• THE PUNK SINGER. KHUMBA. CHEAP THRILLS. FRANK.
• AWFUL NICE. THE MOTEL LIFE. IN BLOOM. MAGIC MAGIC. 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: AGE OF CONSENT. BRIDEGROOM. LAST SUMMER. 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: EMANUEL AND THE TRUTH ABOUT FISHES. THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE. RUNNING FROM CRAZY. SLEEPWALK WITH ME. LLGFF: BWAKAW. FACING MIRRORS. FOUR. I AM DIVINE. JOY! MR ANGEL. SHE MALE SNAILS. UNITED IN ANGER. WHITE NIGHT. EIFF: BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. FAST ROMANCE. THE LAST CIRCUS. PHASE 7.
• BACK TO THE GARDEN. BEFORE THE WINTER CHILL. BELLE. HERE BE DRAGONS. MUPPETS MOST WANTED. WAKOLDA. WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE.

ADORE 
AS I LAY DYING 
THE BANSHEE CHAPTER
THE BEST OFFER
BLACKWOOD
BLOOD BROTHER
* BULLY
* CBGB 
THE CONGRESS
DIRTY WARS
ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW
EUROPA REPORT
FRUITVALE STATION
GOD LOVES UGANDA
HAIR BRAINED
IT'S ALL SO QUIET (Ned)
JAMESY BOY
MYSTERY ROAD
ODD THOMAS
THE OUTSIDER
* PRIME TIME SOAP (Br)
SOUTHERN BAPTIST SISSIES
* SOUTHERN ZONE (Bol)
THE SPECTACULAR NOW
THE SUMMIT
TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY APPLY
TOUCHY FEELY
* TRAVELLER
UNA NOCHE (Cub)
* WORLD OF HURT

* films I've seen, reviews en route

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

dir Anthony & Joe Russo; with Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford, Dominic Cooper, Cobie Smulders, Samuel L Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Toby Jones, Jenny Agutter; Disney 14/US
release UK 28.Mar.14, US 4.Apr.14

NOAH

dir Darren Aronofsky; with Russell Crowe, Emma Watson, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth, Nick Nolte, Frank Langella, Ray Winstone, Marton Csokas, Kevin Durand, Mark Margolis; Paramount 14/US
release US 28.Mar.14, UK 4.Apr.14

The more see of Aronofsky's biblical epic the more enormous it looks - massive effects, beefy cast, world-ending struggle between the forces of heaven and hell! It looks absolutely huge. So let's hope that he gives his hugely gifted cast complex, interesting characters to play with - and centres the film on the people rather than the spectacle.

DIVERGENT

dir Neil Burger; with Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Jai Courtney, Zoe Kravitz, Maggie Q, Ray Stevenson, Tony Goldwyn, Ashley Judd, Mekhi Phifer; Summit 14/US
release US 21.Mar.14, UK 4.Apr.14
This year's first attempt at a new teen franchise is this dystopic action movie about a future divided into tribes, or something. But it's the casting that makes it worth a look - from rising star Woodley to veteran Winslet. On the other hand, it pretty much looks like every other fantasy teen franchise wannabe out there, so let's hope the higher-calibre cast makes it something worth seeing.

POMPEII

dir Paul WS Anderson; with Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kiefer Sutherland, Jared Harris, Emily Browning, Paz Vega, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica Lucas, Rebecca Eady, Currie Graham; Sony 13/US
release US 21.Feb.14, UK 2.May.14
I don't actually have much hope for this movie, as it looks a bit like one of those Rome/Spartacus TV series crossed with 300/Immortals green-screen toga-epic filmmaking. And Anderson isn't the most delicate director out there. But after his quietly engaging work in Game of Thrones, I am looking forward to seeing Harington in a lead role on the big screen, however typecast it may be. And the massive action climax is bound to be pretty impressive. Alas, the UK release has been pushed back three months.

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.

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: ABOUT LAST NIGHT  ENEMY  GRAND PIANO  300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE  CALVARY  EXHIBITION. THE RAID 2: BERANDAL  RIO 2  TRANSCENDENCE  THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2  BAD NEIGHBOURS  BLENDED  MILLION DOLLAR ARM  X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST 
Summer: EDGE OF TOMORROW  HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2  A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST  JUPITER ASCENDING  DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES  TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION  THE LEGEND OF HERCULES
Autumn: THE BOXTROLLS 
No UK release date: BELLE  BIG SUR  CHARLIE COUNTRYMAN  IN OUR NATURE  JIMMY P.  KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM  PARANOIA  THE ROVER  3 DAYS TO KILL