[Trailers] New Movie Releases: Friday, February 14
It’s Valentine’s Day Weekend! If going to the movies Friday, February 14 is in your plans, here are Spectacular Magazine’s suggestions of movies to see that are opening this weekend.
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG is a live-action adventure comedy based on the global blockbuster video game franchise from Sega that centers on the infamously brash bright blue hedgehog. The film follows the (mis)adventures of Sonic as he navigates the complexities of life on Earth with his newfound — human — best friend Tom Wachowski (James Marsden). Sonic and Tom join forces to try and stop the villainous Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) from capturing Sonic and using his immense powers for world domination. The film also stars Tika Sumpter and Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic.
- Rating: PG (for action, some violence, rude humor and brief mild language)
- Genre: Action & Adventure, Comedy
- Directed By: Jeff Fowler
- Written By: Patrick Casey, Josh Miller
- In Theaters: February 14, 2020
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Studio: Paramount Pictures
On Valentine’s Day, Issa Rae (HBO’s Insecure, Little) and LaKeith Stanfield (FX’s Atlanta, Sorry to Bother You) connect in a romance where a woman must learn from the secrets in her mother’s past if she is to move forward and allow herself to love and be loved.
When famed photographer Christina Eames unexpectedly dies, she leaves her estranged daughter Mae Morton (Issa Rae) hurt, angry and full of questions. When a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box is found, Mae finds herself on a journey delving into her mother’s early life and ignites a powerful, unexpected romance with a rising-star journalist, Michael Block (LaKeith Stanfield).
- Rating: PG-13 (for sexuality and brief strong language)
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Directed By: Stella Meghie
- Written By: Stella Meghie
- In Theaters: February 14, 2020
- Runtime: 106 minutes
- Studio: Universal Pictures
FANTASY ISLAND is a horror adaptation of the popular ’70s TV show about a magical island resort. In Blumhouse’s new spin on Fantasy Island, the enigmatic Mr. Roarke makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.
- Rating: PG-13 (for violence, terror, drug content, suggestive material and brief strong language)
- Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Directed By: Jeff Wadlow
- Written By: Christopher Roach, Jillian Jacobs
- In Theaters: February 14, 2020
- Runtime: 110 minutes
- Studio: Columbia Pictures
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell head up the cast of Downhill. A woman (Louis-Dreyfus) starts to have second doubts about her husband (Ferrell) after he runs away from an approaching avalanche, leaving her and their two sons behind. Inspired by the motion picture FORCE MAJEURE by Ruben Östlund.
- Rating: R (for language and some sexual material)
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Directed By: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
- Written By: Jesse Armstrong, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
- In Theaters: February 14, 2020
- Runtime: 85 minutes
- Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Three young men with disabilities (Grant Rosenmeyer, Hayden Szeto, and Ravi Patel) flee their overbearing parents on a road trip to a brothel in Montreal catering to people with special needs. Sam (Gabourey Sidibe), a traveling nurse, drives the three guys across the border as they go on this trip to lose their virginity and embrace their independence.
- Rating: NR
- Genre: Comedy
- Directed By: Richard Wong
- Written By: Erik Linthorst
- In Theaters: February 14, 2020
- On Disc/Streaming: February 14, 2020
- Runtime: 106 minutes
- Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Peg Dahl (Zoey Deutch) has never run with the Buffalo pack. As a young girl obsessed with making enough cash to get out of her blue-collar existence, she’s betting on her sharp mind–and even sharper mouth–to get her into an Ivy League university. But when an acceptance letter to the school of her dreams arrives, she quickly realizes the impossibility of paying tuition. One scalping scheme, stint in prison, and chance phone conversation with a debt collector later changes everything. Director Tanya Wexler returns with a raucous comedy starring Judy Greer, Jai Courtney, Jermaine Fowler and Deutch (in a go-for-broke performance) that tracks one woman finding her calling in an ethically debatable industry. As much of an ode to the city of Buffalo, New York as it is to the millions of Americans struggling with a seemingly dead-end economic existence, Buffaloed wrings hearty laughs out of a particularly timely and honest reality.
- Rating: NR
- Genre: Comedy
- Directed By: Tanya Wexler
- Written By: Brian Sacca
- In Theaters: February 14, 2020
- Runtime: 95 minutes
- Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Can a woman not married to the president, run for First Lady? In this modern-day fairytale when the President dies in office, his widow agrees to help the Vice President in his run for the Presidency. She must stop the ditzy wife of their competitor from becoming First Lady, and destroying the dignity of the position. They win, but their agendas butt heads and baby boomers clash with millennials. The prince of her youth, now literally a king, comes back into her life, disguised as a bodyguard, making her a better offer than First Lady.