Your guide to the major highlights of the month ahead in entertainment...Everything may well have been awesome thanks to The LEGO Movie last month, but from here on out, things are only to get, well, awesome-r. March is packed to the brim with much-anticipated entertainment releases that threaten to challenge even the most confident Film of the Year, Game of the Year and TV Episode of the Year contenders which have emerged so far in 2014.
Are you sitting comfortably? Well, then, let's commence our analysis of those releases which are sure to leave a tangible mark on the entertainment industry this month:
5. STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS- THE LOST MISSIONS- George Lucas' iconic science-fiction saga continues this month on Netflix with the thirteen-episode sixth and final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Barring next year's Episode VII, The Lost Missions could be the best thing to happen to the series since 1983's Return of the Jedi. Prepare to see the first hints of Order 66, the final stages of the Sith plot to overthrow the Jedi Order and even an early trip to Dagobah for Yoda himself in these action-packed final instalments! (Friday 7th- Netflix)
4. ARROW- The CW's most popular superhero show yet brings its second season towards a devastating climax in the next few weeks, kicking off with a flashback-heavy venture into the past in The Promise tomorrow night, then introducing one of DC's most iconic teams of villains in Suicide Squad, then bringing the Black Canary face-to-face with the Huntress in Birds of Prey and ultimately setting the Green Arrow on a path laden with mortal danger in the mid-season finale Deathstroke. In short, if it's high-octane comic-book thrills you're looking for in March, then this (and a certain movie we'll mention in a second) is your finest possible domain in which to find them. (Wednesday 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th- The CW)
3. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER- Whereas Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World did little to transform the post-Avengers Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2013, this Spring's sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger has been confirmed by Marvel Studios' execs to have a significant effect on the course of the franchise and, indeed, its foreseeable future. If S.H.I.E.L.D.'s ongoing successes have seemed too idyllic in light of real-world intelligence agencies and their failures, The Winter Soldier will most certainly be the remedy to that long-term affliction, a stellar continuation of the series and a breathtaking standalone instalment to boot...(Friday 28th)
2. SOUTH PARK: THE STICK OF TRUTH- It's always satisfying to know in advance that a video game is going to live up to expectations, and that's proven to be the case with Ubisoft and Obsidian's audacious RPG South Park: The Stick of Truth. The title has amassed an 84% average critical rating on Metacritic, so despite the censoring that the UK version of the game has undergone from Ubisoft's marketing team, the main campaign (and Stick's various side missions) should nevertheless be one of the most crude, innovative and hilarious interactive comedy experiences of the year. (Friday 7th- PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 & PC)
1. MUPPETS MOST WANTED- Back by popular demand (or so the film's opening musical number rightly claims!), Jim Henson's beloved gang of puppets are setting off on a world tour in the follow-up to their hit 2012 reboot. Starring Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell and Tina Fey, Muppets Most Wanted looks better with each passing trailer release, holding appeal to a wider demographic of viewers than most blockbusters and as such holding the potential to thrive moreso than most in the box office charts too. Make no mistake, in twenty-four days' time, Life will once again be regarded as a Happy Song the world over! (Friday 28th)
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