Retrospective 2014 – A Year in Film

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July

Summer blockbusters- the great & the good…and the not so great

Image sources: Chernin, 20th Century Fox, Marvel & IFC Prods.

July as usual was the month of huge summer blockbuster releases of all kinds, from the unsurprising but consistently popular Transformers franchise with Age of Extinction and Hercules with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, to more interesting fare like the latest Planet of the Apes movie Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and the much anticipated latest addition to the Marvel cinematic universe Guardians of the Galaxy.

An honorable mention must also go to the original and unique Richard Linklater drama Boyhood also released in mid-July.

The Con

July saw the arrival of the world’s biggest Film, TV & Comic Book convention Comi-Con in San Diego California, as usual along with the thousands of like-minded costumed fans and merchandise sellers were many of Hollywood’s big studios bringing announcements and teasers from their future releases, as well as some of the casts of these upcoming blockbusters to talk about their projects to the fans through panel Q&As.

The Hobbit

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies panel in Comi-Con 2014 including Director Peter Jackson and stars like Cate Blanchett and Benedict Cumberbatch among others.

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Marvel

Marvel made a big impact as usual with casts and announcements for several TV and movie releases for 2015 and beyond.

Here we see the first glimpse of the stars of the upcoming Ant-Man coming in the summer of 2015. Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Paul Rudd & Corey Stoll.

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One of the biggest reveals at this year’s event and attended by a large proportion of the cast, the panel for the Avengers sequel Age of Ultron included a exclusive teaser footage from next year’s huge spring release.

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DC

DC Entertainment also joined the party with a mini-photocall and teaser for their huge 2016 release Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, here we got to see Henry Cavill who will return as the “Man of Steel” and Ben Affleck who will don the Batman cape as well as Gal Gadot who will debut as Wonder Woman.

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Game of Thrones

For those who are fans of the painfully brilliant HBO show, Game of Thrones creators and some of the cast were present as usual to talk about the events of season 4 and what may be in store for the future.

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Those We Lost

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Broadway star and screen/tv actress Elaine Stritch (Small Time Crooks, 30 Rock) passed away at the age 89 of cancer, we also lost screen star James Garner (The Great Escape, Maverick) this July at the age of 86 from heart failure.