Wednesday, April 25, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'The Raven' and 'The Innkeepers'

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:

96 Minutes (Drama, Suspense, R): Directed by Aimee Lagos and starring Brittany Snow, Christian Serratos, Evan Ross, David Oyelowo and Elena Varela.

Bernie (Comedy, Crime, PG-13): Directed by Richard Linklater and starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConqughey, Rick Dial and Gary Teague.

Citizen Gangster (Crime, Drama): Directed by Nathan Morlando and starring Scott Speedman, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand, Joseph Cross and William Mapother.

The Five-Year Entanglement (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Nick Stoller and starring Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie and Rhys Ifans.

The Giant Mechanical Man (Comedy, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Lee Kirk and starring Jenna Fischer, Chris Messina, Topher Grace, Malin Akerman and Lucy Punch.

Headhunters (Action, Crime, R): Directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Aksel Hennie, Synnove Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Olgaard and Kyrre Haugen Sydness.

The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Family, Comedy, PG): Directed by Peter Lord and starring the voices of Hugh Grant, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Martin Freeman and David Tennant.

The Raven (Suspense, Mystery, R): Directed by James McTeigue and starring John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson and Pam Ferris.

Restless City (Drama, R): Directed by Andrew Dosunmu and starring Herve Diese, Mohamed Dione, Ger Duany, Khadra Dumar and Sky Grey.

Safe (Action, Suspense, R): Directed by Boaz Yakin and starring Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke and Reggie Lee.

New DVD releases for the week of April 24 include:

Albatross (Drama, Not Rated): Directed Niall MacCormick and starring Felicity Jones, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sebastian Koch and Julia Ormond.

Contraband (Action, Suspense, R): Directed by Baltasar Kormakur and starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi and J.K. Simmons.

Dark Tide (Suspense, Adventure, PG-13): Directed by John Stockwell and starring Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown, Luke Tyler and Thoko Ntshinga.

The Innkeepers (Horror, Suspense, R): Directed by Ti West and starring Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis, George Riddle and Alison Bartlett.

Let the Bullets Fly (Action, Comedy, Not Rated): Directed by Jiang Wen and starring Chow Yun-Fat, Jian Wen and Ge You.

Return (Drama): Directed by Liza Johnson and starring Linda Cardellini, Michael Shannon, John Slattery, Talia Balsam and Emma Rayne Lyle.

Reuniting the Rubins (Comedy, Drama, PG): Directed by Yoav Factor and starring Timothy Spall, Rhona Mitra, James Callis, Blake Harrison and Honor Blackman.

The Wicker Tree (Drama, Horror, R): Directed by Robin Hardy and starring Christopher Lee, Graham McTavish, Honeysuckle Weeks, Clive Russell and Jacqueline Leonard.

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

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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