It's hard to believe that January is almost at an end, the weeks are just flying by, that it's time to look forward to the movies you should be watching over the next few weeks.
And February looks set to be an exciting month of movies with the like of The Lovely Bones and The Princess and the Frog on the horizon.
So here at FemaleFirst we take a look at some of the best movies that are just around the corner.
- The Princess and the Frog: Disney have returned to more traditional methods of animation, yes the CGI has taken a back seat for this one, as The Princess and the Frog is finally released in the UK.
It's a return the way Disney used to do thing and we all remember the likes of Aladdin, Lion King and The Little Mermaid and that's possibly why the movie topped the U.S. box office.
A modern day retelling of the classic story The Frog Prince. The Princess and the Frog finds the lives of arrogant, carefree Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana crossing paths.
Prince Naveen is transformed into a frog by a conniving voodoo magician and Tiana, following suit, upon kissing the amphibian royalty.
With the help of a trumpet-playing alligator, a Cajun firefly, and an old blind lady who lives in a boat in a tree, Naveen and Tiana must race to break the spell and fulfil their dreams.
- Invictus: was the movie that everyone was talking about for Oscar glory back in September, as we all know the Academy love a biopic picture when it comes to awards season.
And there is no greater story than that of Nelson Mandela, played by Morgan Freeman. However the awards have not materialised and winning the Oscar now looks slim, it's good to see the awards going to other genre of film.
However a Clint Eastwood movie is never something to be missed so this one is definitely worth a watch.
Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
- A Single Man: Colin Firth has had nominations left right and centre so far this awards season for his performance in A Single Man.
And an Oscar nod could be on the way for the British actor, that would be the first for Firth.
In Los Angeles 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis George Falconer, a 52 year old British college professor is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim.
George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters, ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after Jim.
George is consoled by his closest friend Charley, a 48 year old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future. A young student of George's, Kenny, who is coming to terms with his true nature, stalks George as he feels in him a kindred spirit.
A romantic tale of love interrupted the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life.
- The Wolfman: after a string of delays and set back February finally sees the release of The Wolfman, and it's not before time.
For those who have been waiting for this movie, and I include myself in this, it felt like it may never reach the big screen.
But here it is and it boasts an impressive cast of Benicio Del Toro, Antony Hopkins, Emily Blunt and Hugo Weaving.
Lawrence Talbot is a haunted nobleman lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes.
Reunited with his estranged father, Talbot sets out to find his brother...and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself.
- The Lovely Bones: Peter Jackson leaves the big budget blockbusters behind temporarily to adapt Alice Sebold's popular novel The Lovely Bones for the big screen.
Again there is another impressive cast on display including Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci.
Susie Salmon, a young girl who has been murdered, watches over her family, and her killer, from heaven.
She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.
- The Last Station: Michael Hoffman returns to the director's chair next month for the historical drama that follows Leo Tolstoy.
Set in the last tumultuous years of famed Russian author Leo Tolstoy's life, centres on the battle for his soul waged by his wife Sofya Andreyevna and his leading disciple Vladimir Cherkov.
Torn between his professed doctrine of poverty and chastity and the reality of his enormous wealth, his thirteen children and a life of hedonism, Tolstoy makes a dramatic flight from his home.
Too ill to continue beyond the tiny rail station at Astapovo, he believes that he is dying alone, while over one hundred newspapermen camp outside awaiting hourly reports on his condition.
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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