Though there are many wonderful movies that came out in February (as seen below), there is one film that stands out for its uniqueness and the amount of records broken in its cinema run so far: The Black Panther. Below are February films that should be on your must-watch list, while the article discussing the Black Panther film can be found here:

The History and the Phenomenon: Black Panther Review

Peter Rabbit
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Rating: PG
After Mr. McGregor (Sam Neill), the owner of the garden Peter Rabbit (James Corden) and his relatives steal from, suddenly dies from a heart attack, his bitter nephew, Thomas (Domhnall Gleeson), heads from London to the country to prepare the house for sale. Thomas builds a wall to keep the rabbits out, much to the dismay of his uncle’s neighbor, Bea (Rose Byrne); Bea acts as a mother to the rabbits and enjoys painting them in her spare time. A war then begins between Thomas, the man who soon begins to fall in love with Bea, and Peter, the rabbit who she’s treated as her own child.

Early Man
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Rating: PG
The film starts by showing how soccer is first developed by cavemen and then flash forwards to a tribe in the Stone Age. One day, an army, led by Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston), that has entered the Bronze Age tries to drive the tribe out of the valley. Dug (Eddie Redmayne), a member of the tribe that the movie centers around, ends up falling into one of the carts the army brought and winds up at their city. During a soccer match, Dug challenges Nooth to a soccer match; if Nooth wins, Dug and his tribe will work in the bronze mines but, if Dug wins, his tribe is given back their valley home. After Dug realizes training his tribe to the skills Nooth’s players have is a hopeless task, he gains the help of Goona (Maisie Williams), a citizen of the Bronze Age city, to train them. The real question remains: will Dug and his tribe have to work in the mines or will they reign victorious?

Annihilation
Release Date: February 23, 2018
Rating: R
Based off the book of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer, this film follows Lena (Natalie Portman), a cellular biologist with a military background as her husband, Kane, (Oscar Isaac) who is actively still in the military suddenly shows up after disappearing for almost a year. She immediately notices his strange behavior and quickly rushes him to the hospital. Before they can get to the hospital, however, they’re intercepted and kidnapped. When Lena wakes up, she’s greeted by Dr. Ventress (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who tells her about the mission Kane was in and what little they know of what happened to the rest of his group. The Shimmer, an unknown phenomenon, had swallowed up at least three teams of armed soldiers; Kane was the only one to make it out of all the men sent in. Overhearing that a group of scientists, who just so happened to be women, were going to head into the Shimmer in less than a week, Lena volunteers to join the group. Though the sci-fi horror film is visually stunning, it does have a couple gory scenes in it that may disturb some squeamish viewers.