Dying of the Light begins with CIA agent Evan Lake (Nicolas Cage) being beaten up and tortured by a terrorist called Muhammad Banir (Alexander Karim) while he’d rather the shoe was on the other foot… or, at least, thrown at Banir, since he wouldn’t like that.
Fast forward 22 years, to the present day, and he’s still frustrated that he couldn’t close the book on that particular case and that there were elements of it still left open-ended. Then, colleague Milton Schultz (Anton Yelchin) comes across a lead on the case, as a positive search has come up for the drugs Decitabine and Azacitidine, which have only been used in chemical trials for the blood disorder Thalassemia, something from which Banir suffers. (Hurrah!)
The Wedding Ringer makes me think… oh joy, another Kevin Hart movie. Who is this guy bribing to get screen time?
To Write Love on Her Arms is also being called Day One, so that final title may change, but it tells the tale of 19-year-old Renee (Kat Dennings), who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction, depression and self-injury. In a creative blend of artistic fantasy balanced with harsh reality, the movie follows Renee on her courageous journey towards recovery, ultimately leading to the founding of charity group To Write Love on Her Arms. 
McFarland USA looks like a typical ‘underdog’ film, where Kevin Costner plays a cross country coach in a small California town, who transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.
The Longest Ride tells the tale of a star-crossed love affair between Luke (Scott Eastwood), a former champion bull rider looking to make a comeback, and Sophia (Britt Robertson), a college student who is about to embark upon her dream job in New York City’s art world. As conflicting paths and ideals test their relationship, Sophia and Luke make an unexpected and fateful connection with Ira, whose memories of his own decades-long romance with his beloved wife deeply inspire the young couple. 
Following our look at the Christmas highlights, we now bring you the New Year TV Programme and Movie Highlights 2014.
The Interview is a film that needs no introduction, really, because it’s led the news headlines on many occasions recently, but just in case you’ve been hiding under a rock throughout December, it centres around entertainment hack Dave Skylark (James Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapaport (Seth Rogen), who are in charge of the No.1 gossip show, Skylark Tonight, being invited to interview North Korean despot and owner of a shit haircut, Kim Jong-un (Randall Park). However, the government actually want them to kill him while they’re in town.
