5. The Giver
Some actors carry more weight than others. If you hear that Sarah Jessica Parker and Adam Sandler are starring in something together you might rightly go 'who gives a fudge' but when you hear that two of the greatest actors still working today are in a film together you have to sit up and take notice. Out in August is The Giver and it stars Oscar winners and all round acting legends Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep. The Giver is based on a novel of the same name and is set in a futuristic Utopian society that has eradicated all emotional depth and memories of their past from their lives and, as such, everyone lives a perfect if shallow existence. The Giver of the title refers to the one member of the society that is given all the memories of the past and begins to discover the joy and power of knowledge. The Giver is directed by Phillip Noyce and is backed by the Weinstein Company. Also out in August is the slightly less cerebral science fiction film and tenth instalment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Guardians Of The Galaxy featuring an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Benecio Del Toro, John C Reilly and Glenn Close. It follows a rag tag group of alien ex-cons, a US pilot, a tree and a talking raccoon who join forces and go on the run with a highly coveted Maguffin and have to defeat a cosmic force of epic proportions. If it's done right this could hit Star Wars: A New Hope levels of awesome but if it's done wrong we could be talking Phantom Menace levels of bad.