Film index
The Hobbit: There and Back Again
- 2014
- US/New Zealand
- Directed by: Peter Jackson
- Written by: Fran Walsh (screenplay), Philippa Boyens (screenplay), Peter Jackson (screenplay), Guillermo del Toro (screenplay), J. R. R. Tolkien (novel)
- Cast: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Graham McTavish, Ken Stott, Hugo Weaving, James Nesbitt, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry, Billy Connolly, Evangeline Lilly, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood
- UK release: 18 July 2014
Jackson concludes his Tolkien hexalogy with the third and final of his films based on The Hobbit.
Captain America 2
- 2014
- US
The continuing adventures of Steve Rogers and his struggles to adapt to 21st century America.
Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers
- 2014
- US
- Directed by: Cody Cameron/Kris Pearn
Sequel to the well-received 2009 hit Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
The Good Dinosaur
- 2014
- US
- Directed by: Bob Peterson
Pixar's film imagines what would have happened if the cataclysmic asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs had actually missed Earth and let them roam in peace.
How to Train Your Dragon 2
- 2014
- US
- Directed by: Dean DeBlois
- Cast: Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig
Sequel to the 2010 hit film with the original cast returning.
Maleficent
- 2014
- US
- Directed by: Robert Stromberg
- Cast: Angelina Jolie, Jude Law, Elle Fanning
Hollywood's preoccupation with revamping fairy tales continues with this star-spangled adaptation of Sleeping Beauty.
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
- 2014
- US
- Directed by: Rob Minkoff
- Cast: Ty Burrell and Max Charles
Mr. Peabody, a genius dog who appeared in the 1950s/60s TV series Rocky and Bullwinkle, springs into action when his and his master's time machine is stolen.
Noah
- 2014
- US
- Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
- Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Russell Crowe, Saoirse Ronan
Visionary director Darren Aronofsky imagines Noah in the guise of Russell Crowe in this big screen treatment of the great flood.
Oculus
- 2014
- Directed by: Mike Flanagan
- Written by: Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard
- Cast: Katee Sackhoff, Rory Cochrane, Karen Gillan
When her brother is convicted of murder, a woman attempts to clear his name by proving that supernatural causes are behind the crime.
Rio 2
- 2014
- US
- Directed by: Carlos Saldanha
- Written by: Don Rhymer, Carlos Saldanha
- Cast: Voices of Anne Hathaway, Kristin Chenoweth, Jamie Foxx, Jesse Eisenberg
Our intrepid macaw friends Blu (voiced by Eisenberg) and Jewel (Hathaway) have now settled down to family life in Brazil, and have three chicks of their own. Time to teach them to fly – amidst the madness of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- 2013
- US/New Zealand
- Directed by: Peter Jackson
- Written by: Fran Walsh (screenplay), Philippa Boyens (screenplay), Peter Jackson (screenplay), Guillermo del Toro (screenplay), J. R. R. Tolkien (novel)
- Cast: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Graham McTavish, Ken Stott, Hugo Weaving, James Nesbitt, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry, Billy Connolly, Evangeline Lilly, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood
- UK release: 13 December 2013
Jackson continues his epic Tolkien hexalogy with the second of his films based on The Hobbit.
Calvary
- 2013
- Ireland
- Directed by: John Michael McDonagh
- Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen
- UK release: 1 November 2013
Turbo
- 2013
- US
- Directed by: David Soren
- Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Ryan Reynolds, Michelle Rodriguez
- UK release: 18 October 2013
Reynolds voices Turbo, a garden snail who, thanks to a freak accident, dreams of being the fastest snail in the world.
Rush
- 2013
- US/UK/Germany
- Directed by: Ron Howard
- Written by: Peter Morgan
- Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde, Daniel Brühl
- UK release: 13 September 2013
Ron Howard's docudrama focusses on rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 F1 season.
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
- 2013
- UK
- Directed by: Declan Lowney
- Cast: Steve Coogan, Tim Key
- UK release: 7 August 2013
Coogan brings his most famous creation, inappropriate Norfolk radio presenter Alan Partridge, to the big screen in this moc doc. 'It's Started.'
RED 2
- 2013
- US
- Directed by: Dean Parisot
- Written by: Warren Ellis (graphic novel), Cully Hamner (graphic novel), Erich Hoeber (screenplay), Jon Hoeber (screenplay)
- Cast: Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren
- UK release: 2 August 2013
Sequel to the 2010 film that made an action star of Helen Mirren.
Blackfish
- 2013
- US
- 90 min
- Directed by: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
- Written by: Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Eli B. Despres
- UK release: 26 July 2013
The story of Tilikum, a killer whale kept in captivity known for, well, killing (people, that is).
The Wolverine
- 2013
- US
- Directed by: James Mangold
- Cast: Hugh Jackman
- UK release: 26 July 2013
This sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine sees the eponymous hero travel to Japan where he takes training from a samurai warrior.
Pacific Rim
- 2013
- US
- Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
- Cast: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman
- UK release: 12 July 2013
del Toro's latest sci-fi adventure sees a group of humans commandeer giant robots to ward off an alien attack, in an homage to Japanese Kaiju films.
The Internship
- 2013
- US
- Directed by: Shawn Levy
- Written by: Vince Vaughn
- Cast: Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rose Byrne, Max Minghella
- UK release: 4 July 2013
Two friends in their forties become interns for an internet company where their managers are half their age.
Royal Opera House: Gloriana
- 2013
- UK
- UK release: 24 June 2013
Benjamin Britten's three-act opera depicting the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex.
Before Midnight
- 2013
- US
- 108 min
- Directed by: Richard Linklater
- Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
- UK release: 21 June 2013
The third part of Linklater's long-running saga examines the couple's feelings as they face early middle age.
