• ADVANCED STYLE. VENUS IN FURS. BRICK MANSIONS. AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON. IN BLOOM. SECRET SHARER. IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE. BELLE.
• THE DEVIL'S KNOT. AMERICAN INTERIOR. ILO ILO. PATEMA INVERTED. TRUTH. OMAR. THE GRANDMASTER. BIG JOY. THE MAN WHOSE MIND EXPLODED. THE COMPANY YOU KEEP. WRONG. GUT. PIG.
* PSYCHO. FELLINI-SATYRICON. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS. LONG DISTANCE REVOLUTIONARY. WE'RE NOT BROKE. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON. SLF: THE CASE AGAINST 8. DRUNKTOWN'S FINEST. FINDING FELA. HITS. KUMIKO. LITTLE ACCIDENTS. MEMPHIS. THE ONE I LOVE. THEY CAME TOGETHER. THE VOICES. FLARE: 52 TUESDAYS. AGE OF CONSENT. BIG WORDS. CONTINENTAL. GERONTOPHILIA. HAWAII. THE LAST MATCH. LAST SUMMER. MY PRAIRIE HOME. THE OUT LIST. THE PASSION OF MICHELANGELO. ROSIE. TATTOO. TEST. LFF: GONE TOO FAR. THE SARNOS. / SLEEPER'S WAKE. TEDDY BEAR. THE WE AND THE I. KING CURLING. TARGET. WITHOUT. EEFF: THE BRIGHTEST COLOURS MAKE GREY. DISCOVERDALE. RICHARD PRYOR: OMIT THE LOGIC. HALLEY.
• HERE BE DRAGONS. IN SECRET. WAKOLDA. WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE.

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AS I LAY DYING 
AUTHORS ANONYMOUS
AWFUL NICE
THE BANSHEE CHAPTER
THE BEST OFFER
BLOOD BROTHER
BRIDEGROOM
* BULLY
C.O.G.
THE CONGRESS
DIRTY WARS
ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW
EUROPA REPORT
GOD LOVES UGANDA
HAIR BRAINED
HOW TO BE A MAN
IN THE BLOOD
IT'S ALL SO QUIET (Ned)
JAMESY BOY
JESUS PEOPLE
ODD THOMAS
THE OUTSIDER
SOUTHERN BAPTIST SISSIES
* SOUTHERN ZONE (Bol)
TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY APPLY
13 SINS
TOUCHY FEELY
UNA NOCHE (Cub)
* WORLD OF HURT

* films I've seen, reviews en route

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

dir Bryan Singer; with Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Peter Dinklage, Nicholas Hoult, Ellen Page; Fox 14/US
release US/UK 23.May.14

BLENDED

dir Frank Coraci; with Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Joel McHale, Terry Crews, Kevin Nealon, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Bella Thorne, Lauren Lapkus; Warners 14/US
release UK/US 23.May.14

Essentially a Brady Bunch reboot, this reunites the superb screen pairing of Sandler and Barrymore with The Wedding Singer director Coraci for a rom-com about two single parents who, yes, blend their families while on holiday at a resort. If anyone can make this high-concept premise work it's Barrymore, who always manages to make Sandler charming and funny in ways he never is without her.

MALEFICENT

dir Robert Stromberg; with Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Juno Temple, Sharlto Copley, Brenton Thwaites, Peter Capaldi, Miranda Richardson, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, Kenneth Cranham; Disney 14/US
release US/UK 30.May.14
The trailers for this fairy tale are astonishing, eerily bringing the classic Disney animation from 1959's The Sleeping Beauty to live-action. Stromberg may be untested as a director, but he's an Oscar-winning art director (Avatar and Alice in Wonderland) who has also worked on things like Life of Pi and Pan's Labyrinth. And the cast is packed with superb British scene-stealers.

A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST

dir Seth MacFarlane; with Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, Wes Studi; Universal 14/US
release US/UK 30.May.14
MacFarlane proved his cinematic credentials with Ted, but the comedy Western is a notoriously tricky genre to get right (for every Blazing Saddles there's a Wild Wild West). And then there's the rather untested comedic talents of some of these cast members - who at least are always watchable on the big screen. But the trailer looks pretty hilarious.

GRACE OF MONACO

dir Olivier Dahan; with Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Milo Ventimiglia, Parker Posey, Paz Vega, Frank Langella, Derek Jacobi, Geraldine Somerville; 14/Fr
release UK 6.Jun.14
Biopics took a battering with Naomi Watts' Diana, which is probably why the distributors have bumped this film back to March. But this film has a rather more impressive cast, plus a filmmaker experienced with these kinds of films (Dahan directed the Oscar-winning Edith Piaf biopic La Vie en Rose). There are also moments in the trailer that Kidman captures that Grace Kelly on-screen magic. And the story can't help but be pretty wrenching. The film is due to open Cannes in May.

LUCY

dir-scr Luc Besson; with Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Analeigh Tipton, Pilou Asbaek, Amr Waked, Choi Min-sik, Mason Lee, Frederic Chau; Universal 14/Fr
release US 8.Aug.14, UK 22.Aug.14
The trailer for this action romp looks utterly bonkers, so let's hope Besson has rediscovered how to have fun with cinema (his last few films have been painfully po-faced, including the "comedy" The Family). Johansson continues her European tour by starring in French action after the terrific British horror Under the Skin, with a bit of Marvel in between. So here's hoping this is her way forward, peppering her filmography with wacky choices between those mortgage-assuring blockbusters.

WALK OF SHAME

dir-scr Steven Brill; with Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Ethan Suplee, Gillian Jacobs, Sarah Wright, Oliver Hudson, PJ Byrne, Lawrence Gilliard Jr, Willie Garson, Kevin Nealon; Lakeshore 14/US
release US 2.May.14, UK tbc
Elizabeth Banks has become one of the most reliable actresses around, shining in both blockbusters (The Hunger Games) and indies (Pitch Perfect). Now she gets a comedy of her own, opposite the fabulous James Marsden no less. But the slapstick trailer is very goofy, and writer-director Brill doesn't have a great track record (including a few Adam Sandler comedies and, erm, Movie 43). So let's hope Banks and Marsden make it worth watching.

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Also on my want-to-see list...

Spring: ENEMY  GRAND PIANO  TASTING MENU  BELLE  CHEF  MILLION DOLLAR ARM  PALO ALTO 
Summer: EDGE OF TOMORROW  HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2  EARTH TO ECHO  JUPITER ASCENDING  DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES  TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 
Autumn: THE BOXTROLLS  A DOLPHIN TALE 2  THE DROP  HOME 
No UK release date: BIG SUR  IN OUR NATURE  JIMMY P.  KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM  THE ROVER  3 DAYS TO KILL