FEBRUARY 3rd
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
CBS Films
Daniel Radcliffe stars as young lawyer Arthur Kipps, who leaves his disabled son Edward in London to settle the affairs of a recently-deceased woman, Alice Drablow. Her village seems paralyzed in fear: a series of unfortunate accidents and subsequent suicides forces families to barricade their children and themselves inside their own houses. The cause of the terror is the ghost of a scorned woman who was unable to save her own son and is back with a vengeance as The Woman in Black. Arthur must find a way to put the ghost at rest because until he does, every time her form is seen, a child will die.
FEBRUARY 10th
THE VOW
Sony Pictures
Based on the true story of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter (and the book of the same name), The Vow is about a young woman who has amnesia following a car accident and can’t remember who she is. The movie tells the story of Paige and Leo (Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, respectively) as they recover first physically and then emotionally from a devastating car accident that puts Paige in a coma. When she wakes up and can’t remember anything, Leo determines to win her heart all over again.
SAFE HOUSE
Universal Pictures
Directed by Daniel Espinosa and starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, Safe House is the story of a young CIA agent (Ryan Reynolds) who is charged with looking after—and monitoring—a former CIA-operative-turned-fugitive (Denzel Washington) in a safe house. Nothing is truly safe, though, and the South African safe house is attacked by mercenaries. The agents must begin to work together if they’ve got a chance of discovering who wants them dead—and if they want to make it out of South Africa alive.
JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
New Line Cinema
The sequel to the 2008 smash-hit Journey to the Center of the Earth, this 3D family adventure starts when Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) receives a distress signal from a seemingly invisible island and worse, the signal is in code. The island itself is full of strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and of course, secrets. Sean’s stepfather Hank (played by Dwayne Johnson) tries to stop him from taking this dangerous journey, but once he realizes his efforts are futile, he joins the quest. Sean also enlists a helicopter pilot and his beautiful, bold daughter (Vanessa Hudgens) as they set out to find the island, rescue the lone dweller, and escape—all before the island is lost again.
FEBRUARY 17th
GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE
Sony Pictures
If you loved the first Ghost Rider movie, then no doubt you’ve been waiting for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in which Nicolas Cage reprises his role as Jonny Blaze. Blaze’s alter ego, the super hero Ghost Rider, is a flaming skull on a motorcycle. Johnny Whitworth stars as the antagonist Roarke Carrigan (also known as Blackout) who begins the movie as a human being, but is turned into Blackout by the Devil (Ciaran Hinds).
THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY
Walt Disney Pictures
Starring Bridgit Mendler as Arrietty, a tiny, spirited 14-year-old girl and Will Arnett and Amy Poehler as her suburbanite parents, The Secret World of Arrietty tells how they exist in their garden home—which is not only tiny, but is unknown, even to the homeowner and her housekeeper (played by Carol Burnett). When a 12-year-old boy named Shawn (David Henrie) comes to stay in the home, he discovers Arrietty and a secret friendship blossoms. It must remain a secret, though, for Arrietty and her family to be safe. Written by Hayao Miyazaki, Mary Norton, Keiko Niwa, and Karey Kirkpatrick.
