{"id":7067,"date":"2017-02-07T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=7067"},"modified":"2017-02-10T16:16:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T16:16:42","slug":"what-to-watch-at-the-cinema-this-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/02\/07\/what-to-watch-at-the-cinema-this-february\/","title":{"rendered":"What to watch at the cinema this February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Planning a trip to the cinema this month? Here are the movies we\u2019d recommend watching, including a couple of major Oscar contenders!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Loving \u201d\u201c Out Now<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/33g-ZHBQdNU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>February is always full of movies preaching about the power of love, but that power is usually limited to making a couple of ridiculously good looking people happy. <em>Loving <\/em>shows how love not only brings happiness, but can change millions of lives for the better too.<\/p>\n<p>It tells the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple from Virginia. Banished from their hometown due to archaic racial laws, the couple embark on a nine year legal battle to win the right to live together in peace.<\/p>\n<p>You already know how it ends, but that doesn\u2019t make <em>Loving <\/em>any less compelling, remarkable or life-affirming. Bring a box of tissues just in case.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Fences \u201d\u201c 10<sup>th<\/sup> February<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jj-ZYPVRQbc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Although they were made independently of each other, <em>Fences <\/em>is an interesting companion piece to <em>Loving<\/em>. It too examines the prejudice faced by minorities in 20<sup>th<\/sup> century America, although the focus here is on how it destroyed families rather than bringing them together.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fences <\/em>follows Troy (played by Denzel Washington, who also directs), a garbage man who was denied a shot at major league baseball due to institutional racism, and depicts how his rage and loathing impacts on his wife (an Oscar nominated Viola Davis) and his sons, jazz musician Lyons \u00a0(Russell Hornsby) and aspiring athlete Cory (Jovan Adepo).<\/p>\n<p>Adapted from August Wilson\u2019s Pulitzer Prize winning play, <em>Fences <\/em>has been nominated for quite a few Oscars. Don\u2019t be surprised if it wins a lot of them too.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Fifty Shades Darker \u201d\u201c 10<sup>th<\/sup> February<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OItKvc13gws\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You know the drill here: a young journalist meets a slightly sadistic billionaire, embarks on an affair with him and then starts getting a little freaked out.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fifty Shades Darker <\/em>charts the next chapter in the&#8230; erm, fairytale romance between Anastasia and Christian, although we\u2019re sure at least half of the audience is more interesting in something else entirely&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>The LEGO Batman Movie \u201d\u201c 10<sup>th<\/sup> February<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rGQUKzSDhrg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In <em>The LEGO Batman Movie, <\/em>everyone\u2019s favourite grumpy superhero takes on his scariest villain to date: himself.<\/p>\n<p>Like real Batman, LEGO Batman (Will Arnett) is a moody loner who takes himself too seriously. When the Joker (Zach Galiafianakis) threatens to take over Gotham, however, Bats is forced to face his biggest fears: teaming up with teaming up with the overly exuberant Robin (Michael Cera) and Batgirl (Rosario Dawson), and lightening up.<\/p>\n<p><em>The LEGO Batman Movie <\/em>is a loving and hilarious parody, and it\u2019s arguably the best Batman movie since <em>The Dark Knight <\/em>too.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Prevenge \u201d\u201c 10<sup>th<\/sup> February<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8bEPU_58akI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pregnant women often get odd cravings, but <em>Prevenge\u2019s <\/em>lead character Ruth has particularly odd one: murder.<\/p>\n<p>Written, directed and starring Alice Lowe (who was pregnant at the time), <em>Prevenge<\/em> follows Ruth as she goes on a seemingly random killing spree. However, it turns out there is a little method to her apparent madness.<\/p>\n<p>If you like your comedy darker than a moonless night, this is the film for you.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>The Founder \u201d\u201c 17<sup>th<\/sup> February<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AX2uz2XYkbo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s is the biggest restaurant chain in the world, but do you know how it got started? Where did the company come from, and how did it take over the world?<\/p>\n<p><em>The Founder <\/em>(AKA McDonald\u2019s Begins) seeks to answer some of those questions, exploring how failing businessman Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) turned a small hamburger restaurant into the biggest fast food franchise in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Kroc\u2019s rise to the top wasn\u2019t all sunshine and hamburgers and <em>The Founder <\/em>doesn\u2019t shy away from exposing some of Kroc\u2019s less scrupulous methods (including his treatment of the McDonald brothers).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll certainly give you food for thought the next time you tuck in a delicious Big Mac&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Hidden Figures \u201d\u201c 17<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RK8xHq6dfAo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Hidden Figures <\/em>celebrates the role of three remarkable African American women who helped put the first American astronaut into orbit.<\/p>\n<p>As the title suggests &#8211; Katherine Johnson (Taraji P Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae)<em> &#8211; <\/em>the three didn\u2019t exactly get the credit and support they deserved at the time. Vaughan, despite supervising a team, is denied the title and pay her role deserves, while Jackson has to appeal to a local judge in order to take engineering classes at a segregated school.<\/p>\n<p>The film details how they made their contribution to science and society despite the barriers holding them back.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>John Wick: Chapter 2 \u201d\u201c 17<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XGk2EfbD_Ps\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After his last killing spree, Keanu Reeves\u2019 merciless assassin decides to retire and live out the rest of his days in peace&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but that wouldn\u2019t make for a very good movie, so it\u2019s only a matter of\u00a0 time before trouble arrives at Wick\u2019s door again. This time, its gangster Santino D\u2019Antonio demanding he repay past favours by killing Santino\u2019s sister, who rules the Italian Camorra crime syndicate.<\/p>\n<p>John is compelled to agree by the secret society of assassins and he\u2019s soon off to Rome to engage in another thrilling bout of action and gunplay.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Moonlight &#8211; 17<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5fYFIj16YC0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Moonlight <\/em>has been nominated for a ton of Oscars (including Best Picture) and is hotly tipped to be the big winner of the night.<\/p>\n<p>It tells the story of Chiron, a young black man who is struggling with his sexuality. The film follows him through youth, adolescence and adulthood as he faces family dilemmas, falls in love and encounters all manner of prejudice.<\/p>\n<p><em>Moonlight <\/em>isn\u2019t the most uplifting film but it is extraordinarily powerful and heartbreaking.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>A Cure For Wellness &#8211; 24<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4mcVodJmBlU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And finally, a little bit of psychological horror. In <em>A Cure for Wellness,<\/em> directed by Gore Verbinski, Dane Dehaan plays a young executive sent to collect his CEO from a wellness centre in the Swiss Alps.<\/p>\n<p>Things aren\u2019t as they seem, however. The curious executive soon begins investigating the secrets behind the wellness centre but faces some serious resistance that threatens both his sanity and his life.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you need a little extra cash for your cinema trips, why not <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/sell-dvds\/\">sell DVDs and Blu-Rays with musicMagpie<\/a>? It\u2019s fast, easy and FREE: just get an instant price, pop your stuff into a box, send it for FREE and we\u2019ll pay you the same day it arrives. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/sell-cds\/\">sell CDs<\/a>, Games, Books and Tech at the same time too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/start-selling\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6481\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DVDs.jpg\" alt=\"DVDs\" width=\"400\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DVDs.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DVDs-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or, if you want a movie night at home, check out the huge range of DVDs and Blu-Rays on the musicMagpie Store! Prices start from just \u00a31.19 and you\u2019ll get FREE delivery with all orders too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/film-tv\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5210\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SHOP-NOW.png\" alt=\"SHOP NOW\" width=\"299\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planning a trip to the cinema this month? Here are the movies we\u2019d recommend watching, including a couple of major Oscar contenders! 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