Valentine’s Day is not typically thought of holiday that sends people to the movie theater, but this week there are a number of new films that explore different types of love. There is a drama about a 14-year-old who travels across the country looking for his father, a road-trip film about the strained relationship between a father a daughter and the trials they endure together, the story of how one young couple teach their parents about the joy of love, and much more!
Adam the First
Adam, a 14-year-old boy travels across the country to meet a series of men who could be his father after finding a letter with a list of names and addresses.
Directed by Irving Franco
Starring: David Duchovny, T.R. Knight, Oakes Fegley, Larry Pine, Billy Slaughter
Release date: February 14
Altered Reality
Oliver Cook’s life is conflicted. A happy simple life vs. fame and fortune. When Oliver travels to Spring Manor, he is confronted by a mysterious caretaker named Jack. Jack gifts Oliver a bottle of pills, a miracle drug that doesn’t exist in this world. Moreover, he hands him an apple of temptation. Oliver chooses rich and famous When his daughter vanishes, there is no material item that he wouldn’t trade to get her back. But this deal with the devil has a no return policy, or does it?
Directed by Don E. FauntLeRoy
Starring: Lance Henriksen, Tobin Bell, Edward Asner, Krista Dane King, Phuong Kubacki
Release date: February 16
Bleeding Love
A father takes his estranged daughter on a road trip in an effort to get her out of trouble. Along the way they meet all types of strangers, as their strained relationship is put to the test.
Directed by Emma Westenberg
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Clara McGregor, Jake Weary, Kim Zimmer, Vera Bulder
Release date: February 16
Bob Marley: One Love (PG-13)
The story of how reggae icon Bob Marley overcame adversity, and the journey behind his revolutionary music.
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
Starring: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole, Umi Myers
Release date: February 14
Land of Bad (R)
A rookie air force combat controller and a seasoned drone pilot support a Delta Force team as they try to shift a mission gone wrong into a rescue operation.
Directed by William Eubank
Starring: Russell Crowe, Milo Ventimiglia, Liam Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle, Luke Hemsworth
Release date: February 16
Madame Web (PG-13)
Cassandra Webb develops the power to see the future. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women bound for powerful destinies, if they can all survive a deadly present.
Directed by S.J. Clarkson
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor, Emma Roberts
Release date: February 14
No Way Up (R)
Characters from very different backgrounds are thrown together when the plane they’re travelling on crashes into the Pacific Ocean. When the airliner comes to rest perilously close to the edge of a ravine with the surviving passengers and crew trapped in an air pocket, a nightmare fight for survival ensues with the air supply running out and dangers creeping in from all sides
Directed by Claudio Fäh
Starring: Phyllis Logan, Colm Meaney, Will Attenborough, James Carroll Jordan, Sophie McIntosh
Release date: February 16
What About Love
Two young lovers change the lives of their parents forever when the parents learn from the joyful experience of their kids, and allow themselves to again find their love.
Directed by Klaus Menzel
Starring: Sharon Stone, Iain Glen, Andy Garcia, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Jose Coronado
Release date: February 14
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