Work in progress.
Jan 11---Gangster Squad-1: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Cops lay down their badges and wage war with the mob.
-----------Zero Dark Thirty: Katheryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker) directs film about the killing of Ben Laden.
Jan 18---The Last Stand: Schwarzenegger
-----------Broken City: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones. NY City crime at the top.
Jan 25---Movie 43: Ensemble intertwining comedies with 12 directors.
----------Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton in follow up to the fairy tale.
----------Parker: Jason Statham.
----------John Dies at the End : Paul Giamatti, street drug causes time travel.
Feb 1----Bullet to the Head: Walter Hill (D), Sylvester Stallone, cop & hitman go after common enemy.
Feb 8----Identity Thief: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy. Man goes after innocent looking ID thief bitch.
----------Side Effects: Steven Soderbergh (D),Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine
Zeta-Jones. Wife and friends nervous about man getting out of prison.
----------Safe Haven: Lasse Hallström (D), Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough. Romance.
Feb 14---A Good Day to Die Hard: Willis, Die Hard, nuff said.
----------Beautiful Creatures: Alice Englert, Viola Davis, Emma Thompson, Emmy Rossum. Drama about small town with secrets.
----------Escape from Planet Earth: Animated kid si-fi. Doesn't even have a poster yet.
Mar 1----Stoker: Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode. Daughter suspects uncle's(?) motives.
-----------Phantom: Ed Harris, Julian Adams, David Duchovny. Suspense aboard Soviet Sub.
-----------21 and Over: 21 year old version of Hangover.
Mar 8----Oz: The Great and Powerful: Sam Raimi (D), James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis. Prequel to the original story. Trailers look awesome.
-----------Dead Man Down: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace. Victim seduces man to get at his boss for revenge.
Mar 15---21 and Over: Guy celebrates turning 21 the night before his med school exams.
-----------The Incredible Burt Wonderstone: Olivia Wilde, Jim Carrey, Steve Carell. Envy between magicians.
-----------Upside Down: Jim Sturgess, Kirsten Dunst. Contact between two planets just feet apart forbidden.
Mar 22---Jack the Giant Slayer: Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy. Need to rescue princess. (could be Mar. 1? delayed from Jun 2012)
-----------The Croods: Dreamworks animated comedy about a pre-historic family must find a new home.
-----------Admission: Tina Fey, Paul Rudd: College admissions officer thinks a student may be her son.
-----------Olympus Has Fallen: Antoine Fuqua (D),Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Dylan McDermott, Terrorists attack White House.
Mar 27--Welcome to the Punch: James McAvoy, David Morrissey, Mark Strong. Detective plans to trap a big time criminal who has to return to London.
Mar 29---GI Joe Retaliation: Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, Ray Park, Bruce Willis, fight Cobra.
-----------The Marriage Counselor: Tyler Perry directs.
-----------Starbuck: Man is subject of 142 member class action artificial insemination paternity suit.
-----------The Host: Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger and William Hurt Alien soul injected into woman bonds with her.
-----------Room 237[/]: Documentary about Kubrick's [i]The Shining.
Apr 5---- Trance: Danny Boyle (D), James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel. Hypnotherapy used to recover lost painting.
Apr 12---42: Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Alan Tudyk. Life story of Jackie Robinson.
----------Scary Movie 5: Lindsay Lohan, Charlie Sheen, Terry Crews, Ashley Tisdale. Comedy.
----------Disconnect: Jason Bateman, Alexander Skarsgård. Seeking connections in "today's wired world".
----------To the Wonder: Terrence Malick(D), Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem, Love Quadrangle.
Apr 26---Oblivion: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman. Disgraced soldier sent to destroy an alien race, but meets someone who causes him to question his mission.
----------The Big Wedding: Comedy with large cast--Robert De Niro, Amanda Seyfried, Katherine Heigl, Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams, Topher Grace, Diane Keaton.
----------Pain & Gain: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson. Body Builders get caught up in crime.
May 3---Iron Man 3: (sigh)
May 10--The Great Gatsby: Baz Luhrmann (D), Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire.
----------We the Peeples: Tyler Perry franchise spinoff.
May 17--Star Trek: Into Darkness: J.J. Abrams (D), Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto. Another Khan.
May 24--The Hangover III: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms.
-----------Fast and Furious 6: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson.
-----------Epic: Animated adventure, comedy, good vs. evil.
May 28--(Internet)Generation Um...: Keanu Reeves. Sex, drugs and indecision.
May 31---Now You See Me: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman. Illusionists rob banks during their performances then give the money to the audience.
-----------After Earth: M. Night Shyamalan (D), Will Smith, Jaden Smith. Father and Son crash land on a planet that was evacuated by humans 1000 years before.
-----------The Kings of Summer: 3 teens run away and live in the woods.
-----------The East: An anarchist group goes after 3 corporations.
June 7---Rapturepalooza: Anna Kendrick. Comedy horror about the antichrist.
-----------The Iinternship: Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, stupid looking comedy about interning at Google.
