February

 

3rd

Loving (2016)

In late 1950s rural Virginia, Richard and Mildred Loving draw the ire of the local authorities for having the temerity to get married and live as an unassuming interracial couple. But after being charged with violating a ‘Racial Integrity’ act in the segregated American south, a long struggle ensues for their civil rights in this biographical drama from writer/director Jeff Nichols (Midnight Special, Mud), based on a true story.

Directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga and Will Dalton among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Romance

UK Release: 3rd of February   US Release: 4th of November 2016

 

 

 

Gold (2016)

A shady American businessman makes it big when he strikes gold deep in the jungles of Indonesia, but his unlikely success puts him in the crosshairs of governments and ruthless industry “big boys” in this tale of greed and excess, loosely based on a true story.

Directed by Stephen Gaghan and starring Matthew McConaughey, Bryce Dallas Howard and Edgar Ramírez among others.

Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama

UK Release: 3rd of February   US Release: 25th of December 2016

 

 

 

Toni Erdmann (2016)

In a bid to reconnect with his estranged and successful grown businesswoman daughter; a self-styled German man travels across Europe and employs his bizarre tactics to try and reach his motivated but detached progeny in this offbeat but touching German screwball comedy/drama.

Directed by Maren Ade and starring Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller and Michael Wittenborn among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 3rd of February   US Release: 25th of December 2016

 

 

 

Rings (2017)

A young woman is cursed after watching the now infamous creepy video, and is now left with only seven days to unravel the mystery of the ominous girl in it before facing certain death for her and those around her, in this latest installment in the popular American horror series “adapted” from the modern classic Japanese horror flick.

Directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez and starring Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Vincent D’Onofrio and Alex Roe among others.

Genre: Horror

UK Release: 3rd of February   US Release: 3rd of February

 

 

 

10th

The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

The Lego “Dark Knight” is back and must balance his duty to protect Gotham city from evil with his new responsibility as an adoptive parent in this spinoff of the smash-hit 2014 animation comedy ‘The Lego Movie’.

Directed by Chris McKay and starring Will Arnett, Michael Cera and Ralph Fiennes among others.

Genre: Comic-book, Animation, Action, Comedy

UK Release: 10th of February   US Release: 10th of February

 

 

 

Fences (2016)

Denzel Washington directs an adaptation of the award-winning August Wilson play he starred in, reprising his lead role alongside Viola Davis as a former Baseball star now struggling to come to terms with the hand life has dealt him in this powerful 1950s family drama.

Directed by Denzel Washington and starring Denzel Washington, Viola Davis and Mykelti Williamson among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 10th of February   US Release: 25th of December 2016

 

 

 

The Space Between Us (2016)

Asa Butterfield stars as Gardner, a Mars-born teenager whose 1st trip to Earth becomes a voyage of discovery of everything we take for granted in this Sci-fi dramedy from experienced rom-com director Peter Chelsom.

Directed by Peter Chelsom and starring Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino and Britt Robertson among others.

Genre: Sci-fi, Drama, Romance

UK Release: 10th of February   US Release: 16th of December 2016

 

 

 

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016)

A young US soldier, paraded as a hero for his service in the Iraq war, struggles with the huge chasm between America’s perceptions and the somber realities of war in Ang Lee’s adaptation of the award-winning Ben Fountain novel.

Directed by Ang Lee and starring Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart and Vin Diesel among others.

Genre: Drama, War

UK Release: 10th of February   US Release: 18th of November 2016

 

 

 

20th Century Women (2016)

In 1979 California, a middle-aged single mother turns to two younger women to help teach her teenage son about love, life and how to be a man during turbulent cynical times in this offbeat and hearwarming coming-of-age dramedy.

Directed by Mike Mills and starring Annette Bening, Lucas Jade Zumann and Elle Fanning among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 10th of February   US Release: 20th of January

 

 

 

Fifty Shades Darker (2017)

Christian and Anastasia’s reunion and seemingly idyllic new relationship comes under threat when the demons of his past begin to surface in this steamy sequel to the 2015 adaptation of the E.L. James global phenomenon.

