Movies to come out this February
February is love month, and whether you’re spending it with your special someone, your friends, or with yourself, the cinemas is surely one of the best places to go to with them. Philippine Primer has you covered for every kind of flick you’ll want to see this month – may it be for a day to celebrate with your lover, or your lack thereof.
FEBRUARY 1, 2017
Sakaling Hindi Makarating
Directed by: Ice Dacanan
Starring: Alessandra De Rossi, Pepe Herrera, JC Santos, and Teri Malvar
Cielo (De Rossi), who has recently just broken up with her fiancé, receives a series of hand-illustrated postcards and journeys across the Philippines to look for its writer. As she travels to find what she’s looking for, she discovers the beauty and the culture of some of the places in the Philippines.
Swipe
Directed by: Ed Lejano
Starring: Alex Medina, Meg Imperial, and Mercedes Cabral
Swipe tells the story of people who are always on the internet. After a CCTV camera is installed in their apartment, their activities are recorded; their private lives become exposed to the eyes of the outsiders.
Monster Trucks
Directed by: Chris Wedge
Starring: Lucas Till, Jane Levy, and Rob Lowe
Monster Trucks is an animated film that revolves around a high school senior, Tripp, who finds a monster living in a truck he made from bits and scraps of old cars and trucks.
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring: Ali Larter, Iain Glen, Milla Jovovich
Picking up from the events of the last film, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter tells the story of Alice, the only human survivor on the fight against the undead, and how she has to return to the The Hive in Raccoon City – where it all began.
The Space Between Us
Directed by: Peter Chelsom
Starring: Britt Robertson and Asa Butterfield
The Space Between Us is a romantic sci-fi film that tells the story of Gardner (Butterfield) – the first human born in Mars – and how travels to Earth for the first time. He embarks on an adventure with Tulsa (Robertson), a girl he met online, and they race against time to uncover the mysteries of who he is.
Why Him?
Directed by: John Hamburg
Starring: James Franco, Bryan Cranston, and Zoey Deutch
A family comedy, Why Him? tells the story of Ned Fleming (Cranston) whose holiday gathering goes wrong when he realizes that his daughter’s billionaire boyfriend is about to propose to her.
Kung Fu Yoga
Directed by: Stanley Tong
Starring: Jackie Chan, Aarif Rahman, and Lay Zhang
An archaeology professor at the Terracotta Warriors Museum embarks on a quest to locate a lost Indian treasure with an Indian professor and an assistant.
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
Fifty Shades Darker
Directed by: James Foley
Starring: Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan
Following the events of the first film, Fifty Shades Darker tells the story of Anastasia Steele(Johnson) and Christian Grey (Dornan) who tries to be in a normal relationship, as Grey agrees to be under the conditions of Steele.
John Wick: Chapter 2
Directed by: Chad Stahelski
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Common, and Laurence Fishburne
John Wick: Chapter 2 is an action-thriller film about hitman John Wick who is forced out of retirement and travels to Rome to seize control of an assassins’ guild. There, he meets and fights against one of the world’s deadliest killers.
Moolight Over Baler
Directed by: Gil Portes
Starring: Elizabeth Oropesa, Vin Abrenica, Sophie Albert, and Ellen Adarna
A historical romance film, this film revolves around Fidela (Oropesa) who develops a special bond with Kenji (Abrenica) who resembles and reminds her of a past and long lost lover.
FEBRUARY 9, 2017
The Lego Batman Movie
Directed: Chris McKay
Starring: Will Arnett, Michael Cera, and Rosario Dawson
Batman embarks on a journey to find himself and to learn the value of friendship as he saves Gotham City as it is taken over by The Joker.
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
I’m Drunk I Love You
Directed by : JP Habac
Starring: Maja Salvador, Paulo Avelino, and Dominic Rocco
Two best friends go to La Union for one last vacation before they graduate. They settle how they really feel for each other, but the results do not go as expected.
My Ex and Whys
Directed by: Cathy Garcia-Molina
Starring: Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil
Lizquen’s new movie tells the story of a playboy (Gil) who’s trying to prove to his ex-girlfriend (Soberano) that he has already changed.
A Cure for Wellness
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Jason Isaacs, Dane Dehaan, and Celia Imrie
A young executive is sent to retrieve his company’s CEO from a mysterious “wellness center” in the Swiss Alps. He unravels the secrets of the place, and his sanity is tested when he finds himself diagnosed with the illness that keeps the guests at that place.
Arrival
Directed by: Denis Villenueve
Starring: Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner
Linguistic professor, Louise Banks interprets the language of alien visitors after twelve mysterious aircrafts appear around the world.
FEBRUARY 22, 2017
Railroad Tigers
Directed by: Ding Sheng
Starring: Jackie Chan, Jaycee Chan, Zitao Huang
Jackie Chan plays the role of a railroad worker who leads a team of freedom fighters in Japan to steal supplies that would feed the starving Chinese people.
Rings
Directed by: F. Javier Gutierrez
Starring: Matilda Lutz, Alex Roa, and Johnny Galecki
Rings is the third instalment from the Ring franchise. It centers a woman who is trying to save her boyfriend from a video that kills people who watch it after seven days.
