Retrospective 2014 – A Year in Film

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October

A strong autumn season

Image sources: 20th Century Fox, Bold Films & Columbia Pics.

October was another strong mixed month of releases with memorable thrillers again making a big impact, we saw 2 of the very best films of the year and strong award-season contenders in the form of David Fincher’s dark thriller Gone Girl and the tense Jake Gyllenhaal-led Nightcrawler as well as a strong directorial debut for Yann Demange in the Northern-Ireland conflict piece ’71.

There were also strong and varied dramas like the award-winning art biopic Turner and Brad Pitt’s World War II action/drama Fury as well as Daniel Radcliffe’s bizarre fantasy Horns.

Marvel announcements

Image sources: Marvel

Marvel studios’ big “Phase 3” announcement took place in October when we found out about the slew of films to be made and released from 2016 over the next 4 years or so within their cinematic universe.

Along with sequels to the Captain America, Avengers, Thor and Guardians of the Galaxy franchises, there will be the introduction of all new heroes to the big-screen including Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Inhumans and Black Panther who we now know will be played by Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up).

Those We Lost

Image sources: MGM, AP, Getty Images & New Line Cinema

We lost actor/dancer/choreographer Geoffrey Holder (Live and Let Die, Boomerang) at the age of 84 from pneumonia as well film & TV actress Elizabeth Peña (Lone Star, Rush Hour) at the age of 55 from liver cirrhosis.