Films

Usually in the Oscars we see one film take a large number of the awards, but this year we’ve seen a very mixed bag winners. This despite there being such a strong reaction around the world to films like boyhood, which had a poor showing of only one win, but we saw a number of thought provoking dramas and biopics this year, which are what tend to do well during the Oscars.

So we saw films like The Theory of Everything, Birdman, the Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game and Still Alice receive some of the most sought after awards.

Julianne Moore finally won an Oscar for best Actress, on her fifth nomination, for her part in Still Alice, where she played a woman suffering from early onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Eddie Redmayne managed to take the Best Actor win for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in the film The Theory of Everything – a film of Stephen Hawking beginning his academic life, finding love, and the start of his suffering of ALS.

Lucy starring Scarlett Johansson has ended The Inbetweeners 2’s two week run at the top of the UK box office – week ending 26th Aug.

The action movie directed by Luc Besson earned over £3 million over the bank holiday weekend, and secured first place ahead of The Inbetweeners which was top the moment it was released.

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy has dropped a place to third, with takings of £1.2 million over the past week, whilst Doctor Who episode – Deep Breath debuted at 8, with takings of over £0.5 million. This is a massive decrease compared to last years 50th anniversary special which opened with over triple the takings.

London regularly plays host to Comic Con; a fan convention for comics, graphic novels, anime and video games. There are often special guests including movie stars, comic creators and TV stars. It’s basically a chance to celebrate non-fiction movies, comic and magazines and get closer than ever to the people behind such magnificent creations.

Comic Cons can be found all around the UK and though the idea was taken from the Comic Cons in America, it’s important not to underestimate the following here in the UK. Many people will visit these conventions to take advantage of the rare merchandise on offer, or to simply meet people who share their same passion for comic books.

These are also the type of conventions where people dress up as their favourite superheroes and villains, so if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to dress up as your favourite character then now’s your chance.

2014 will once again be another huge blockbuster film year with 20 film sequels being released including: Transformers 4, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Expendables 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, X-Men Days of Future, Night at the Museum 3, The Hobbit: There and Back Again and 22 Jump Street. Who can’t wait to spend their Summer in the cinema?

Not only is there going to be 20 film sequels but prepare yourself for remakes of massive films such as Godzilla, Pinocchio, Robocop and Annie.

What we are most looking forward to:

Godzilla: Release Date – May 16th 2014

The film is an epic rebirth of the Toho iconic Godzilla marking the 50th anniversary of Godzilla franchise, directed by Gareth Edwards. Godzilla returns to a  “terrifying force of nature”. The remake of the film will add a “very compelling human drama” and that Godzilla would be tied to a “different contemporary issue” rather than the original atomic bomb testing.

22 Jump Street : Release Date – June 13th 2014

Jenko (Channing Tatum) and Schmidt (Jonah Hill) are back deep undercover in college to fight more evil and tolerate more “You look a little old to be here” observations from their fellow students. In this sequel they will be alongside Ice Cube.

Many interesting films have their release date planned for 2014. Latest action films released in UK show that this year will be rich for this genre.

Latest action films of the first half of February are a mix of action and adventure, romance and horror. On February 7, highly anticipated The Lego Movie, a mix of action, comedy and adventure, graced the big screen. The film is an animated, computer-generated comedy action drama, with the defile of some of the biggest names from the world of film.

The same day, a fantasy adventure, Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters has been released worldwide. A mix of action and romance, based on a best-selling novel, tries to seduce mostly teenage population.

The most fresh from latest action films, new RoboCop film, a reboot of famous franchise, had its release date on February 12. It’s a Sci-Fi adventure action which gathered some of the most popular actors. The newest film from the series tells a story about an injured cop turned part-man part-robot policeman.