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Kim Hollis: Since we're approaching the halfway point of 2014, what is your favorite movie of the year so far?

Edwin Davies: Mine is easily Blue Ruin, a darkly funny revenge thriller that gets a lot of mileage from asking what it would be like if someone succeeded at getting what they wanted, but had no plan for what to do next. It's available through VOD now and I'd highly recommend it.

Special mention deserves to go to Edge of Tomorrow for being the most purely enjoyable blockbuster of the year, and possibly of the last three or four years.

Matthew Huntley: Godzilla is way up there for me (I think it's underrated in how well-made it is); followed then by Edge of Tomorrow.

Bruce Hall: As much as I'd like to burnish my street cred and tell you how cool The Grand Budapest Hotel is... The LEGO Movie.

It's not that it's the best thing I've seen this year, but it was the most unexpectedly fun. It's not that I went into it with a bad attitude, like the lady in front of me who said, right in front of her kids:

"Oh my god, I can't believe I'm about to sit through this stupid kids' movie."

Well lady, nobody put a Nerf gun to your head. But Mother of the Year did have a point; although made BY adults, movies aimed at children do not always make an effort to appeal in any way to those of us who have no choice but to watch. I like to call it the Finn McMissile Theorem.

So, it's the best thing ever when it works out. Our kids are into LEGOs, and when we were kids, we were into LEGOs. Someone remembered this, and the result is about as much fun as you'll have with - or in front of - your kids this year. I'd say it was awesome, but duh - everything is awesome.

Max Braden: This won't last, but of the dozen or so 2014 movies I've seen so far, Zac Efron's romantic comedy That Awkward Moment is my favorite. And that's a surprise to me, since I thought it looked like an afterthought movie from the trailers. What got me was the dialogue. Particularly the character-related dialogue and interaction between the guys - it's really funny. It's even more impressive that this is writer-director Tom Gormican's first developed movie. I'm not on board yet with Zac Efron but he didn't annoy me like I thought he would. I thought Miles Teller was laying it on a little thick in The Spectacular Now, but I liked him in this movie. And I thought Imogen Poots was adorable.

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