Looking Ahead to 2014!

Nerds, fanboys, and pretty much the general public who enjoys movies are already panting in anticipation for 2015. Debates have erupted about whether it will be the best year for movies ever...but before that we have to get through 2014. And 2014 still looks like a pretty darn great year in movies.

January:

Finally in wide release will be two 2013 award hopefuls Lone Survivor and Her. Two other movies that look watchable is Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and I, Frankenstein.

February:

The Lego Movie, Monuments Men and Robocop in early February all look from pretty decent to darn good... Later in the month we have Liam Neeson in another action movie Non-Stop which should prove to be entertaining at the least.

March:

March looks darn good for a usually cold movie season with an interesting release every week: 300: Rise of an Empire, Aaron Paul in Need for Speed, a new YA book adaptation with Hunger Games size hopes in Divergent, and finally a new Biblical Epic with a Russell Crowe led cast in Noah.

April:

The summer superhero phase kicks off early this year with Captain America: The Winter Soldier on April 4. This month also has a Kevin Costner helmed sports drama Draft Day, animation for kids in Rio 2, and a Christopher Nolanesque film staring Johnny Depp in Transcendence.

May:

Notable movies in May include The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Godzilla, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Maleficent.

June:

Tom Cruise heads up an interesting movie titled Edge of Tomorrow, we all get to cry at Fault in Our Stars, some will laugh at 22 Jump Street, many will take kids to see How To Train Your Dragon 2, I will definitely be checking out The Purge 2, and all the fanboys can see the reinvented Transformers 4: Age of Extinction.

July:

We all lose the battle in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Channing Tatum stars in what actually looks like a watchable Jupiter Ascending, and Dwayne Johnson stars in Hercules: The Thracian Wars.

August:

Marvel releases its biggest gamble in Guardians of the Galaxy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboots...again, the Expendables gather for a third outing, and Sin City has a Dame to Kill For

September:

White people try to remake Death At A Funeral with This Is Where I Leave You, Resident Evil returns in its 6th movie, The Maze Runner makes an entrance, and Denzel Washington comes out in The Equalizer

October:

October looks like a pretty dead month but release dates could be moved around: Two sure bets: Gone Girl and The Judge.

November:

My most anticipated movie of 2014 comes in November...not The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 but Christopher Nolan's first movie since Batman, Interstellar. Expect Dumb and Dumber To to be lost in the midst.


December:

Another Biblical Epic, this one staring Christian Bale, Exodus, the final Hobbit movie There And Back Again, an African American take on Annie, and the third Night at the Museum.

Well movie fans, that's what 2014 looks like so far... release dates and other releases subject to change...