"Birdman" may be the most fascinating looking movie to come out the rest of the year. The film revolves around a washed up actor known for playing a comic book super hero called Birdman. Years later he decides to resurrect his career by throwing a Broadway show, but things start to go haywire while he descends into madness. The film is by Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, and has already received critical acclaim after being screened at the Venice film festival earlier this year; many have claimed it as one of the best of the year and have said that star Michael Keaton is a front runner for best actor. Appearing very reminiscent of "Synecdoche, New York," "Birdman" has all the potential in the world to be one of the best movies of 2014.
No, this is not a movie about everyone's favorite teleporting mutant; it's pretty far from it actually. "Nightcrawler" is an upcoming crime thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a wannabe journalist who gets involved in underground world of Los Angeles freelance crime journalism; he soon loses his morals in order to get the best story possible. Gyllenhaal has been on a role over the past few years with movies like "Source Code," "End of Watch," and "Prisoners." He had done some big movies before, but has recently become one of the best actors in the game right now. "Nightcrawler" looks absolutely fascinating; it seems like a combination of "Taxi Driver" and "L.A. Confidential." While I'm a bit hesitant about this being the director's first film, I have high hopes that the movie will be as good as the trailer looked.
Miles Teller is one of the most promising young actors working in Hollywood right now. First garnering major attention with the 2013 romantic-comedy "The Spectacular Now," he proved himself as a capable young actor. Premiering earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, the film won both the audience and grand jury awards (a feat not often accomplished). The movie is about a young, talented musician who gets accepted into a very prestigious jazz band, only to tortured by the perfectionist music instructor who pushes his students to the absolute limit. Ever since the trailer fist dropped, this has been a movie I've greatly looked forward two; and all the praise it's received has only increased my interest, two of my favorite critics even called it one of the best of the year. Miles Teller has a bright future ahead of him, and "Whiplash" might be the stepping stone he needs to make it into the limelight.
If you were to ever tell me that Steve Carell and Channing Tatum would be serious contenders at the Oscars one day, I would laugh in your face; well apparently hell has frozen over, because apparently in the new biographical drama "Foxcatcher" they are absolutely astounding. Based off of true events, the movie tells the story of John Eleuthere du Pont, a millionaire who sets up a camp to train Olympic wrestlers, and his star student is Mark Schultz. If you don't know what happened in real life, don't look into it. This seems to be the type of movie where you want to know as little as possible when going into it. Debuting at this year's Cannes film festival, the film received rave reviews and director Bennett Miller even won the award for best director. "Foxcatcher" seems to be a haunting look at a tragic event, and will hopefully be film making at its finest.
Christopher Nolan is arguably the best director currently working. Most known for movies like "Inception," "Memento," and "The Dark Knight" trilogy, everything he makes turns to gold. The fact he is directing it is enough to have it top this list, but that's not the only reason. It also stars notable actors like Matthew McConaughey, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, and Jessica Chastain. The movie is even co-written by Christopher's brother and long time partner Jonathan Nolan. Ever since the first trailer for this movie, I have been pumped and counting down the days until its release. The science fiction genre has evolved over the years and has become extraordinarily popular, and seeing Nolan's past work in the genre makes me believe that this will be a great movie.
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