• PLASTIC. BAD NEIGHBOURS. WHO IS DAYANI CRYSTAL? THE OTHER WOMAN. TRANSCENDENCE. EXHIBITION. ADVANCED STYLE. BRICK MANSIONS. IN BLOOM. SECRET SHARER. IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE. BELLE.
• THE DEVIL'S KNOT. AMERICAN INTERIOR. ILO ILO. PATEMA INVERTED. OMAR. THE GRANDMASTER. IN BLOOM. BIG JOY. CROC-A-DYKE DUNDEE. 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. 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. SLF: THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE. RUNNING FROM CRAZY. SLEEPWALK WITH ME.
• HERE BE DRAGONS. IN SECRET. WAKOLDA. WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE.

ADORE 
AS I LAY DYING 
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

BAD NEIGHBOURS

dir Nicholas Stoller ; with Zac Efron, Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jake Johnson, Carla Gallo; Universal 14/US
release US/UK 9.May.14

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 US/UK tbc
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. Release date is pending, as the film is due to open Cannes in May.

IN SECRET

dir Charlie Stratton; with Elizabeth Olsen, Oscar Isaac, Tom Felton, Jessica Lange, Mackenzie Crook, Shirley Henderson, John Kavanagh, Matt Lucas; 14/US
release US 21.Feb.14, UK tbc
Based on a stage version of Emile Zola's novel Therese Raquin, a grim story is given a boost by fresh actors Olsen, Isaac and Felton, plus Lange to add some glowering menace. Reaction in Toronto was a bit muted, but the trailer has a lush intensity that stirs the curiosity. It might not be a triumph, but it at least looks like something very different from the pack.

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

Spring: ENEMY  GRAND PIANO  TASTING MENU  TRANSCENDENCE  CHEF  MILLION DOLLAR ARM  PALO ALTO  WALK OF SHAME 
Summer: EDGE OF TOMORROW  HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2  LUCY  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: BELLE  BIG SUR  IN OUR NATURE  JIMMY P.  KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM  THE ROVER  3 DAYS TO KILL