Summer 2014 Movie Preview

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) is forced to protect New York City from a new villain, Electro (Jamie Foxx), while maintaining his relationship with Gwen (Emma Stone) and dealing with the return of old pal Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) in the latest installment of the smash film franchise. (In theaters now)

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Walk of Shame

Out of work TV anchor Meghan (Elizabeth Banks) attempts to pull herself together in time to ace the job interview of her life after a one-night-stand with hunky Gordon (James Marsden) in the comedy costarring Ethan Suplee, Oliver Hudson and Gillian Jacobs. (In theaters now)

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Chef

Jon Favreau directs and stars in the comedy about an unemployed chef who opens a food truck in an effort to retain his culinary cred and reconnect with his estranged wife (Sofia Vergara). Robert Downey, Jr., Scarlett Johansson, John Leguizamo and Bobby Cannavale costar. (In theaters now)

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Devil's Knot

Based on Mara Leveritt's 2002 bestselling book, Reese Witherspoon's new project (filmed while she was pregnant with son Tennessee) costarring Colin Firth and Stephen Moyer details the case of three teens—later dubbed the West Memphis 3—falsely convicted of killing three 8-year-old boys during a satanic ritual. (May 9)

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God's Pocket

In his final role, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Mickey, a professional thief who promises his wife (Christina Hendricks) he will find out how her son died. Mad Men's John Slattery directs Hoffman and costar John Turturro in the IFC Films' limited release. (May 9)

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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

Lea Michele takes the lead as Dorothy Gale in this 3D animated flick based on the L. Frank Baum classic. The plot: Dorothy returns to Kansas to find it destroyed, but when she makes it back to Oz, she learns the Scarecrow (voice of Dan Aykroyd), Tin Man (Kelsey Grammer) and Cowardly Lion (Jim Belushi) are in danger. Martin Short voices The Jester, who attempts to control Oz and its people. (May 9)

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Neighbors

Mac (Seth Rogen) and his wife Kelly Radner (Rose Byrne) move into a new neighborhood with their infant daughter only to learn that they live next to the Delta Psi Beta frat house inhabited by hard partying co-eds including frat president Teddy (Zac Efron). Did someone say turf war?! (May 9)

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Don Peyote

Dan Fogler and Josh Duhamel front the indie stoner comedy about unemployed druggie Warren (Fogler) who becomes obsessed with doomsday conspiracy theories and efforts a documentary about the subject while his fiancee plans their wedding. Jay Baruchel, Topher Grace and Anne Hathaway also appear. (May 16)

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Godzilla

Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Elizabeth Olsen star in this retelling of the sci-fi flick featuring the Japanese movie monster of the same name. Directed by Gareth Edwards, 2014's Godzilla—hitting theaters in IMAX 3D—also features Ken Wantanabe, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins and David Strathairn. (May 16)

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Million Dollar Arm

Sports agent J.B. (Jon Hamm) recruits two teen cricket players from India (Slumdog Millionaire's Madhur Mittal and Life of Pi's Suraj Sharma) to play U.S. baseball by traveling to the country to produce a reality show called "Million Dollar Arm." (May 16)

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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

Henry (Robin Williams) inadvertently learns from his physician (Mila Kunis) that he has a brain aneurysm and 90 minutes to live in the comedy-drama that follows the man as he dashes around New York City in a last-ditch effort to right his life's wrongs. (May 23)

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Blended

Single mom Lauren (Drew Barrymore) goes on a horrible blind date with single dad Jim (Adam Sandler), and after the duo vow never to see each other again, they meet up—and are forced to share a suite—while vacationing separately with their kids at an all-inclusive resort in Africa. (May 23)

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X-Men: Days of Future Past

Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, James McAvoy and Anna Paquin costar in the seventh film in the X-Men franchise, based on Marvel's comic characters. Directed by Bryan Singer, the ensemble superhero flick finds the original X-Men trilogy characters joining forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class to save their future. (May 23)

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Maleficent

Angelina Jolie's adorable daughter Vivienne cameos alongside her mom as a young Princess Aurora in the Disney thriller that retells the story of Sleeping Beauty from the side of the titular villain (Jolie). Elle Fanning and hunky newcomer Brenton Thwaites costar in the dark fantasy. (May 30)

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Edge of Tomorrow

Lt. Col. Bill Cage (Tom Cruise) and Special Forces soldier Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt) team up to fight aliens and protect the world from impending doom in the 3D and IMAX sci-fi film adaptation based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka's Japanese novel All You Need Is Kill.(June 6)

