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February 2013

Books on Screen

February 2013

Not sure about what to do on Valentine's Day? Head to the cinema! Beautiful Creatures, out on Februrary 14th, follows Ethan Wate as he meets the mysterious Lena Duchannes and together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their small Southern town. If you're looking for something a little more love-driven, there's always the next Nicholas Sparks adaptation with Safe Haven.

Beautiful Creatures
Cast: Alice Englert, Viola Davis and Emma Thompson
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Release Date: February 14th
Based On: BEAUTIFUL CREATURES by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Seventeen-year-old Ethan Wate has a recurring dream where he is trying to reach a mysterious girl on a Civil War battlefield. Every time he has this dream, he feels an unknown danger, and before he can reach her, he is always killed by a lightning bolt. However, this dream is preferable to Ethan’s real life with his withdrawn father in a small, behind-the-times South Carolina town. At least until Lena Duchannes arrives. Lena is a Caster, and a curse looms for her as she approaches her 16th birthday. Will this curse drag Lena and Ethan into a web from which they cannot escape?

 

Safe Haven
Cast: Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, Irene Ziegler, Jon Kohler
Director: Lasse Hallström
Distributor: Relativity
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Release Date: February 14th (wide)
Based On: SAFE HAVEN by Nicholas Sparks

A young woman with a mysterious past movies to Southport, North Carolina. She plans to try to move on and forget her past, but when she finds herself falling in love with a widower, she will be forced to confront the secrets that haunt her.

 

Warm Bodies
Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry, John Malkovich
Director: Jonathan Levine
Distributor: Summit Entertainment, LLC
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Release Date: February 1st (wide)
Based On: WARM BODIES by Isaac Marion

After a zombie epidemic leaves almost everyone a mindlessly stumbling, brainless body, Julie, a human survivor, meets R. R isn’t like all of the other zombies. He saves Julie from a zombie attack and seems to become more human the more time he spends with her. Can they transform the other zombies?