Wednesday, June 13, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'That's My Boy' and 'Ghost Rider II'

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:

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (Documentary, R): Directed by Alison Klayman and starring Danqing Chen, Ying Gao, Changwei Gu, Tehching Hsieh and Huang Hung.

Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story (Documentary, Unrated): Directed by Jonathan Gruber and Ari Daniel Pinchot.

The Girl From the Naked Eye (Suspense, Action, R): Directed by David Ren and starring Jason Yee, Dominique Swain, Sasha Grey, Samantha Streets and Wilson Jermaine Heredia.

Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present (Documentary, Unrated): Directed by Matthew Akers.

Rock of Ages (Musical, Comedy, PG-13): Adam Shankman and starring Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap (Documentary, Music, R): Directed by Ice-T and Andy Baybutt and starring Bun B, B-Real, Afrika Bambaataa, Busy Bee and Joe Budden.

That’s My Boy (Comedy, R): Directed by Sean Anders and starring Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, James Caan and Susan Sarandon.

The Tortured (Horror, Suspense): Directed by Robert H. Lieberman and starring Jesse Metcalfe, Erika Christensen, Bill Moseley, Bill Lippincott and Fulyio Cecere.

The Woman in the Fifth (Suspense, R): Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski and starring Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig and Samir Guesmi.

Your Sister’s Sister (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Lynn Shelton and starring Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass and Mike Birbiglia.

New DVD releases for the week of June 12 include:

The Assault (Action, Suspense, R): Directed by Julien Leclercq and starring Vincent Elbaz, Gregori Derangere, Melanie Bernier, Philippe Bas and Aymen Saidi.

Decisions (Crime, Suspense, R): Directed by Jensen LeFlore and starring Corey Haim, Anthony Vitale, Matt Medrano, Yeniffer Behrens and Mike Foy.

Demoted (Comedy, R): Directed by J.B. Rogers and starring Michael Vartan, Celia Weston, David Cross, Sara Foster and Sean Astin.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Action, Suspense, PG-13): Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor and starring Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds, Violante Placido, Idris Elba and Johnny Whitworth.

In Darkness (Drama, R): Directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Furmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader and Herbert Knaup.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Action, Adventure, PG-13): Directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris and Rachel McAdams.

Thin Ice (Comedy, Crime, R): Directed by Jill Sprecher and starring Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup, David Harbour and Bob Balaban.

Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds (Drama, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Tyler Perry and starring Tyler Perry, Gabrielle Union, Thandie Newton, Brian White and Rebecca Romijn.

A Little Bit of Heaven (Comedy, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Nicole Kassell and starring Kate Hudson, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rosemarie DeWitt, Peter Dinklage and Lucy Punch.

Monster Brawl (Horror, Not Rated): Starring Dave Foley, Art Hindle, Robert Maillet, Jimmy Hart and Kevin Nash.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “That’s My Boy,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.”

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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