At the cinema – February 2020 - The Edinburgh Reporter

A selection of awards season favourites is coming to a cinema near you in February.

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Oscar nominee Margot Robbie (Bombshell) reprises her role of Harley Quinn in the superhero film ‘Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)’ from the 2016 film ‘Suicide Squad’, for which she won the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie.

Due for release on 7 February 2020, the film is the eighth instalment in the DC Extended Universe and features Ewan McGregor (Doctor Sleep) alongside Robbie, who also co-produces.

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Also released on 7 February 2020 is the fantasy adventure ‘Dolittle’ with Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes) as Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle as well as Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory) and Michael Sheen (Far from the Madding Crowd) in other live action roles. Oscar winners Emma Thompson (Late Night), Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody), Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water) and Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night) feature in a high profile voice cast giving life to the animals.

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Another adventure film will be distributed on 21 February 2020. Oscar nominee Harrison Ford takes the leading role in ‘The Call of the Wind’, a remake of the 1935 film of the same name, itself based on the 1903 novel by Jack London.

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Nominated for two Satellite Awards, ‘Dark Waters’ is released on 28 February 2020 with Oscar nominees Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight) and Mare Winningham (Georgia) and Oscar winners Anne Hathaway (Ocean’s 8) and Tim Robbins (Mystic River).