Wednesday, April 24, 2013

This week's movie picks are 'Kon-Tiki' and 'Gangster Squad'

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 or pick up at the local Redbox.

Movies that are scheduled to hit theatres this week include:

- Arthur Newman (Comedy, Drama, Romance): Directed by Dante Ariola and starring Colin Firth, Emily Blunt, Anne Heche, Kristin Lehman and David Andrews.

- At Any Price (Drama, R): Directed by Ramin Bahrani and starring Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens and Clancy Brown.

- The Big Wedding (Comedy, Romance, R): Directed by Justin Zackham and starring Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl and Amanda Seyfried.

- Greetings From Tim Buckley (Drama): Directed by Daniel Algrant and starring Penn Badgley, Imogen Poots, William Sadler, Norbert Leo Butz and Frank Wood.

- King’s Faith (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Nicholsa DiBella and starring Lynn Whitfield, James McDaniel, Crawford Wilson, Kayla Compton and Kristen Royal.

- Kon-Tiki (Action, Adventure, PG-13): Directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg and starring Pal Sverre Valheim Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgard, Odd Magnus Williamson and Tobias Santelmann.

- Mud (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Matthew McConqughey, Reese Witherspoon, Sam Shepard, Michael Shannon and Sarah Paulson.

- The Numbers Station (Suspense, R): Directed by Kasper Barfoed and starring John Cusack, Malin Akerman, Liam Cunningham, Hannah Murray and Lucy Griffiths.

- Pain & Gain (Comedy, Action, Crime, R): Directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub and Ed Harris.

- The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Suspense, Drama, R): Directed by Mira Nair and starring Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Live Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland and Adil Hussain.

New DVD releases this week include:

- Any Day Now (Drama, R): Directed by Travis Fine and starring Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher and Gregg Henry.

- The Central Park Five (Documentary): Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon.

- Deep Dark Canyon (Action, Suspense, R): Directed by Silver Tree and Abe Levy and starring Ted Levine, Spencer Treat Clark, Nick Eversman, Martin Starr and Matthew Lillard.

- Gangster Squad (Drama, Crime, R): Directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, Michael Pena, Emma Stone and Sean Penn.

- A Haunted House (Comedy, Horror, R): Directed by Michel Tiddes and starring Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins, Cedric the Entertainer, Nick Swardson and David Koechner.

- The Impossible (Action, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona and starring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin and Oaklee Pendergast.

- It’s in the Blood (Horror, Suspense, Not Rated): Directed by Scooter Downey and starring Lance Henriksen, Sean Elliot, Rose Sirna, Doran Ingram and Jimmy Gonzales.

- Promised Land (Drama, R): Directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt and Hal Holbrook.

- Wasted on the Young (Drama, Suspense, R): Directed by Ben C. Lucas and starring Oliver Ackland, Adelaide Clemens, Alex Russell, Nathan Coenen and Patrick Cullen.

- Wuthering Heights (Drama, Romance): Directed by Andrea Arnold and starring James Howson, Kaya Scodelario, Shannon Beer, Solomon Glave and Oliver Milburn.

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “Kon-Tiki,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Gangster Squad.”

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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