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The Fault in Our Stars

Hunky Gus Waters (Divergent's Ansel Elgort) meets Hazel Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) in a cancer support group and charms his way into her heart, helping tell a story of love, loss and the fragility of life in the big screen adaptation of John Green's bestselling novel. (June 6)

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22 Jump Street

Having survived an undercover stint at their alma mater, high school foes turned police partners Jenko and Schmidt (Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill) infiltrate a local college in an effort to crack down on crime within a fraternity in the sequel to 2012's 21 Jump Street. (June 13)

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They Came Together

Wet Hot American Summer costars Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler reunite in director David Wain's latest effort, a romantic comedy that follows candy shop owner Molly (Poehler) and Joel (Rudd), a corporate exec who threatens to kill Molly's business by opening a competing shop across the street, as their distain for one another evolves into affection. (June 27)

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Transformers: Age of Extinction

The fourth installment in Michael Bay's Transformers franchise, Age of Extinction picks up four years after the invasion of Chicago. This time around, Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg), his daughter Tessa (Nicola Peltz) and Tessa's boyfriend (Jack Reynor) are forced to fight Transformers after Cade purchases a truck he discovers is Optimus Prime in disguise. (May 27)

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Tammy

Directed by Melissa McCarthy's husband Ben Falcone, Tammy follows McCarthy in the titular role as a woman who loses her job and heads out on a road trip with her grandmother (Susan Sarandon). As Falcone has done in other McCarthy projects including Bridesmaids and The Heat, he'll appear as the man who fires her. (June 2)

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Jupiter Ascending

Working as a janitor, Russian immigrant Jupiter (Mila Kunis) is targeted for assassination by the Queen of the Universe in this sci-fi action flick directed by Andy and Lana Wachowski. Channing Tatum costars as genetically engineered ex-military hunter Caine, who travels to Earth to aid Jupiter. (July 18)

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Wish I Was Here

Josh Gad, Joey King and Jim Parsons costar in Zach Braff's Kickstarter-funded dramatic comedy about a struggling actor (Braff) forced to homeschool his children after he and his wife (Kate Hudson) can no longer pay for their private school education. (July 18)

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Happy Christmas

Jeff (Joe Swanberg) and Kelly (Melanie Lynskey) invite his sister Jenny (Anna Kendrick) to town for the holidays in hopes that she'll keep an eye on their 2-year-old, Jude, and give Kelly a chance to focus on her writing career. Trouble is, Jenny proves to be more of a child than Jude, drinking in the wee hours with pal Carson (Lena Dunham) and seducing the couple's friend Kevin (Mark Webber). (July 25)

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Sex Tape

Married Jay and Annie (Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz) wake up to find that the sex tape they filmed the night before has gone viral among their family and friends who received iPads from the couple as gifts in this comedy costarring Ellie Kemper, Rob Lowe and Jack Black. (July 25)

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Guardians of the Galaxy

Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Lee Pace costar in Marvel's latest action/adventure flick about superhero misfits who attempt to save the galaxy. (Aug. 1)

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What If

Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan try to fight the urge to date each other—she's got a boyfriend and he's licking his wounds after a breakup—and try to be just friends after feeling instant chemistry during a chance meeting in the romantic comedy. Girls' Adam Driver costars. (Aug. 1)

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Lucy

Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) is forced to become a drug mule for the mob in Taiwan, but when a bag of drugs stitched into her abdomen bursts, she suffers a chemical reaction that turns her into a supercomputer inclined to exact revenge. (Aug. 8)

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A reporter (Megan Fox) and TV cameraman (Will Arnett) team up with famed turtles Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo and Donatello to battle evil Shredder (William Fichtner) in Michael Bay's reboot. (Aug. 8)

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The Giver

Lois Lowry's iconic sci-fi novel gets the big screen treatment in the film that features Jeff Bridges as The Giver and Brenton Thwaites as Jonas, the teen selected to be the Receiver of Memories in a world that appears to be without pain, suffering or war. Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes and Taylor Swift also appear. (Aug. 15)

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Life of Crime

After doffing her duds to play a stripper in We Are the Millers, Jennifer Aniston covers up, wearing a ski mask for much of the film, in which she plays a kidnapping victim. Taken by cons (Mos Def and John Hawkes) for ransom, Aniston's Mickey decides to team with her captors to exact revenge on her husband after he decides he doesn't want her back. (Aug. 29)