February is here!
And we definitely need a break after everything January has put us through. I would personally prefer to return to last year. But Hey!! beggars can't be choosers. I guess that leaves vacations, junk food, sleep, movies...
Speaking of movies, here are a couple set to land in cinemas this month
Birds of Prey (and The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Release Date: February 7
Cast: Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ali Wong, Ewan McGregorGenre: Action & Adventure
Plot: Told from the perspective of Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), this twisted tale narrates the events that transpire after Harley Quinn leaves the Joker. She needs something to occupy her time and joins forces with Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya. Eventually, they find themselves battling Black Mask as he as put a target on a young girl named Cass.
After Midnight
Release Date: February 14
Cast: Jeremy Gardner, Brea Grant, Justin Benson, Ashley SongGenre: Horror
Plot: The film follows Hank(Jeremy Gardner), a small-time bar owner after his girlfriend of 10 years, Abby (Brea Grant) leaves him abruptly without as much as a note. She leaves him because of his stubborn unwillingness to get married. Even worse, he discovers a mysterious creature has begun stalking him every night. Hank must figure out a way to save his relationship as well as his life.
Fantasy Island
Release Date: February 14
Cast: Michael Peña, Maggie Q, Lucy Hale, Austin StowellGenre: Comedy, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
Plot: The enigmatic Mr. Roarke(Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island's mystery in order to escape with their lives.
VFW
Release Date: February 14
Cast: William Sadler, Dora Madison, Sierra McCormick, Martin KoveGenre: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Plot: A regular night for a group of war veterans at a local VFW gets turned upside down when a teenage girl runs in with a bag of stolen drugs. In the biggest fight of their lives, the vets use every weapon they can to protect the girl from a gang of punk mutants looking to get back their drugs at any cost.
The Photograph
Release Date: February 14
Cast: Issa Rae, LaKeith Stanfield, Chelsea Peretti, Lil Rel HoweryGenre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Plot: Estranged daughter, Mae Morton (Issa Rae) finds herself delving into her deceased mother's early life after finding a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit print. She ignites a powerful, unexpected romance with the journalist, Michael Block (LaKeith Stanfield) assigned to cover her late mother.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Release Date: February 14
Cast: James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter, Jim CarreyGenre: Action & Adventure, Comedy
Plot: Sonic (Ben Schwartz), a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog from another world, comes to Earth to escape malevolent forces that seek to harness his power of super-speed. After accidentally causing a massive power outage and hiding out in the town of Green Hills, Montana, Sonic is targeted by the government who then hire the tyrannical roboticist Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) to hunt him down. Meanwhile, ex-SFPD officer-turned-Green Hills sheriff Tom Wachowski (James Marsden) meets Sonic and decides to help him evade capture, collect his rings and stop Robotnik from using Sonic's powers for world domination.
Brahms: The Boy II
Release Date: February 21
Cast: Katie Holmes, Ralph Ineson, Owain Yeoman, Christopher ConveryGenre: Horror, Mystery & Suspense
Plot: Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.
The Night Clerk
Release Date: February 21
Cast: Tye Sheridan, Ana de Armas, Helen Hunt, John LeguizamoGenre: Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Plot: Bart Bromley (Tye Sheridan) is a socially challenged hotel clerk known for over looking in on its guests. Things take a turn when there's a murder during his shift. And his suspicious actions land him as the lead detective's (John Leguizamo) number one suspect.
The Call of the Wild
Release Date: February 21
Cast: Harrison Ford, Dan Stevens, Omar Sy, Karen GillanGenre: Action & Adventure, Drama
Plot: Buck, a big-hearted dog is stolen from his California home and sold to freight haulers to Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. Eventually, Buck becomes the leader of the mail delivery dog sled. Crossing paths with a man named John Thornton (Harrison Ford), they embark on the adventure of a lifetime, where Buck finds his true place in the world.
The Invisible Man
Release Date: February 27
Cast: Elisabeth Moss Oliver Jackson-Cohen Aldis Hodge Storm ReidGenre: Action & Adventure, Comedy
Plot: Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding, aided by her sister (Harriet Dyer), their childhood friend (Aldis Hodge) and his teenage daughter (Storm Reid).
But when Cecilia’s abusive ex (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia’s sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
Guns Akimbo
Release Date: February 28
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Samara WeavingGenre: Action & Adventure, Comedy
Plot: Miles (Daniel Radcliffe) is a video game developer as well as an online troll. When he trolls an online deathmatch site called Skizm, which illegally live-streams fights to the death featuring real-life combatants, its owner Riktor (Ned Dennehy) takes revenge by forcing him into one of the matches. He wakes up with two guns bolted to his hand. While Miles excels at running away from everything, that won't help him outlast Nix (Samara Weaving), a killer at the top of her game.
Sources: IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, MovieWeb
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