meat at the movies

And the question is, when you have JLo in lingerie, an animated kids movie or Johnny Depp with a fabulous mustache against each other who wins? This is going to have to be your decision as far as which movie to see this weekend: The Boy Next Door, Strange Magic and Mortdecai.

Come young come old, come boy come girl. There are more than enough new movies to satisfy everyone this week. Paddington, American Sniper, Blackhat and The Wedding Ringer are the movies to pick from.

Something worth it and something everyone is going to go and see. These are the two kinds of movies released this week. Selma, the highly rated Martin Luther King Jr. movie and Taken 3, the newest action-packed Liam Neeson movie are the two to look at.

After the movies coming out this week, I'm not even that upset with the cancellation of the "The Interview" release next week; until next week comes of course. We're looking at some big money makers at the box office between "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies," "Annie" and "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb."

Now that we've powered through last week's sorry films, we will be rewarded these next few weeks with films that people actually want to see. This week I look forward to 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' and 'Top Five.'

With movies like 'The Pyramid' and 'Wild' released this week, it's a nice time to save up some money for the movies coming out next week. However, if you're willing to travel a bit to see 'Wild,' that would be worth it.

New movies, on a Wednesday? What? Out today are two new(ish) movies. First, 'The Penguins of Madagascar,' a spinoff, and 'Horrible Bosses 2' a sequel. I'm not sure if someone thought that after eating Thanksgiving dinner we wouldn't care about the quality of movie this week...but I'm on to you, you who thought we wouldn't notice.

Finally, the movie release that many have been waiting for; The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1. Jennifer Lawrence returns in this latest installment of The Hunger Games series to save the day. Also, a movie that may scare the poop out of you.

It's been over a week since the last Meat at the Movies and I'm glad that it has returned just in time for this weekend. The based on true events docudrama Foxcatcher and goofy comedy sequel Dumb and Dumber To are the ones to look for.

There is one thing in common with all three of this week's new releases (besides being released on Halloween). This thing is that they are all thrillers, go figure. AND the one not based off of a novel looks to be pretty good. I guess it is true, the book is always better.