{"id":7251,"date":"2015-01-08T08:02:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T14:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=7251"},"modified":"2015-01-02T16:52:15","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T22:52:15","slug":"2014-the-year-in-movies-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/2014-the-year-in-movies-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2014: The Year In Movies Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Movie_Reel_22\"<\/a>134\u00a0different people starred in the movies I saw last year (starring in being the first two named stars, a tradition dating back to the old Chicago Tribune TV guide), and a whopping 16 of them were in more than 1. Those\u00a016 thespians are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

Now let\u2019s take a look at the remaining movies that I saw in 2014, following up on Tuesday\u2019s post.<\/p>\n

Her (2013)<\/strong>
\nJoaquin Phoenix falls in love with an operating system, and lives in a world where that isn’t considered odd.<\/p>\n

Oculus (2014)<\/strong>
\nKaren Gillan stars in this horror tale about a mirror that makes its owners kill themselves and their loved ones.<\/p>\n

Under The Skin (2013)<\/strong>
\nI’m sure some film buff will tell you that there was something worthwhile here, besides Scarlett Johansson’s first nude scenes, but I certainly didn’t get it.<\/p>\n

Delivery Man (2013)<\/strong>
\nWhat would happen if a sperm bank oversold one man’s donations, leaving him the biological father of over 500 children?<\/p>\n

X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014)<\/strong>
\nThis adaptation of Chris Claremont’s famous storyline mixes the casts of the old films and the new ones to great effect.<\/p>\n

Liars All (2013)<\/strong>
\nA mess that wasn’t worth the time I spent watching it.<\/p>\n

Very Good Girls (2014)<\/strong>
\nDakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen spend their last summer before college falling for the same guy.<\/p>\n

A.C.O.D. (2013)<\/strong>
\nAn emotionally scarred man tries poorly to deal with his divorced parents.<\/p>\n

Sex Tape (2014)<\/strong>
\nCameron Diaz and Jason Segel’s attempt to spice up their love life goes awry thanks to the cloud.<\/p>\n

The Spectacular Now (2013)<\/strong>
\nA wild, popular teen falls for the type of girl he shouldn’t, and starts to clean up his act.<\/p>\n

Ass Backwards (2013)<\/strong>
\nThis dumbed-down Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion<\/em> ripoff might have been the worst movie I saw this year.<\/p>\n

Dark Skies (2013)<\/strong>
\nThis Paranormal Activity<\/em> with aliens flick was more entertaining than it had a right to be.<\/p>\n

Non-Stop (2014)<\/strong>
\nA down on his luck Air Marshall is framed for an attempted hijacking, which he is attempting to stop.<\/p>\n

Divergent (2014)<\/strong>
\nA dystopian future where having independent thought is considered dangerous.<\/p>\n

Don’t Blink (2014)<\/strong>
\nA horrible, horrible film that should never have been made.<\/p>\n

Moms’ Night Out (2014)<\/strong>
\nA group of Christian moms try to have a night off to relax, but their bumbling husbands won’t let them.<\/p>\n

Ride Along (2014)<\/strong>
\nPart of Kevin Hart’s huge breakout year.<\/p>\n

Among Friends (2013)<\/strong>
\nA psycho turns on her “friends” to show them how horrible they truly are to each other.<\/p>\n

Psycho II (1983)<\/strong>
\n20 years after the original, Norman Bates returns home.<\/p>\n

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)<\/strong>
\nIf you were wondering if the world needed a 2 hour and 45 minute Transformers film, the answer is no.<\/p>\n

Now You See Me (2013)<\/strong>
\nA group of magicians pull off a number of heists while avoiding the FBI.<\/p>\n

Short Term 12 (2013)<\/strong>
\nBrie Larson works with troubled kids while trying to work through her own issues.<\/p>\n

L!fe Happens (2012)<\/strong>
\nA party girl is forced to grow up when she has a baby.<\/p>\n

The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)<\/strong>
\nThis could have been an unbelievable movie if it cut an hour from its run time.<\/p>\n

Identity Thief (2013)<\/strong>
\nThat one movie where Melissa McCarthy plays the uncouth fat slob.<\/p>\n

Edge Of Tomorrow (2014)<\/strong>
\nA successful cross between Groundhog Day<\/em> and Starship Troopers<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Liberal Arts (2012)<\/strong>
\nJosh Radnor returns to his college campus and falls for a precocoius co-ed.<\/p>\n

The Heat (2013)<\/strong>
\nThat other movie where Melissa McCarthy plays the uncouth fat slob.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Name<\/span><\/th>\nFilms<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Emily Blunt<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scarlett Johansson<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liam Neeson<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shailene Woodley<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristen Bell<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake Bell<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sandra Bullock<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bradley Cooper<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rob Corddry<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melissa McCarthy<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julianne\u00a0Moore<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth Olsen<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Pratt<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jason Segel<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amanda Seyfried<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bruce Willis<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n