Wednesday, May 29, 2013

This week's movie picks are 'After Earth' and 'Dark Skies'

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:

- After Earth (Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, PG-13): Directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Zoe Kravitz and David Denman.

- American Mary (Horror, Suspense, R): Directed by Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska and starring Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk, David Lovgren and Paula Lindberg.

- The East (Drama, PG-13): Directed by Zal Batmanglij and starring Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgard, Ellen Page, Toby Kebbell and Julia Ormond.

- Free Samples (Comedy, Drama, Not Yet Rated): Directed by Jay Gammill and starring Jess Weixler, Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Halley Feiffer and Tippi Hedren.

- Hannah Arendt (Drama, Not Rated): Directed by Margarethe von Trotta and starring Barbara Sukowa, Janet McTeer, Axel Milberg and Julia Jentsch.

- The History of Future Folk (Comedy, Science Fiction, Not Yet Rated): Directed by J. Anderson Mitchell and Jeremy Kipp Walker and starring Jay Klaitz, Nils d’Aulaire, Julie Ann Emery, April Hernandez Castillo and Onata Aprile.

- The Kings of Summer (Comedy, R): Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and starring Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Alison Brie, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Erin Moriarty.

- Now You See Me (Suspense, Action, Crime, PG-13): Directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson and Mark Ruffalo.

- The Purge (Suspense, Crime, Science Fiction, R): Directed by James DeMonaco and starring Lena Headey, Ethan Hawke, Edwin Hodge, Max Burkholder and Tony Oller.

- Shadow Dancer (Drama, Suspense, R): Directed by James Marsh and starring Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen and Domhnall Gleeson.

New DVD releases this week include:

- Dark Skies (Suspense, Horror, PG-13): Directed by Scott Charles Stewart and starring Keri Russell, Dakota Goyo, Josh Hamilton, Kadan Rockett and J.K. Simmons.

- Generation Um… (Drama, R): Directed by Mark L. Mann and starring Keanu Reeves, Adelaide Clemens, Bojana Novakovic, Daniel Sunjata and Jake Hoffman.

- Lore (Drama, Suspense, Not Rated): Directed by Cate Shortland and starring Saskia Rosendahl, Kai Malina, Nele Trebs, Ursina Lardi and Hans-Jochen Wagner.

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

If I could only watch one movie at the theatre this week, it would be “After Earth,” and if I had to pick just one DVD to rent this week, it would be “Dark Skies.”

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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