TGtB Recommends - Films to Watch in 2014

Let's be honest: no overview of the year ahead would be complete without a cinematic guide to the biggest blockbusters, slushiest romcoms and scariest horror flicks to hit the silver screen.

Next year is full of potentially great films, so to help separate the must-sees from the duds, here’s our list of the 14 movies that we're most looking forward to watching at 2014...

I, Frankenstein

Genre: Horror

Release Date: 24 January 2014

Starring: Yvonne Strahovski, Bill Nighy, Aaron Eckhart 

About: Two hundred years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.

That Awkward Moment

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Release Date: 31 January 2014

Starring: Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan

About: Three best friends find themselves where we've all been before - unsure if they're officially dating someone or not. 

The Lego Movie

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: 14 February 2014

Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Cobie Smulders, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson

About: An ordinary LEGO minifigure is mistakenly recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from taking over the universe. 

Vampire Academy

Genre: 

Release Date: 19 February 2014

Starring: Sarah Hyland, Zoey Deutch, Olga Kurylenko

About: Rose and Lissa are two high school students trying to get through the normal dramas - vicious rumours, ex-boyfriends and bloodlust. Late nights and high stakes are normal at St Vladimir's, better known as the Vampire Academy.

Pompeii

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 21 February 2014

Starring: Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Browning, Jessica Lucas, Kiefer Sutherland 

About: A slave turned gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.

Muppets Most Wanted

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: 22 March 2014

Starring: Lady Gaga, Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey, Ty Burrell, Zach Galifianakis, Salma Hayek

About:  The Muppets find themselves wrapped up in a European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit lookalike and his dastardly sidekick.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Genre: Action

Release Date: 28 March 2014

Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Cobie Smulders, Samuel L. Jackson, Emily Vancamp

About:  Captain America struggles to embrace his role in the modern world as he battles a Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier.

Noah

Genre: Adventure

Release Date: 28 March 2014

Starring: Emma Watson, Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Douglas Booth

About: Noah follows the biblical story of the flooding of the Earth and the man who shepherded every type of animal onto a giant ark that was able to weather the waters. 

Rio 2

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: 4 April 2014

Starring: Anne Hathaway, Kristin Chenoweth, Rodrigo Santoro, Jamie Foxx

About: It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids in RIO 2, after they're hurtled from that magical city to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all - his father-in-law.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Genre: Adventure

Release Date: 18 April 2014

Starring: Andrew Garfield, Jamie Foxx, Emma Stone

About:  In the latest Spider-Man reboot, Spidey must confront a foe far more powerful than he. When old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, Peter Parker realises that all of his enemies have one thing in common - OsCorp.

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Genre: Adventure

Release Date: 22 May 2014

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Hoult, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry

About: The X-Men send Wolverine back in time to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.

Maleficent

Genre: Fantasy

Release Date: 30 May 2014

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning

About: Sleeping Beauty is told from the perspective of the evil Queen Maleficent and looks at the events that hardened her heart and drove her to curse young Princess Aurora.

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Genre: Animation

Release Date: 4 July 2014

Starring: Kristen Wiig, Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill, Cate Blanchett, America Ferrera 

About: It's been five years since Hiccup and Toothless successfully united dragons and Vikings on the island of Berk. While Astrid, Snoutlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island's new favourite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Genre: Action

Release Date: 21 November 2014

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Sam Claflin, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth 

About: Having fought for her life in two Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen now must face the most terrifying arena of them all - The Capitol. After reluctantly becoming the symbol of a mass rebellion Katniss has more at stake than ever before. 

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