bacon.

- Tactical Force (Action, R): Directed by Adamo P. Cultraro and starring Steve Austin, Michael Jai White, Michael Shanks, Lexa Doig and Michael Eklund.

- Your Highness (Comedy, Fantasy, R): Directed by David Gordon Green and starring Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel and Justin Theroux.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Final Destination 5,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Your Highness.”

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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