IN THEATER THIS WEEK

Happy new month everyone! It’s February and February comes with goodies for movie watchers. A number of movies much anticipated for is coming out this month. The Lego movie, Robocop, Vampire Academy, Son of God… if you have seen the trailers of any of these movies, you will get what I am talking about.

For this week, we have two movies to talk about.

THE LEGO MOVIE

The movie is revolves around the story of Emmet, an ordinary mini-figure in the Lego universe who is mistaken as being the “Special” – the greatest master Builder who can save the Lego universe. With the help of an old wizard, Vitruvius, Wyldstyle, Batman, Uni-kitty, Benny and Metalbeard, a pirate, Emmet will have to unlearn everything he read in the instruction and discover the power of imagination to defeat Lord Business, the evil tyrand bent on destroying the Lego Universe (Read more)

Starring: Chris Pratt (voice), Will Ferrell (voice), Elizabeth Banks (voice), Morgan Freeman (voice), Channing Tatum (voice) and Jonah Hill (voice)

Directed by: Phil Lord and Chris Miller

Genres: Comedy, Adventure

Release date: February 7, 2014

THE MONUMENTS MEN

The movie plays around an Allied platoon comprised of seven museum directors, curators and art historians. They are tasked with entering Germany with the Allied forces during the closing stages of World War II to rescue artworks plundered by the Nazis, saving them from destruction or damage and returning them to their rightful owners (Read more)

Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville and Cate Blanchett

Directed by: George Clooney

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Release date: February 7, 2014