-----------Much Ado About Nothing: A modern retelling of the Shakespeare comedy.
Jun 14--Man of Steel: Zack Snyder (D), Henry Cavill, Russell Crowe, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon.
----------This is the End: Emma Watson, Jonah Hill, Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, all playing themselves, attend a party at James Franco's house where they find out the world is about to end.
----------The Bling Ring: Sofia Coppola (D), Emma Watson, Leslie Mann and Taissa Farmiga. Teens track celebrities so they can rob their homes.
Jun 21--Monsters University: Animated, Prequel.
----------World War Z: Pitt, Zombie Pandemic, what the hell.
Jun 28--White House Down: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx and Maggie Gyllenhaal. White House overtaken by paramilitary group.
----------The Heat: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy. Cop and FBI Agent take on Russian mobster.
----------Byzantium: Two women seek shelter in a town. (drama, fanatasy, thriller)
----------Redemption: Jason Statham as homeless vet. Original title was Hummingbird.
Jul 5----The Lone Ranger: Gore Verbinski (D), Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer. Tonto recounts tales of the LR.
----------Despicable Me 2: Sequel.
----------The Way Way Back: Steve Carrel, coming of age comedy at amusement park.
Jul 12---Pacific Rim: Men fight aliens with giant robots.
----------Grown Ups 2: They're calling it a "follow up". (Ahem) Sequel.
Jul 19---Turbo: A snail dreams of becoming the fastest snail. Lightening McQueen with a shell? Dreamworks.
----------R.I.P.D.: Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker, Kevin Bacon. Undead police work for the Rest In Peace Police Dept.
----------Red 2: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Anthony Hopkins. Sequel
----------Only God Forgives: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas and Tom Burke. Cop and gangster duke it out in Bangkok.
July 26--The Wolverine: Hugh Jackman in what amounts to be a sequel.
-----------Blue Jasmine: Woody Allen (D), Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard. Plot undisclosed.(?)
July 31--Smurf 2: (yawn) Sequel.
Aug 2---300: Rise of an Empire: 300 live action.
----------2 Guns: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Two law enforcement officials set up by the mob they're stealing from.
----------Smurfs 2: Sequel
Aug 9----Elysium: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster. Elite rich live in orbit while the poor slug it out on a ruined
Earth. Not much mystery here, except if it will have a sequel.
----------Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters: (sigh)
----------Planes: Cars spinoff sans Pixar.
----------We're the Millers: Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Jason Sudeikis, Pot dealer creates fake family to move a shipment from US to Mexico.....comedy.
----------Lovelace: Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard. About Linda Lovelace but only rated "R".
Aug 16--Kick-Ass 2: Sequel
-----------Jobs: Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, James Woods, the rise of Steve Jobs.
-----------Paranoia: Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Amber Heard. Cutthroat office politics.
-----------Ain't Them Bodies Saints: Rooney Mara, Ben Foster, Casey Affleck. Man escapes prison to reunite with his wife and daughter.
-----------The Butler: Forrest Whitaker is butler to 8 presidents. "Based on newspaper articles".
Aug 23---The World's End: 5 guys attempt to top their epic pub crawl 20 years before.
-----------The Frozen Ground: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Vanessa Hudgens, Cop and escaped victim pursue her serial killer/abductor
Aug 30--Getaway: Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, Jon Voight. Must find kidnapped wife.
----------Closed Circuit: Eric Bana. 2 lawyers must defend terrorists.
----------The Lifeguard: Kristen Bell. Successful reporter returns home where she was happy.
Sep 6----Riddick: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban and Dave Bautista, sequel.
-----------Salinger: Documentary with celebrity interviews about the reclusive J.D. Salinger.
Sep 13---Machete Kills: Unlikely plot with Mel Gibson, Jessica Alba, and Charlie Sheen as the President.
-----------Escape Plan: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent. Security expert wrongly imprisoned must escape and find who put him there.
-----------Battle of the Year: Dance contest.
-----------The Family: Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer. Manzoni crime family relocated to France under witness protection program.
Sep 20---Prisoners: Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman, Paul Dano, man pursues the suspected kidnapper of his daughter.
-----------Rush: Formula 1 race movie based on actual events.
Sep 27---Runner, Runner: Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake. Offshore gambling owner and his protege clash.
-----------Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers: Animated, sequel to Cloudy....Meatballs.
-----------Baggage Claim: Woman pursues man around world.
-----------Serena: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Rhys Ifans. Man's business becomes complicated when it's learned his wife cannot have children.
Oct 4-----Sin City: A Dame to Kill For: Frank Miller | Robert Rodriguez (D),Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, Mickey Rourke. Sequel.
----------The Delivery Man: Cobie Smulders, Vince Vaughn, Britt Robertson, another sperm donor comedy.
----------Gravity: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney. Astronauts stranded in space.
Oct 11--Captain Phillips: Paul Greengrass (D), Tom Hanks. Story of Capt and Somali Pirates.
Oct 18--The Seventh Son: Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges. Son is taught to fight evil spirits in the 1700s.
