Wednesday, December 4, 2013

This week's movie picks are 'Out of the Furnace' and 'The Wolverine'

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:

- Commitment (Drama, Suspense): Directed by Hong-Soo Park and starring Seung-Hyun Choi, Ye-Ri Han and You-Jeong Kim.

- Crave (Action, Suspense, Drama): Directed by Charles de Lauzirikia and starring Josh Lawson, Emma Lung, Ron Perlman, Edward Furlong and William Gines.

- Expecting (Comedy, Drama): Directed by Jessie McCormack and starring Michelle Monaghan, Radha Mitchell, Jon Dore, Michael Weston and Mimi Kennedy.

- Inside Llewyn Davis (Drama, R): Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen and starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund and Justin Timberlake.

- Khumba (Family, Comedy, Drama): Directed by Anthony Silverston and starring the voices of Jake T. Austin, Liam Neeson, Steve Buscemi, AnnaSophia Robb and Laurence Fishburne.

- The Last Days on Mars (Science Fiction, Suspense, R): Directed by Ruairi Robinson and starring Live Schreiber, Romola Garai, Elias Koteas, Olivia Williams and Johnny Harris.

- Out of the Furnance (Suspense, Drama, Crime, R): Directed by Scott Cooper and starring Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck and Willem Dafoe.

- Swerve (Drama, Crime, R): Directed by Craig Lahiff and starring Jason Clarke, Emma Booth, David Lyons, Travis McMahon and Vince Colosimo.

- Twice Born (Drama, Romance, R): Directed by Sergio Castellitto and starring Penelope Cruz, Emile Hirsch, Adnan Haskovic, Saadet Aksoy and Pietro Castellitto.

New DVD releases this week include:

- All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (Horror, R): Directed by Jonathan Levine and starring Amber Heard, Anson Mount, Michael Welch, Aaron Himelstein and Edwin Hodge.

- Argo (Drama, Suspense, R): Directed by Ben Affleck and starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman and Kyle Chandler.

- Drinking Buddies (Comedy, Drama, R): Directed by Joe Swanberg and starring Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Ron Livingston and Ti West.

- Marvel’s Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United (Children, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, PG).

- The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (Fantasy, Action, Drama, PG-13): Directed by Harald Zwart and starring Lily Collins, Kevin Zegers, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kevin Durand and Jamie Campbell Bower.

- The Smurfs 2 (Comedy, Family, PG): Directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Brendan Gleeson, Sofia Vergara and Hank Azaria.

- Winnie Mandela (Drama, R): Directed by Darrell Roodt and starring Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard, Wendy Crewson and Elias Koteas.

- The Wolverine (Action, Adventure, PG-13): Directed by James Mangold and starring Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee, Rila Fukushima and Svetlana Khodchenkova.

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

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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