The Drop: What’s New in Theaters, Disc and Digital?

Make The Drop your one stop to plan your weekend. See what’s new in theaters, disc and digital each week, and click below to get showtimes. Want to stay home? Check out Armchair Smack, where we suggest alternatives to each week’s theatrical releases. Choose one or see both, and then Smack us in the comments section below and let us know how they compare.

What will you view this weekend?

New in Theaters:

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Riddick
(Action)
Stars: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff
Armchair Smack: These bounty hunters look Riddick-ulous compared to Darth Vader’s goon, Boba Fett, in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

Salinger
(Documentary)
Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, John Cusack
Armchair Smack: Skip Hoffman discussing a mid-20^th century writer in a dry documentary, and catch his colorful Oscar®-winning performance as an eccentric mid-century writer in Capote instead. Best Supporting Oscar-winner Catherine Keener plays yet another literary light from the same era, Harper Lee.

Touchy Feely
(Drama)
Stars: Rosemarie DeWitt, Ellen Page
Armchair Smack: Feeling too down to go out? Give your misery some company and watch DeWitt’s earlier siblings-in-crisis film, Rachel Getting Married.

Good Ol’ Freda
(Documentary)
Stars: Freda Kelly, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Armchair Smack: Before you see this documentary about the pre-fame Beatles, see the band as they might have been at the end of a different long and winding road. Visit MoreBeatles.com and listen to our “What If” album compilations. Then stream the classic mockumentary, A Hard Day’s Night, or purchase it through the link at the bottom of our Smack.

Money for Nothing
(Documentary)
Stars: Stars: Ben Bernanke, Paul Volcker
Armchair Smack: Invest in your night’s viewing with Gordon Gekko and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

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New on Disc and Digital: 

Now You See Me
(Thriller)
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher

Sharknado
(Sci-Fi)
Stars: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid

The English Teacher
(Comedy)
Stars: Julianne Moore, Michael Angarano

Arthur Newman
(Drama)
Stars: Colin Firth, Emma Blunt