Another year, more sequels. But will we top last year? I'm tempted to start doing this for video games as well. Really, it's just a matter of how many non-sequels are even released, especially during the holiday season.
Mad props to 2K for releasing 14 basketball games in a row.
Captain Phillips is highly recommended - incredibly intense, great pacing. The film has a texture to it that nothing else comes close to. Greengrass is the shaky cam master, just like you gotta go see Peter Jackson movies if you want your fantasy fix these days. I liked the new Hobbit, because it has a dragon in it. And a dwarf/barrel Transformer.
Every time I start making this list, I get through the first couple of months, and go, "Maybe this is the year for original movies!" And then I get to April...
Without further ado, here are the 34! sequels/reboots/refreshes planned for 2014, so we are a step down from last year. But note that there are NO 3D re-releases! So cheers for that. There were about 5 last year.:
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
RoboCop
300: Rise of an Empire
Muppets Most Wanted
A Haunted House 2 (unbelievable....)
The Raid 2: Berandal (can't wait! The Raid is incredible)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Rio 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Godzilla
X-Men: Days of Future Past (maybe will break my superhero ban for this one... Maybe.)
Maleficent (It's Sleeping Beauty, with a twist! And CG to fill in all the effects they couldn't do with 2D animation. Wait...)
22 Jump Street (Even though I will probably see it, really!?)
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Purge 2 (coming out less than a year after the first one)
Think Like a Man Too
Transformers: Age of Extinction (Do I have to? Probably)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Planes: Fire & Rescue (another one coming out less than a year later - don't buy that box set for a while, because they just keep adding to it)
Hercules: The Thracian Wars
Step Up All In (When are these going direct-to-video like American Pie? And then do a Reunion one later.)
Guardians of the Galaxy (Not quite a sequel... but still, it's another Marvel comic book movie. And it's a prequel to the next Avengers movie.)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (When are they going to make the feature length version of Nigga Turtles?)
The Expendables 3
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Dolphin Tale 2 (huh?)
Dracula Untold
Dumb and Dumber To (This is why sequels were invented)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Horrible Bosses 2 (This is not why sequels were invented. How many times can you kill your boss, before you stop getting hired for new jobs?)
The Hobbit: There and Back Again
Night at the Museum 3 (What took so long? And where's the next National Treasure?)
Annie
Once again, we have a bunch of duds, and about 3 that I will see. I saw seven sequels last year. And I did not like any of them.
Except for the one about the Hobbit.
In the month of June, there is only one weekend where non-sequels are being released. On the other weekends, it is ONLY sequels, and Jersey Boys.
I am also very tempted to include this movie, because it is basically a sequel.
