Wednesday, March 21, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'The Hunger Games' and 'Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy'

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:

4:44 Last Day on Earth (Science Fiction, Drama): Directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Willem Dafoe, Paz de la Huerta, Natasha Lyonne, Shanyn Leigh and Paul Hipp.

Brake (Suspense, Action): Directed by Gabe Torres and starring Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, J.R. Bourne, Tom Berenger and Bobby Tomberlin.

The Deep Blue Sea (Drama, Romance, R): Directed by Terence Davies and starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russel Beale, Ann Mitchell and Harry Hadden-Paton.

The Hunger Games (Action, Family, PG-13): Directed by Gary Ross and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Willow Shields, Elizabeth Banks, Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson.

Musical Chairs (Drama, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Leah Pipes, E.J. Bonilla, Priscilla Lopez, Jaime Tirelli and Laverne Cox.

October Baby (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin and starring Rachel Hendrix, Jason Burkey, John Schneider, Jasmine Guy and Robert Amaya.

The Raid: Redemption (Action, R): Directed by Gareth Evans and starring Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Ananda George, Pierre Gruno and Yayan Ruhian.

The Trouble With Bliss (Drama, Comedy): Directed by Michael Knowles and starring Michael C. Hall, Brie Larson, Lucy Liu, Peter Fonda and Chris Messina.

New DVD releases for the week of March 20 include:

Carnage (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Roman Polanski and starring Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly and Elvis Polanski.

Creature (Horror, R): Directed by Fred Andrews and starring Serinda Swan, Mehcad Brooks, Sid Haig, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Rebekah Kennedy.

The Girls with the Dragon Tattoo (Suspense, Drama, R): Directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgard and Steven Berkoff.

Hop (Comedy, Family, PG): Directed by Tim Hill and starring Russell Brand, James Marsden, Kaley Cuoco, Elizabeth Perkins and Hank Azaria.

Hostel: Part III (Horror, R): Directed by Scott Spiegel and starring Thomas Kretschmann, Kip Pardue, John Hensley, Sarah Habel and Barry Livingston.

A Lonely Place to Die (Action, Suspense): Directed by Julian Gilbey and starring Melissa George, Ed Speleers, Sean Harris, Karl Roden and Alec Newman.

The Muppets (Comedy, Family, PG): Directed by James Bobin and starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones and Zach Galifianakis.

The Sitter (Comedy, R): Directed by David Gordon Green and starring Jonah Hill, Max Records, Landry Bender, Kevin Hernandez and Ari Graynor.

Straw Dogs (Suspense, R): Directed by Rod Lurie and starring James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard, James Woods and Willa Holland.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Suspense, Drama, R): Directed by Tomas Alfredson and starring Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Colin Firth, Mark Strong and Ciaran Hinds.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “The Hunger Games,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy.”

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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