Wednesday, July 25, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'The Watch' and 'Silent House'

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.

- Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (Documentary): Directed by Fredrik Gertten.

- Falling Overnight (Drama, Romance, Not Rated): Directed by Conrad Jackson and starring Parker Croft and Emilia Zoryan.

- Iron Sky (Action, Science Fiction, R): Directed by Timo Vuorensola and starring Christopher Kirby, Julia Dietze, Udo Kier, Stephanie Paul and Peta Sergeant.

- Killer Joe (Crime, Drama, NC-17): Directed by William Friedkin and starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church and Gina Gershon.

- Klown (Comedy, R): Directed by Mikkel Norgaard and starring Frank Hyam, Caspar Christensen, Marcuz Jess Petersen, Mia Lyhne and Iben Hjejle.

- Ruby Sparks (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and starring Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina, Elliott Gould and Antonio Banderas.

- Searching for Sugar Man (Documentary, Music, PG-13): Directed by Malik Bendjelloul.

- Step Up Revolution (Drama, Romance, PG-13): Directed by Scott Speer and starring Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Stephen Boss, Chadd Smith and Megan Boone.

- The Watch (Comedy, Science Fiction, R): Directed by Akiva Schaffer and starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade and Billy Crudup.

New DVD releases for the week of July 24 include:

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

- Budz House (Comedy, R): Directed by Cameron Casey and starring Faizon Love, Wesley Jonathan, Luenell, Jorge Diaz and Ashley Dyke.

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

- Footnote (Drama, PG): Directed by Joseph Cedar and starring Lior Ashkenazi, Yuval Scharf, Shlomo Bar-Aba, Alma Zack and Nevo Kimchi.

- Jiro Dreams of Sushi (Documentary, PG): Directed by David Gelb.

- Meeting Evil (Suspense, Drama, R): Directed by Chris Fisher and starring Luke Wilson, Samuel L. Jackson, Peyton List, Leslie Bibb and Ryan Lee.

- My Way (Drama, Action, R): Directed by Je-Kyu Kang and starring Dong-gun Jang, Jo Odagiri, Bingbing Fan, In-kwon Kim and Seung-hyeon Han.

- The Monitor (Horror, Suspense, R): Directed by Pal Sletaune and starring Noomi Rapace, Kristopher Joner and Henrik Rafaelsen.

- On the Inside (Suspense, Drama, R): Directed by D.W. Brown and starring Olivia Wilde, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dash Mihok and Nick Stahl.

- Silent House (Horror, R): Directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau and starring Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens and Julia Taylor Ross.

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

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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