Quiz: 2014’s most anticipated new films

Can you match these 10 synopses with the movies they're describing?
  
  


  1. Science-fiction: Johnny Depp plays Dr Will Caster, an artificial intelligence researcher who is willing to sacrifice himself to create a sentient machine.

    1. The Edge of Tomorrow

    2. Transcendence

    3. Robocop

    4. Jupiter Ascending

  2. Comedy: Bill Murray is the "misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran" neighbour of a young boy whose parents have just divorced. The film also stars Melissa McCarthy appears as the boy's mother, Chris O'Dowd as a monk and Naomi Watts as a Russian prostitute.

    1. The Grand Budapest Hotel

    2. This is Where I Leave You

    3. St Vincent de Van Nuys

    4. A Million Ways to Die in the West

  3. Drama: Paul Thomas Anderson directs this adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel. Joaquin Phoenix stars a druggy 1970s LA detective investigating the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

    1. Inherent Vice

    2. Rudderless

    3. Foxcatcher

    4. The Judge

  4. Oscar bait: Spike Jonze directs this tale of the love affair between a depressed personalised-letter writer in the near future (Joaquin Phoenix) and his computer operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson).

    1. Labor Day

    2. Out of the Furnace

    3. The Invisible Woman

    4. Her

  5. Romance: Keira Knightley plays a woman stuck in permanent adolescence who lies to her fiancé about going on a retreat and spends the time hanging out with friends instead.

    1. Lobster

    2. Laggies

    3. They Came Together

    4. Love is Strange

  6. Thriller: Arnold Schwarzenegger plays DEA agent John "Breacher" Wharton, the head of an elite squad of supercops who are picked off by one-by-one after dipping into the proceeds of a multi-million drug bust.

    1. Sabotage

    2. Need for Speed

    3. Unbroken

    4. Gone Girl

  7. Blockbuster: Ridley Scott directs this biblical epic starring Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul and Sigourney Weaver.

    1. Noah

    2. Exodus

    3. Pompeii

    4. Guardians of the Galaxy

  8. Family/musical: A rambunctious salute to the geek outsider, this is a tale of two teenage girls in early-80s Stockholm who want to form a punk band.

    1. Maleficent

    2. Into the Woods

    3. Get On Up

    4. We Are The Best!

  9. British film: A sexy female alien, played by Scarlett Johansson, visits Scotland in order to seduce horny guys, then feed on them.

    1. Exhibition

    2. Under the Skin

    3. A Long Way Down

    4. Starred Up

  10. Sequel: The trailer for this film is just over a minute of furious fist-fighting cut together with scenes of beautifully realised, horribly stylised gore.

    1. The Raid 2

    2. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

    3. The Expendables 3

    4. How To Train Your Dragon 2

Solutions

1:B, 2:C, 3:A, 4:D, 5:B, 6:A, 7:B, 8:D, 9:B, 10:A

Scores

  1. 4 and above.

    Oh dear, not a great score, that only earns you the trailer to Transformers 4. Try a better score for a better clip – and do some swotting up with our series on <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/series/2014-in-film-preview">the films to watch out for in 2014.</a> <br><br><iframe width="350" height="197" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uZVpRy63MnU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  2. 5 and above.

    Pretty good score. Your reward: the trailer for The Lego Movie. Try a better score for a better clip – and do some swotting up with our series on <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/series/2014-in-film-preview">the films to watch out for in 2014.</a> <br><br> <iframe width="350" height="197" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/fZ_JOBCLF-I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  3. 8 and above.

    Great score! You are clearly a film expert. Your reward: the trailer for Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel <br><br> <iframe width="350" height="197" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1Fg5iWmQjwk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

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