Directed by James Foley and starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan and Bella Heathcote among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 10th of February   US Release: 10th of February

 

 

 

17th

The Founder (2017)

Michael Keaton stars as Ray Kroc in a biographical drama about the McDonald’s “founder”, chronicling his determined and ruthless journey from milkshake machine salesman to head of a fast-food empire and boss of one of the most iconic companies ever.

Directed by John Lee Hancock and starring Michael Keaton, Laura Dern and Nick Offerman among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 17th of February   US Release: 20th of January

 

 

 

Moonlight (2016)

Barry Jenkins writes and directs a chronicle of the life of a young gay black man in modern America, as he struggles to come to terms with his sexuality and a rough upbringing on the tough and unforgiving streets of Miami, in this unique urban indie coming-of-age story.

Directed by Barry Jenkins and starring Mahershala Ali, Trevante Rhodes and Naomie Harris among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 17th of February   US Release: 18th of November 2016

 

 

 

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

A sequel to the unexpected action hit of 2014 sees Keanu Reeves return as the ass-kicking reformed assassin who’s pulled back into the thick of it, on a globe-trotting mission of mayhem and revenge in this action/thriller from stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski..

Directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Keanu Reeves, Ruby Rose and Ian McShane among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

UK Release: 17th of February   US Release: 10th of February

 

 

 

Hidden Figures (2017)

Biographical drama centered around the contribution of African-American women to the early US space program, including physicist and brilliant mathematician Katherine Johnson, who made a major contribution to Project Mercury and the early NASA space missions as well as putting man on the moon.

Directed by Theodore Melfi and starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 17th of February   US Release: 6th of January

 

 

 

The Great Wall (2016)

Matt Damon stars as a soldier of fortune who finds a cause on the newly built “Great Wall” and a Chinese mission to help defend the realms from the mysterious beasts that threaten it, a period fantasy epic and Asian monster mystery from visionary Chinese director Yimou Zhang (Hero, House of Flying Daggers).

Directed by Yimou Zhang and starring Matt Damon, Andy Lau and Pedro Pascal among others.

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 17th of February   US Release: 17th of February

 

 

 

23rd

Patriots Day (2017)

Actor turned writer/director Peter Berg’s dramatisation of the 2013 terrorist attacks on the Boston marathon and the subsequent statewide manhunt to find the culprits, on the day that homegrown Islamic terrorism rocked America and everyday heroes emerged from the ashes.

Directed by Peter Berg and starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan and Kevin Bacon among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 23rd of February   US Release: 13th of January

 

 

 

24th

A Cure for Wellness (2017)

On a mission to retrieve his boss from a stay at an isolated ‘wellness centre’; a young executive begins to suspect all is not as it seems as this mysterious retreat starts to reveal its troubling secrets, and he struggles to break free of the alluring shackles which keep the guests at this bizarre spa in a psychological thriller from the director of ‘The Ring’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl’.

Directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Dane DeHaan, Mia Goth and Jason Isaacs among others.

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 24th of February   US Release: 17th of February

 

 

 

It’s Only the End of the World (2016)

Young Canadian actor/writer/director Xavier Dolan’s French-language stage-play adaptation, following a young gay writer’s return home to his estranged family to break the news of his imminent death from a terminal illness.

Directed by Xavier Dolan and starring Gaspard Ulliel, Marion Cotillard and Vincent Cassel among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 24th of February   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Bitter Harvest (2017)

A love story set in the Soviet Union of the 1930s and the dramatisation of the real events of the ‘Holodomor’, where millions of Ukrainians starved to death thanks to the actions of Stalin and the Soviet leadership, whose policy of agricultural collectivization and a desire to punish Ukrainian nationalism resulted in resistance and massive tragedy which many now consider genocide.

Directed by George Mendeluk and starring Max Irons, Samantha Barks and Terence Stamp among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Romance, War

UK Release: 23rd of February   US Release: 13th of January

 

 

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