This year you won’t be able to stay away from the movie theaters. It just won’t happen. After all, who could resist so many superheroes coming to life, all the timeless classics and modern bestsellers coming on the big screens?And finally, why even try to resist finding out how on Earth that Ring of Power ended up in Bilbo Baggins’ hobbit-sized pocket?The Kyiv Post brings you the list of the most exciting movies to expect this year. Look out for schedules later in the year.
Winter movies: Snow and devil coming soon
If you’re reading this in Kyiv, the place that had no snow for half the winter, this movie will strike a chord.
“The Grey,” an action movie with elements of a thriller, is about an oil drilling team that gets lost in the wild snowy spaces of Alaska as a result of a plane crash.
As if being stranded in the middle of nowhere isn’t bad enough, the local wolves turn out to be happy to see the human intruders.
At one point, the film’s main protagonist (Liam Nisson) has to face a wolf with just shards of glass to defend himself. The film starts on Jan. 27.
As soon as you shake the Alaska snow off your shoulders, you may want to check out some place hot.
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Enter “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” (on Feb. 17) and it certainly is hot, featuring the Devil himself. After the American adventures of the first “Ghost Rider” (2007), Johny Blaze — a.k.a Ghost Rider (Nicolas Cage) — is coming to Europe.
His vacation is interrupted when he gets a call to fight the devil. Watch the movie to find out if he succeeds. Hint: this is a Hollywood movie.
The making of “Ghost RIder: Spirit of Vengeance”.The film is out on Feb. 17.
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Spring of adaptations, hunger and -huge sequel
Spring will bring respite from action movies. The early bird will be “Bel Ami,” a screen adaptation of a classic novel by Guy de Maupassant, is coming out on March 2.
Young Parisian Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson) has chosen an interesting path to prosperity. He has learned to manipulate rich and powerful women to make his way in life.
Starting as a young and disoriented demobee, he soon becomes a sly and cruel hustler. On his way to moral decay, Pattinson is accompanied by Uma Thurman and Christina Ricci as his lovers.
March 16 brings “Mirror, Mirror,” a new look at the Snow White and her age-old tale. In this new adaptation, seven dwarfs are rebels whom Snow White (Lily Collins) approaches to overthrow the evil queen (Julia Roberts).
The latter spices up her role with unexpected humor.
In “The Hunger Games,” teenagers from a post-apocalyptic country Panem, which arises somewhere in North America after the collapse of the countries there, will fight each other in a cruel annual televised competition.
The film opens on March 23 and is one of the most expensive movies to premier this year.
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) from “Hunger Games,”
will be released on March 23. (Courtesy)
On May 25, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones will get back to the old job of fighting aliens after a 10-year break.
In “Men in Black 3” agent J (Will Smith) is traveling back in time to save his friend from being killed by an alien. Great stuff for teenagers (of all ages).
Hot summer for superheroes
On June, 8 four of world’s best known adventurous animals – Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman – will make another attempt to get back into the New York Zoo, the very place they escaped from in the first “Madagascar” movie.
The crew of buoyant militarized penguins followed suit in “Madagascar. Europe’s Most Wanted.”
Some big shots in Hollywood have decided that the successful Spider-Man trilogy was outdated and needs a remake.
So, all fans are waiting to see the comeback of Marvel’s most popular super hero.
“The Amazing Spider-Man” premieres on July 3, 10 years after the first “Spider-Man” hit the big screen.
Andrew Garfield, known for his part in “Social Network,” took over the Spider-Man costume from Tobey Maguire, who played the sticky-fingered superhero in the previous three movies.
The new Spider-Man adaptation is holding closer to the original comic book storyline and tells more about Peter Parker’s past.
But Spider-Man won’t be alone for long. On July 20, he will be joined by another superhero.
Villains, beware: Spider-Man is coming back in a new incarnation this summer. (Courtesy)
“The Dark Knight Rises” is said to be “the epic conclusion to the Dark Knight legend.”
Eight years after the first movie’s events, Batman (Christian Bale) is challenged to fight cruel terrorist leader Bane, who is willing to take over Gotham city.
Batman’s date Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal) was killed in “Dark Knight,” but Batman is difficult to imagine without beautiful women around, so Anne Hathaway and Marion Cotillard joined the cast.
Fall to December: fantasy, 007 strike
The lady-killer, the one who is actually licensed to kill, is coming back. This time the trust between Mr. Double Oh Seven a.k.a James Bond (Daniel Craig) and his boss M (Judy Dench) is going to be tested. The 23rd round of adventures of the cute British spy will kick off on Nov. 9 in “Skyfall.”
On Nov. 16, newlywed vampires Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) are getting their first big child care problem in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2”. Enemy vampire clan is willing to kill their newborn daughter Renesmee.
To protect her, the young family will have to gather all their vampire friends for a huge final battle.
And finally, on Dec. 14, Peter Jackson is going to reveal to the humanity (at least the part of it who failed to read the book) what happened in Middle-Earth before “The Lord of the Rings.”
In “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” young Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), uncle of “The Lord of the Rings” protagonist Frodo Baggins, finds himself on an unexpected journey with Gandalf the sorcerer.
They travel to the Lonely Mountain, where he is supposed to help some dwarves to fight an evil dragon for the treasure.
“Hobbit”, the prequel of “Lord of the RIngs,”
will show us in December how the hobbit adventures began. (Courtesy)
Kyiv Post staff writer Olga Rudenko can be reached at [email protected]
