Saturday, May 10, 2014

Must watch movies for 2014!

                 MOVIES! MOVIES! MOVIES! MOVIES! MOVIES! MOVIES!


     Well, this year's line up of movies just keep getting better and better! An array of action packed-jaw-dropping-block buster hits await, surely leaving you to ask for more. A few (okay, a lot of) superhero movies to look forward to this year!

    these aren't really ranked  i just arranged them randomly.. well these are just the movies I myself prefer to watch, i hope you like them too :) peace! 


1. The Expendables 3
Release Date: Aug. 15
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford
Director: Patrick Hughes
The Scoop: Stallone and his gang of over-the-hill mercenaries are back, and this time they're facing their most formidable foe yet: Mel Gibson, playing one of the original co-founders of The Expendables gone bad. Bruce Willis wanted too much money for a third go-round as the gang's handler, so Sly brought in — of all people — Harrison Ford as his replacement, with other new cast members including Stallone's "Assassins" co-star Antonio Banderas and his "Demolition Man" pal Wesley Snipes.




 2. Hercules
Release Date: July 25
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, John Hurt, Ian McShane, Joseph Fiennes
Director: Brett Ratner
The Scoop: Why yes, we would love to see a movie starring The Rock as the son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene, the legendary Greek hero burdened with the Twelve Labors, which include such seemingly insurmountable tasks as slaying the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra, cleaning the Augean stables in a single day (hey, they're huge and crazy filthy) and — hubba hubba — obtaining the girdle of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons. You might think that the 41-year-old Johnson is getting a little long in the tooth for gigs like this, but really, he'll probably be playing these kinds of characters until he's 100. 


3.  Edge of Tomorrow
Release Date: June 6
Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Jeremy Piven
Director: Doug Liman
The Scoop: Tom Cruise follows up 2013's underrated "Oblivion" with another futuristic sci-fi action film with a heck of an existential conundrum. Here he plays a soldier in a war against an alien race who finds himself stuck in a "Groundhog Day" kind of loop that sends him back to the start of the day he's killed in a sneak attack ... although that premise isn't very clear from the film's rather confusing trailer, which plays more like a hodgepodge of seemingly random sci-fi ideas and hero shots of Emily Blunt holding her own against her veteran genre co-star. Based on the Japanese novel "All You Need Is Kill," which, as titles go, is about a thousand times cooler.



4. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Release Date: July 11
Starring: Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Jason Clarke
Director: Matt Reeves
The Scoop: Eight years after the events of the surprisingly quite excellent "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (2011), human survivors of the virus that's wiped out a good chunk of humanity (so to speak) wage war against Caesar (Serkis) and his ever-growing ape army. Who will emerge as the planet's dominant species? (Hint: It's not the humans.) This round of evolution/revolution comes courtesy of "Let Me In" and "Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves.


5. How to Train Your Dragon 2
Release Date: June 13
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Kristen Wiig, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett
Director: Dean DeBlois
The Scoop: The adventures of Hiccup (Baruchel) and Toothless continue as the boy and his dragon come across a secret ice cave that serves as home to hundreds of wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, a discovery that stirs up an epic conflict. Fun meta-casting: "Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington provides the voice of Eret, a dragon trapper.

6. Transformers: Age of Extinction
Release Date: June 27
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Stanley Tucci
Director: Michael Bay
The Scoop: Bring on the Dinobots. Oh, and at least a hint of planet-eating Unicron would be cool, too. That is all. 



7. Godzilla
Release Date: May 16
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche
Director: Gareth Edwards
The Scoop: "Pacific Rim" was cute 'n' all, but you just can't beat the King. Gareth Edwards ("Monsters") is here to stomp all those bad Roland Emmerich memories into the ground as a resurrected Gojira wrecks havoc in San Francisco. The trailer is exhilarating, featuring Kick-Ass himself para-jumping onto the big beast with his military colleagues and the film's A-list supporting cast running in terror before saving the money shot for last: the angry behemoth himself, letting out his familiar battle cry as he stands triumphant in the dusty rubble. !!!




8. Jupiter Ascending
Release Date: July 18
Starring: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne
Director: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
The Scoop: We have no idea just what in the heck the latest sci-fi extravaganza from the Wachowskis is about, as the eye-popping trailer slyly avoids revealing anything beyond a vague idea of the premise. We're just glad that we're finally getting another sci-fi extravaganza from the groundbreaking duo that brought us "The Matrix" — and bonus that it features a cast that includes Kunis, Tatum, Redmayne, and ever-grizzled Bean.




9. 22 Jump Street
Release Date: June 13
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube, Nick Offerman
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
The Scoop: They taught at least one high school to Just Say No, and now Jenko (Tatum) and Schmidt (Hill) are deep undercover in college to fight more evil and tolerate more "You look a little old to be here" observations from their fellow, er, students. More red-band hijinks ensue, though this time without the added bonus of a Johnny Depp cameo ... and, we have to admit, we're gonna kind of miss Dave Franco this time around, too.




10. The Hobbit: There And Back Again
Release Date: Dec. 17
Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Luke Evans
Director: Peter Jackson
The Scoop: Oh yeah, there's still one more of these things to go! "The Desolation of Smaug" traded the bucolic charms of "An Unexpected Journey" for a stronger sense of narrative tension, ending with a cliffhanger — spoiler alert! — in which Smaug himself (Benedict Cumberbatch) flies off to spew his fiery wrath upon the citizens of Lake-town. "What have we done?" muses Bilbo (Freeman), perhaps speaking for director Peter Jackson as he might be wondering whether this whole make-it-a-trilogy idea was actually a good one. The jury's still out with us, too, but we're excited to see it through.



11. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Release Date: April 4
Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
The Scoop: Steve Rogers gets the "Bourne" treatment as the star of his very own contemporary political thriller in which the First Avenger faces modern-day corruption in the government he once thought so infallible, soon discovering that his red, white and blue get-up really stands out in a world awash in shades of grey. Back for more Marvel action is Johansson as Black Widow, whilst Mackie is set to steal some scenes (and rule the skies) as Sam Wilson/Falcon. Also, Robert Redford is in it, which is all sorts of awesome.





12.  Noah
Release Date: March 28
Starring: Russell Crowe, Logan Lerman, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson
Director: Darren Aronofsky
The Scoop: After the astonishing commercial success of "Black Swan" (2010), director Darren Aronofsky was given license to pretty much do whatever he wanted as a follow-up. He'd already done a slimmed-down version of his dream project, "The Fountain" (2006), so he opted for this epic disaster film featuring the Bible's biggest action star (played by, appropriately enough, the "Gladiator" himself). No matter what you may personally believe when it comes to the Old Testament, you can't deny that such a story is in good hands with this director and cast. one more thing EMMA WATSON !!!!!



13.The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Release Date: May 2
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Dane DeHaan, Jamie Foxx
Director: Marc Webb
The Scoop: Now that the by now all-too-familiar origin story is out of the way, the rebooted "Spider-Man" series comes into its own with a tale that introduces some of the wallcrawler's most popular and powerful nemeses: the electricity-wielding Electro (Foxx), the brutal Rhino (Paul Giamatti in a mech suit) and what appears to be the Green Goblin, as personified by — we assume — Dane DeHaan's wily and ambitious Harry Osborn. Carrying the film's emotional weight once again is Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, a charming smarty-pants who cracks wise so that he may not have a complete nervous breakdown.


14. Maleficent
Release Date: May 30
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Juno Temple
Director: Robert Stromberg
The Scoop: Angelina Jolie as Disney's most terrifying villain? Yep, we're there. Jolie gets wicked as the self-proclaimed 'Mistress of All Evil,' who first gave audiences nightmares in animated form in "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). Will we get to see Jolie turn into a black and purple dragon at some point in the film? Hey, Smaug can't be the only fire-breather in town.



15. Transcendence
Release Date: April 18
Starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Mara, Paul Bettany, Morgan Freeman
Director: Wally Pfister
The Scoop: Christopher Nolan's go-to cinematographer makes his directorial debut with this sci-fi film that looks like a classier version of "The Lawnmower Man" (remember that one?) as a terminally ill scientist (Depp) manages to transfer his consciousness to a computer, which gives him all sorts of god complexes and raises questions of who we are as human beings and where we're going and the dangers of the thirst for knowledge and other heavy, pre-Summer Movie Season stuff. Give yourself one more brain tease before school's out.





16. Into the Woods
Release Date: Dec. 25
Starring: Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick
Director: Rob Marshall
The Scoop: Stephen Sondheim's beloved stage musical finally becomes a big-screen fairy tale courtesy of "Chicago" director Rob Marshall, sporting an A-list cast of crooners including Depp as the Wolf, Streep as the Witch (which also absorbs the stage role of the Mysterious Man), Blunt as the Baker's Wife and Kendrick as Cinderella. Oh, you also get Chris Pine as the Prince, Tracey Ullman as Jack's Mother and Christine Baranski as Cinderella's Stepmother.





17. Guardians of the Galaxy
Release Date: Aug. 1
Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel
Director: James Gunn
The Scoop: And you thought "Thor" was a hard sell? The God of Thunder (or something) is about as mainstream as you can get compared to the bizarro lineup of Marvel's intergalactic team of superheroes, which includes a gun-crazy raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper, at that) and a giant walking, talking tree (played by Vin Diesel) and is led by the guy who plays Andy on "Parks and Recreation." Actually, the comedy-tinged "Guardians of the Galaxy" is so crazy, it just might work.





18. X-Men: Days of Future Past
Release Date: May 23
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender
Director: Bryan Singer
The Scoop: Talk about your Mutant Mania! The latest "X-Men" adventure incorporates the casts of the original trilogy and 2011's "First Class" with a time-bending plot that involves Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) going back in time (courtesy of the phasing abilities of Ellen Page's Kitty Pryde) to prevent a series of events that will lead to a catastrophic future. We'll soon see if this falls into the same 'too many mutants' trap of "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006), but with original "X-Men" (2000) and "X2" (2003) director Bryan Singer back calling the shots, we're allowing ourselves to think "Days of Future Past" might end up being the best X-movie yet.





19. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I
Release Date: Nov. 21
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Sam Claflin, Julianne Moore
Director: Francis Lawrence
The Scoop: "Catching Fire" surpassed its predecessor in pretty much every category, setting the bar pretty high for the two-part finale. Will lightning keep striking one of the few YA adaptations to actually command a "Twilight"-sized audience? The odds are ... well, pretty good, as "Catching Fire" director Francis Lawrence is returning to call the shots and J.Law's star is going to just keep burning brighter. 



20. Lucy
Release Date: Aug. 8
Starring:  Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman
Director: Luc Besson
The Scoop: Scarlett Johansson with super powers, hot! nothing more to add













credits to Bryan Enk for the scoops



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