74: Dracula Untold
Published 22 October 2014 • 39 minutes, 48 seconds
Mediaeval Transylvanian prince Vlad the Impaler makes a deal with the supernatural when invading Turkish forces threaten his kingdom and his family.
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73: Gone Girl
Published 15 October 2014 • 36 minutes, 12 seconds
On her fifth wedding anniversary, Amy Elliott Dunne disappears from the home she shares with her husband Nick. As Nick follows the clues she left behind, he becomes the main suspect in her disappearance.
72: Step Up All In
Published 8 October 2014 • 36 minutes, 32 seconds
Katie makes us watch a Step Up movie due to her obsession with So You Think You Can Dance. We enjoy some spectacularly bad acting and some spectacularly good dancing and totally make some clever intellectual points.
71: The Boxtrolls
Published 1 October 2014 • 31 minutes, 36 seconds
A boy called Eggs is raised by creatures called Boxtrolls who live under the streets of Cheesebridge. Social climbing local Archibald Snatcher tries to exterminate the Boxtrolls in return for a prestigious white hat.
70: The Maze Runner
Published 24 September 2014 • 37 minutes, 56 seconds
Thomas finds himself deposited in a glade full of teenage boys surrounded by a mysterious and apparently dangerous maze. Finding himself having mysterious flashbacks, his instinct is to fight the prevailing leadership structures and escape.
69: Locke
Published 17 September 2014 • 33 minutes, 3 seconds
Ivan Locke, a father and construction manager, receives a phone call on the eve of the biggest job of his career that sets in motion a series of events that threaten his apparently secure and happy existence.
68: Boyhood
Published 10 September 2014 • 43 minutes, 3 seconds
The story of Mason, a boy growing up in Texas between 2002 and 2013, shot in increments over that time. A languid slice of life about being a boy in America in the last decade and a half.
67: Predestination
Published 3 September 2014 • 45 minutes, 18 seconds
Australian directors the Spierig brothers adapt a challenging and thought-provoking short story into an ambitious sci-fi thriller. Sarah Snook gets the breakthrough role of her career, ably assisted by Ethan Hawke.
66: Sharknado
Published 27 August 2014 • 38 minutes, 34 seconds
The city of Los Angeles is overrun by shark-infested tornadoes. Chaos ensues and Ian Ziering’s Fin (geddit) must race against the fast-moving monsters of the deep to save his family and friends.
65: Hercules
Published 20 August 2014 • 36 minutes, 39 seconds
Legendary wrestling hero Dwayne Johnson plays legendary Greek hero Hercules in this surprisingly high quality B-movie that makes the most of the source material to deliver a genuinely empowering message with a lot of heart.