2014 A YEAR IN THE MOVIES

January

Quentin Tarantino “very depressed” over The Hateful Eight script leak...

Whiplash and Boyhood wow Sundance... Batman V Superman put back to 2016... Man shot dead for texting in Florida cinema.

February

Philip Seymour Hoffman dies of a drug overdose... Gravity named Best British film at Baftas... Shia LeBeouf wears paper bag at Nymphomaniac premiere... Ellen Page comes out with panache and courage.

March

12 Years A Slave triumphs at Oscars… Aronofsky courts controversy with Noah... Ivan Reitman steps down as

Ghostbusters director... Frozen becomes top-grossing animation ever... Veronica

Mars comeback reaches cinemas.

April

Captain America: The Winter Soldier sets new record for April release at US box office... Star Wars: Episode VII cast photo released... The film world says goodbye to Mickey Rooney and Bob Hoskins.

May

Grace Of Monaco gets panned at Cannes... Alien designer H.R. Giger dies after a fall... Edgar Wright walks away from directing Ant-Man... Brad Pitt struck at Maleficent premiere by Ukrainian “nutter”.

June

Eli Wallach – The Good, The Bad

And The Ugly’s Tuco – dies at 98... North Korea calls Seth Rogen’s

The Interview “an act of terrorism”... Harrison Ford breaks his leg on the

Star Wars set.

July

Paramount apologises for ‘9/11’ TMNT poster... Secret Cinema cancels first week of Back To The Future screenings... Ben Whishaw replaces Colin Firth as voice of Paddington... James Garner dies aged 86.

August

World stunned by Robin Williams’ suicide... Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie tie knot... Richard Attenborough, Lauren Bacall say goodnight... Ricky Gervais announces David Brent movie.

September

Bond fans mourn Richard ‘Jaws’ Kiel... Zack Snyder tweets official Batmobile pic... The Imitation Game wins the top prize at Toronto Film Festival....

October

DC announce slate through to 2020 including Wonder

Woman... Marvel unveil five-year film plan, including Captain America: Civil War

and Captain Marvel.

November

Pixar announces Toy Story 4

will arrive in 2017... Star Wars: The Force Awakens confirmed

as Episode VII’s title... The Graduate director Mike Nichols passes away at 83.

December

The Hobbit trilogy climaxes

with The Battle Of The Five

Armies... Golden Globe nominations narrow 2015 Oscar race... Bond 24 begins shooting.