1. "Only Lovers Left Alive" (April
11) – Director Jim Jarmusch tells the story of Adam ('Tom Hiddleston), an
underground musician and vampire who along
with his lover for centuries (Tilda Swinton) are both depressed and tired with the direction human society
has taken and devolved into. A dark drama
–slight comedy. O
2. "Locke" (April 25) – Actor Tom
Hardy (“Baine” from Batman) gets his own "Drive" from writer-director
Steven Knight: "A man's life unravels when a single phone call causes the life of a
successful construction manager to unravel during a mysterious 90-minutes race
against time.
3. "Maleficent" (May 30) - Angelina Jolie plays the evil queen in this
new take on Disney's "Sleeping Beauty."
4. "Edge of Tomorrow" (June 6) - Tom
Cruise and Emily Blunt star in this sci-fi thriller from director Doug Liman. A
soldier fighting in a war with aliens finds himself caught in a time loop of
his last day in the battle, though he becomes better skilled along the way.
5. "The Fault in Our Stars" (June 6)
- Hazel and Gus are two teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the
conventional, and a love that sweeps them on a journey. Their relationship is
all the more miraculous given that Hazel's other constant companion is an
oxygen tank, Gus jokes about his prosthetic leg, and they met and fell in love
at a cancer support group.
6. "Jersey Boys" (June 20) - Clint
Eastwood directs this adaptation of the hit Broadway musical about Frankie
Valli and the Four Seasons. O
7. "Jupiter Ascending" (July 18) -
"Jupiter Ascending," an original sci-fi film from Andy and Lana
Wachowski (Matrix Trilogy) is just a
great big mess of potential. Mila Kunis as the universe's only hope? Channing
Tatum as a wolf-human hybrid? An original score cue from Michael Giacchino?
This could be the year's craziest ride or a total disaster. Whichever end of
the scale it winds up on, however, one thing is clear: it's a must see.
8. "Get On Up" (Aug. 1) - Chadwick
Boseman, who played Jackie Robinson in
"42," stars as James Brown in Tate Taylor's ("The Help")
new film.
9. "Lucy" (Aug. 8) - Lucy (Scarlett
Johansson), a woman living in Taipei, Taiwan, works as a drug mule. The drug
she inadvertently takes goes into her system, changing her into a metahuman.
She can absorb knowledge instantaneously, is able to move objects with her mind
and can't feel pain and other discomforts. O
10. "Jane Got A Gun" (Aug. 29) – Natalie
Portman plays a woman who asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her
outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him.
11. "This Is Where I Leave You"
(Sept. 12) – The 2014's version of "August: Osage County"? Shawn Levy
directs this adaptation of Jonathan Tropper's beloved novel, with Tina Fey,
Jason Bateman, Adam Driver, Jane Fonda, Rose Byrne, Connie Britton, Timothy
Olyphant and more in the cast.
12. "The Equalizer" (Sept. 26) - Denzel
Washington reunites with "Training Day" director Antoine Fuqua for
"The Equalizer," a reboot of the popular '80s television series.
13.
"Gone
Girl" (Oct. 3) - David Fincher's follow-up to "The Girl With the
Dragon Tattoo" is another novel adaptation: "Gone Girl," Gillian
Flynn's mystery thriller. Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike star, with Neil Patrick
Harris and Tyler Perry in supporting roles. O
14. "The Judge" (Oct. 10) - Free
from Iron Man for the moment, Robert Downey Jr. stars as a man who returns to
his hometown for his mother's funeral and then finds out that his estranged
father has been arrested for murder. Robert Duvall, Billy Bob Thornton, Melissa
Leo and Leighton Meester co-star. O
15. "Interstellar" (Nov. 7) – This
will probably be the most talked about and the most highly anticipated film for
2014 - Christopher Nolan's first film since "The Dark Knight Rises"
is a sci-fi epic starring Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway
and many others. The trailer elicits goose bumps with the smallest of details.
Imagine what the finished film might do. O
16. "Untitled Brad Pitt WWII Movie"
(Nov. 14) - Formerly titled "Fury," this film stars Brad Pitt,
Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal, Michael Pena and a tank on the first
month into the Iraq war. O
17. "Exodus" (Dec. 12) – The second
most anticipated film for 2014, an account of Moses' hand in leading the
Israelite slaves out of Egypt. Director Ridley Scott and Actor Christian Bale. O
18. "Annie"
(Dec. 19) – A reboot with a modern urban twist on this popular musical.
Starring Quvenzhane Wallis as the title
little orphan and Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz as, respectively, Benjamin Stacks
(the new Daddy Warbucks) and Miss Hannigan.
19. "Into The Woods" (Dec. 25) - Meryl
Streep, Johnny Depp, Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt and more star in this
adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's hit musical. O
20. "Unbroken" (Dec. 25) – My pick
for the best slipper film for 2014, Angelina Jolie directs this amazing true
account of Olympian Louis Zamperini, who participated in Hitler’s Germany Olympics during and then as an officer was taken prisoner by
Japanese forces during WW2. O
21. "Foxcatcher" (TBD) - Bennett
Miller's presumed 2014 Oscar contender from Sony Pictures starring Steve
Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo all star in the true story of Olympic Wrestling
Champion Mark Schultz and how paranoid schizophrenic John duPont killed his
brother, Olympic Champion Dave Schultz. O
22. "Inherent Vice" (TBD) - Paul
Thomas Anderson adapts Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel in Los Angeles in 1970,
drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the
disappearance of a former girlfriend..Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Josh
Brolin, Owen Wilson, Jena Malone, Maya Rudolph and many more all star. O
The “O” means strong Oscar contender.
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