Happy February, my friends! I'm excited that the second month of the year has finally arrived because it means awesome movies, fantastic books, and of course Valentine's Galentine's Day! I can't wait to eat my weight in conversation hearts while reading Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, the Novel Tea book club's pick this month.
MOVIES
Jupiter Ascending
Jupiter (Mila Kunis) was born with the signs predicting that she would be destined for great things, but she leads a less than extraordinary life until Caine (Channing Tatum), a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, tracks her down and she realizes that she is royalty. However, she's not the only one fighting for the spot on the throne. (Watch the trailer.) I want to see this! It looks like a fun action-adventure with heart. (February 6)
50 Shades of Grey
Based on the novel, the movie follows innocent Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson), who realizes she wants to get close to Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan), an intimidating and brilliant man, but she discovers that Grey has different tastes and a need to control everything. (Watch the trailer.) I have no interest in seeing this, but in case you forgot (how could you though with the tons of commercials?) it's coming out soon. (February 13)
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Based on the comic book series, this action spy film is about a super secret organization that recruits of an unrefined by promising street kid (Taron Egerton) into the agency's competitive program as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. Also starring Colin Firth, Michael Caine, and Samuel L. Jackson. (Watch the trailer.) Yep, I'll definitely be seeing this with my brothers!(February13)
The D.U.F.F.
Other movies coming out:
- Love, Rosie (Feb 6)
- Love Sick (Feb 6)
- Seventh Son (Feb 6)
- Old Fashioned (Feb 13)
- All The Wilderness (Feb 20)
- Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (Feb 20)
- '71 (Feb 27)
- Focus (Feb 27)
- A La Mala (Feb 27)
BOOKS & MUSIC
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah -- France, 1939. Vivianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband as he heads to the front and soon after the Nazi's invade France. A German captain requisitions her home and now she must live with the enemy and must make impossible choices. (February 3)
- Funny Girl by Nick Hornby -- Set in the 1960s, the intrepid Sophie Straw transforms herself from ingenue to television starlet among a cast of delightful but flawed characters. (February 3)
- The Sculptor by Scott McCloud -- David has made a deal with Death: he can now sculpt anything he wishes with his bare hands, but only has 200 days to live. Deciding what to create is harder than he thought and finding love at the last minute even worse. (February 3)
- Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard -- Mare Barrow lives in a world where you are either Silver or Red, a have or a have-not, someone with a deadly ability or something with nothing. Mare is a Red, a poor commoner and a thief until one day she discovers an impossibility: she has an ability of her own. (February 10)
- Miracle at the Higher Grounds Cafe by Max Lucado -- After splitting from her NFL husband, Chelsea decides to step behind the counter at her grandmother's old coffee shop, but even her amazing cupcakes can't pay the bills. But then a curious stranger lands at her doorstep and even weirder events start happening. (February 10)
Fifth Harmony's Reflection (Feb 3) | Imagine Dragon's Smoke + Mirrors (Feb 17)
What are you looking forward to this month?