-----------Don Jon: Joseph Gordon-Levitt(D&A), Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore. Porn addict tries to kick the habit.
-----------Escape Plan: Stallone and Schwarzenegger escape from prison.
Oct 25---The Counselor: Ridley Scott (D), Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem. Lawyer gets in over his head with drug trafficking case.
Nov 1----Ender's Game: Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley and Abigail Breslin. Gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future alien invasion.
-----------Free Birds: (animated) Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, travel back in time to save turkeys from Thanksgiving, or something.
-----------Las Vegas: Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, late 60s bachelor party, comedy.
Nov 8----Thor: The Dark World: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Tom Hiddleston. Thor vs. elves.
-----------About Time: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams. Man learns his ability to travel through time won't let him escape from life.
-----------August: Osage County: Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Juliette Lewis. Sisters come back home for reunion with dysfunctional family.
Nov 15---The Wolf of Wall Street: Martin Scorsese(D), Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey and Jonah Hill. Broker refuses to cooperate in securities fraud investigation.
------------The Best Man Holiday: Sequel to The Best Man ('99).
------------The Fifth Estate: The Wikileaks scandal.
Nov 22---The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: Second of trilogy.
Nov 27---Frozen: Disney animation about a pair looking for the Snow Queen, to end their country's perpetual winter.
------------Black Nativity: Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson. Teen falls asleep in church and dreams of a black nativity.
------------Homefront: Winona Ryder, Jason Statham and James Franco. Former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town then tangles with a meth trafficker.
Dec. 6----Out of the Furnace: Zoe Saldana, Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck. Man released from prison pursues the murderer of his brother.
Dec. 11---The Philosophers: At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.
Dec 13---The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Peter Jackson (D), Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugo Weaving and Martin Freeman.
Dec 18---Her: Spike Jonze (D), Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Joaquin Phoenix. Man meets The One, a computer operating system.
Dec 20---Anchorman: The Legend Continues: Will Ferrell, Steve Carell and Paul Rudd .
-----------Inside Llewyn Davis: Coen Bros. (D), Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, F. Murray Abraham, from memoir of a Dylan parallel 60s folk singer.
-----------The Monuments Men: Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney (+D), Bill Murray. Curators work to recover art stolen by the Nazis before Hitler destroys them.
-----------Saving Mr. Banks: Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Emma Thompson, Paul Giamatti. Author works with Disney to produce Mary Poppins.
-----------Walking with Dinosaurs 3D: Billed as immersive 3D with story centered on a young dinosaur.
Dec 25---Jack Ryan: Keira Knightley, Chris Pine and Kevin Costner. CIA analyst uncovers Russian plot to destroy the US economy with terrorist attack.
-----------47 Ronin: Keanu Reeves, samurai set out to avenge their master.
-----------The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Ben Stiller, Sean Penn, Kristen Wiig, comedy/drama about a photo manager and a missing negative.
-----------American Hustle: David O. Russell (D), Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, Amy Adams. Con artists turn on other cons.
Dec. 27--Twelve Years a Slave: (limited) Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender. Man kidnapped in NY and sold into slavery in the South.
-----------Grace of Monaco: (limited) Nicole Kidman. France threatening to invade Monaco.
2013 with no specific release date:
delayed>2014Mad Max: Fury Road: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron. No synopsis.
Untitled Terrence Malick Project: Bérénice Marlohe, Ryan Gosling and Christian Bale. Two love triangles involving music in Austin, TX. (set for July 4 release in Russia ??? )
Winter's Tale: Matt Bomer, Will Smith and Russell Crowe. Fantasy set in 19th cent. and present Manhattan.
Knight of Cups: Terrence Malick (D), Christian Bale, Natalie Portman. A man, temptations, celebrity, and excess.
The Immigrant: Jeremy Renner, Joaquin Phoenix and Marion Cotillard. Magician tries to aid woman and reunite her with her sister who's being held at Ellis Island.
Third Person: Mila Kunis, Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde. 3 love stories involving 3 couples in 3 cities.
2014---Your Voice in my Head: Emma Watson, Stanley Tucci, Dr. helps writer with mental issues.
The Zero Theorem: Ben Whishaw, Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted by "the Management". (19 Dec in Italy)
Foxcatcher: Channing Tatum, Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo, story behind murderer of Olympic wrestler.
(delayed-2014)Untitled "Abscam" project: Christian Bale, Jeremy Renner, Bradley Cooper, 70s FBI sting operation.
May 2015---Thunder Run: Gerard Butler, Matthew McConaughey, Sam Worthington, Initial capture of Bagdad in the Iraq War.
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman: Evan Rachel Wood, Shia LaBeouf, guy falls for crime bosses' girl.
(2014)----Voyage of Time-1: Terrence Malick (D), Brad Pitt, Emma Thompson narrators. Birth & Death of the Universe.
You Are Here: Melissa Rauch, Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, 2 childhood buddies go back home when one of them learns he's inherited a lot of money.
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn: Mila Kunis, Robin Williams, Peter Dinklage, a man has a short time to live.
