February brings with it a number of films we’re excited about. The Robocop reboot, filmed at Pinewood Toronto Studios, starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Jennifer Ehle, Jay Baruchel and Samuel L. Jackson. George Clooney can always be relied on for a movie worth seeing, and “Monuments Men” will certainly deliver. “One Chance” based on the Britain’s Got Talent true story of Paul Potts, and “Winter’s Tale” with Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe and Jessica Brown Findlay will provide Valentine’s Day with some romantic octane. Gloria, which first screened at TIFF, is exceptional. Later in the month; the first of this year’s epic biblical movies, Son of God, will hit theatres. For more movie highlights see Feb. Film Releases Part 2. 

Gloria

The Lego Movie

The Monuments Men

RoboCop

One Chance

Winter’s Tale

Gloria

Fri Feb 7th

Genre: Drama

Director: Sebastián Lelio

Studio: Mongrel Media

Starring: Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Marcial Tagle, Diego Fontecilla

Synopsis: Set in Santiago, Chile, the story centers on Gloria (Paulina Garcia), a vivacious 58-year-old divorcee with grown children who have moved out of the house. Determined to defy old age and loneliness, she rushes headlong into a whirl of singles’ parties on the hunt for instant gratification, which just leads repeatedly to disappointment and emptiness. But then she meets Rodolfo (Hernández), an ex-naval officer seven years her senior to whom she feels romantically inclined. She even begins to imagine a permanent relationship. However, the encounter presents unexpected challenges and Gloria gradually finds herself being forced to confront her own dark secrets.

For Full Review: https://myetvmedia.com/film-review/gloria-review/

The Lego Movie

Fri Feb 7th

Genre: Animation, Family

Director: Christopher Miller, Phil Lord

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Starring: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman

Synopsis: In the Lego universe, an ordinary mini-figure named Emmet (voice of Chris Pratt) is mistaken as the most extraordinary person who can save the Lego universe. With the help of an old Wizard named Vitruvius, a tough young woman named Wyldstyl and Batman along with a small troupe of LEGO DC Heroes, Emmet will have to unlearn everything he saw in the instructions and learn the power of imagination to defeat the evil tyrant Lord Business who is bent on destroying the nature of Lego universe and recreating it as he sees fit by gluing it together

The Monuments Men

Fri Feb 7th

Genre: Drama

Director: George Clooney

Studio: Columbia Pictures

Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, Cate Blanchett

Synopsis: The “Monuments Men”, were a group of men and women from thirteen nations who comprised the MFAA (Monuments, Fine, Arts and Archives) section during World War II. Many were museum directors, curators, art historians, artists, architects, and educators. Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. Based on the book “The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History,” by Robert M. Edsel.

RoboCop

Wed Feb 12th

Genre: Action, Thriller

Director: José Padilha

Studio: Columbia Pictures

Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Abbie Cornish, Michael Keaton, Jay Baruchel, Jackie Earle Haley, Samuel L. Jackson

Synopsis: In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but hey never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.

One Chance

Fri Feb 14th

Genre: Drama

Director: David Frankel

Studio: Entertainment One

Starring: James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Julie Walters, Mackenzie Crook, Colm Meaney

Synopsis: The true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant with a talent for singing opera who became an instant YouTube phenomenon after appearing on Britain’s Got Talent. One of four children born to a bus driver and a supermarket cashier, Paul (James Corden) works as a cell phone salesman while performing in an amateur opera company. He meets Julie-Ann (Alexandra Roach) on the internet and the two fall in love. Yet Paul still feels unfulfilled. The tale of how Paul goes from an everyman to media sensation is a testament to the human spirit.

For Full Review: https://myetvmedia.com/film-review/one-chance-review/

Winter’s Tale

Fri  Feb 14th

Genre: Drama

Director: Akiva Goldsman

Studio: Warner Bros.

Starring: Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Eva Marie Saint

Synopsis: Set in 1916 and present-day Manhattan, A New York Winter’s Tale follows the story of Peter Lake (Colin Farrell). Peter Lake is a thief who falls in love with Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay), a dying girl who has tuberculosis and occupies one of the houses he breaks into. Lake is saved from the insane Irish gangster Pearly Soames (Russell Crowe) by Athansor, a mysterious white horse who becomes his guardian angel. Based on the 1983 fantasy novel by Mark Helprin.

– Christophe Chanel