Wednesday, August 1, 2012

This week's movie picks are 'Total Recall' and 'Detention'

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:

- 360 (Drama, Romance, R): Directed by Fernando Meirelles and starring Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster and Tereze Srbova.

- The Babymakers (Comedy, R): Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and starring Olivia Munn, Paul Schneider, Jay Chandrasekhar, Helena Mattsson and Aisha Tyler.

- Celeste and Jesse Forever (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Lee Toland Krieger and starring Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood, Emma Roberts and Chris Messina.

- Craigslist Joe (Documentary): Directed by Joseph Garner.

- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (Childrens, Comedy, PG): Directed by David Bowers and starring Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris and Robert Capron.

- Soldiers of Fortune (Action, Adventure, R): Directed by Maksim Korostyshevsky and starring Sean Bean, Christian Slater, Ving Rhames, Dominic Monaghan and James Cromwell.

- Total Recall (Science Fiction, Action, PG-13): Directed by Len Wiseman and Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston and John Cho.

- You’ve Been Trumped (Documentary): Directed by Anthony Baxter and starring Michael Forbes and Donald Trump.

New DVD releases for the week of July 31 include:

- ATM (Horror, Suspense, R): Directed by David Brooks and starring Alice Eve, Josh Peck, Brian Geraghty, Will Woytowich and Glen Thompson.

- Detention (Horror, Comedy, R): Directed by Joseph Kahn and starring Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke and Brooke Haven.

- Fortress (War, Action, R): Directed by Mike Phillips and starring Bug Hall, Donnie Jeffcoat, Sean McGowan, Chris Owen and Edward Finlay.

- Hijacked (Action, R): Starring Randy Couture, Dominic Purcell, Holt McCallany, Vinnie Jones and Tiffany Dupont.

- Last Days Here (Documentary, Music, Not Rated): Directed by Demian Fenton and Don Argott.

- LOL (Comedy, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Lisa Azuelos and starring Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, Jay Hernandez, Ashley Greene, Thomas Jane and Douglas Boothe.

- Redemption: For Robbing the Dead (Western, Drama, R): Directed by Tom Russell and starring John Freeman, Margot Kidder, Barry Corbin, Rance Howard and David Stevens.

- Sand Sharks (Action, R): Directed by Mark Atkins and starring Brooke Hogan, Corin Nemec, Gina Holden and Julie Marie Berman.

- We the Party (Comedy, R): Directed by Mario Van Peebles and starring Mandela Van Peebles, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Mario Van Peebles, Simone Battle and Moises Arias.

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

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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