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Guns, Girls and Gambling

Who: Gary Oldman, Christan Slater, Dane Cook, Powers Booth, Jeff Fahey, Chris Kattan

What: A crime-thriller-comedy starring Slater and a whole mess of thieves trying to grab an artifact stolen from an Indian casino.

When: February 5th - DVD and streaming

Why: I'll see anything Oldman is in, and in this one he's dressed as an Elvis impersonator!

Hello I Must Be Going

Who: Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner, Christopher Abbott

What: A comedic romance, in which Lynskey plays a recently divorced woman who moves back home to stabilize, and gets involved with a younger guy, played by Abbott. Danner plays her mother.

When: February 5th

Why: Lynskey will be familiar to those who watch Two and a Half Men, in which she's starred as the obsessive Rose.

Here Comes the Boom

Who: Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Joe Rogan, director Frank Coraci

What: A comedy starring Kevin James as a teacher who takes up mixed-martial-arts to raise money for his school. As you can imagine, he gets his butt kicked. James wrote the screenplay.

When: February 8th

Why: I like Kevin James, and this looks like his typical lovable underdog comedy. Director Frank Caraci also directed James in Zookeeper, and Adam Sandler in Click, The Waterboy, and The Wedding Singer.

Hit & Run

Who: Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Kristen Chenoweth, Beau Bridges, David Koechner, Jason Bateman

What: A crime romcom starring Dax as a former getaway driver who leaves the safety of witness protection for the love of his girlfriend, and then runs into trouble with his ex-partner (Cooper). Arnold plays a Marshal, Chenoweth plays Bell's supervisor, and Bridges plays Dax's father. Bateman has a bit part at the end.

When: February 5th

Why: I sought this out primarily because of the car chases, but was more pleasantly surprised when I found my hidden gem of the week: the first 20 minutes of the movie feature the most ridiculously adorable onscreen flirting, between Dax and Bell (who are engaged in real life), that you'll see anywhere.

The House at the End of the Street

Who: Jennifer Lawrence, Max Theiriot, Elisabeth Shue, Gil Bellows

What: Horror. Shue and Lawrence play a mother and daughter who move in to a house next to Max Theriot, whose family was killed there. And then there's more creepiness and murder, etc etc.

When: February 5th

Why: For all the buzz Lawrence is getting for Silver Linings Playbook, there's very little mention of this horror movie she starred in only a couple months earlier. Probably because it's not very good. But I might watch it to see her performance.

In Our Nature

Who: Jena Malone, Gabrielle Union, Zach Gilford, John Slattery

What: Gilford takes his girlfriend, played by Malone, for a private weekend at his family's vacation home in the woods, just at the moment when his father (Slattery) shows up with his own girlfriend (Union). Romance and drama and father-son healing are the themes here.

When: February 5th

Why: I'm a big fan of Slattery's from Mad Men, and I'd be interested in seeing his dramatic performance in this movie. Friday Night Lights fans may want to see this for Gilford.

Little White Lies

Who: Francois Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Jean Dujardin

What: A French comedy-drama starring Cluzet, whose annual vacation plans with his friends come undone when one of them (Dujardin) ends up in the hospital after an accident, and the friends start being honest with each other.

When: February 5th

Why: Cotillard and Dujardin have been names to watch since they won Oscars - Cotillard for La Vie en Rose and Dujardin for The Artist.

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