ADVENTURE, EXCITEMENT, GEORGE CLOONEY!
The Monuments Men: Clooney, Matt Damon and Cate Blanchett head the cast in this historical adventure about a platoon of Second World War soldiers trying to recover stolen Nazi loot. (Feb. 7)
RoboCop: Half man, half machine, all remake: an injured policeman re-emerges as a robotic officer in this new version of the 1987 adventure. (Feb. 12)
3 Days to Kill: Kevin Costner is a dying secret service agent who gets an experimental drug in exchange for that often ill-advised One Last Assignment. (Feb. 21)
Non-Stop: Liam Neeson plays an air marshal who is framed as a hijacker on a New York-to-London flight. (Feb. 28)
300: Rise of an Empire: A sort of sequel to the 2006 film 300 — a stylized version of the battle of Thermopylae — this time looking at other battles between the Greeks and Persians. (March 7)
Enemy: Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this adventure, directed by Canadian Denis Villeneuve, about a man who meets his exact look-alike. (March 14)
Need for Speed: A blue-
collar mechanic and an ex-NASCAR driver take part in an underground road race that begins with a coast-tocoast pursuit to the starting line. (March 14) Captain America: The Winter
Soldier: In this post-Avengers adventure, the good captain and Black Widow take on a conspiracy that threatens the world. Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson don the skin-tights. (April 4)
Sabotage: Arnold Schwarzenegger is back, just like he
said he would be, in this adventure about a group of drug enforcement police who are themselves hunted down. (March 28)
Transcendence: Johnny Depp stars in this adventure about a scientist who uploads his consciousness — although perhaps not his sexy swagger — into a computer before he dies. (April 18)
Also opening: The Wind Rises (Feb. 21 limited; expands Feb. 28); The Quiet Ones (April 25).