Top 20 February Movies & TV

Here's your guide to the very best viewing entertainment this month has to offer – at the cinema, on DVD, and streaming on LOVEFiLM Instant, these are our Top 20 February Movies & TV shows...

Cinema:

Bullet To The Head

Bullet To The Head (1 February)

Directed by: Walter Hill
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater

After watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington D.C. detective form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.

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Flight

Flight (1 February)

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, Don Cheadle

An airline pilot saves a flight from a catastrophic crash, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something that casts a different light on his heroism.

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I Give It A Year

I Give It A Year (8 February)

Directed by: Dan Mazer
Starring: Rose Byrne, Anna Faris, Simon Baker

Newlyweds Rafe Spall and Rose Byrne chart the first year of marriage, which proves anything but plain-sailing. Especially with Anna Faris and that bloke from The Mentalist around.

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Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies (8 February)

Directed by: Jonathan Levine
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich

After R (a highly unusual zombie) saves Julie from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

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Wreck-It Ralph

Wreck-It Ralph (8 February)

Directed by: Rich Moore
Starring: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch

A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.

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A Good Day To Die Hard

A Good Day To Die Hard (14 February)

Directed by: John Moore
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear-weapons heist, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas (22 February)

Directed by: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.

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Song for Marion

Song for Marion (22 February)

Directed by: Paul Andrew Williams
Starring: Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton, Vanessa Redgrave

Grumpy pensioner Arthur honors his wife's passion for performing by joining her unconventional local choir, a process that might help build bridges with his estranged son.

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To The Wonder

To The Wonder (22 February)

Directed by: Terrence Malick
Starring: Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Javier Bardem

After visiting Mont Saint-Michel, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Marina meets a priest and fellow exile, who is struggling with his vocation, while Neil renews his ties with a childhood friend, Jane.

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DVD:

The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises (1 February)

Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Third in a crime thriller series about a costumed vigilante who pretends to be billionaire playboy. Decent cast. Promising director. It did ok at the cinema last summer.

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Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie (11 February)

Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short

Tim Burton remakes his own 1984 short film: Frankenstein through the eyes of a child, essentially, as young Victor attempts to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences.

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The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (11 February)

Directed by: Stephen Chbosky
Starring: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller

An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.

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Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Beasts Of The Southern Wild (11 February)

Directed by: Benh Zeitlin
Starring: Quvenzhane Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly

Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.

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Rust And Bone

Rust And Bone (25 February)

Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure

Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.

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Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds (1 February)

Created by: Jeff Davis
Starring: Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, Thomas Gibson

An elite group of profilers analyze the nation's most dangerous criminal minds in an effort to anticipate their next moves before they strike again.

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Going The Distance

Going The Distance (1 February)

Directed by: Nanette Burstein
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Ron Livingston

A romantic comedy centered on a guy and a gal who try to keep their love alive as they shuttle back and forth between New York and San Francisco to see one another.

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A Monster In Paris

A Monster In Paris (1 February)

Directed by: Bibo Bergeron
Starring: Mathieu Chedid, Vanessa Paradis, Gad Elmaleh

A 3D-animated movie set in Paris in the year 1910 and centered on a monster who lives in a garden and his love for a beautiful, young singer.

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Once Upon A Time

Once Upon A Time (1 February)

Created by: Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis
Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla

A woman with a troubled past is drawn into a small town in Maine where the magic and mystery of Fairy Tales just may be real.

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The Town

The Town (1 February)

Directed by: Ben Affleck
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall

Affleck stars in his second directorial offering - a gritty, Boston-set crime drama - as a professional thief who falls for a bank manager Hall after a robbery. But can he keep his real identity from her?.

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Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day (1 February)

Directed by: Garry Marshall
Starring: Julia Roberts, Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway

Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

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