Pitchers and catchers reported last week for Major League Baseball. What does this mean? Spring is just around the corner, and we have just the thing to get you hyped for the spring movies.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier: This is Marvel’s next installment in their Avengers cinematic universe. In this film, Steve Rogers will learn to adapt to the 21st century and come to terms with the new world he has to live in and accept that his is gone. Anyone who’s been following knows he will be wearing a new “stealth” suit inspired by early 2000s comics. According to Marvel, this film will be the lead-in to Avengers: Age of Ultron. Press screening reviews have been so positive; that Marvel has signed on the directors to a third Captain America film in phase three. Nothing but good news is coming from this film. It is a must see.

Godzilla: Starring Brian Cranston, from Breaking Bad, and Aaron Taylor Johnson, from Kick-Ass, Godzilla is the newest incarnation of the classic monster movie. Not much is known about this film beyond what we know from the first trailer, which hit the web recently. In it, we learn this is kind-of a sequel to the idea of Godzilla, but isn’t a follow up to any film in particular. To clarify: Godzilla has been in hibernation; the U.S. tried to nuke him, but instead he awoke. This film has much more riding on its shoulders than just the pay check. With the mild success of Pacific Rim, which is highly critically acclaimed, Godzilla has the chance to capitalize on the giant monster craze and resurrect the genre. Its success can bring more giant monster/robot films in general such as Pacific Rim 2, King Kong, or possibly Voltron. Its failure will slam the nail on the coffin. This is a movie that can potentially change the future trends of films for the next few years.

X-Men Days of Future Past: This film has to be one of the most over marketed films in recent memory. From the amount of photos leaked, put in magazines and interviews, this film is really building the anticipation. I only hope they don’t tire us out before we see the film. This film will cross the original X-Men films with the First Class cast in a time travel adventure based on a classic comic book story arc of the same name. This was originally thought to be the final X-Men movie before director Brian Singer revealed it’s actually the first in a new collection of films to continue the entire universe. We will be seeing X-Men Apocalypse in 2016 and possibly a third Wolverine movie in the meantime. Wolverine is the key character in this whole thing; however Hugh Jackman’s body is beginning to age beyond the capabilities of the character. Could this be the last time we see Jackman as Wolverine? Only time will tell, but I recommend we treasure this film like it is, because it very well could be.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2: This is one of the more interesting films of the year because it’s attempting to repeat two cinematic feats. 1. Topping Spiderman 2 and 2. Create a cinematic universe. The reboot received generally positive reviews from fans and critics, but many still prefer the original Spiderman series. As the sequel, it is no question it will be compared to one of the greatest comic book films of all time: Spiderman 2. Does this HAVE to be as good as the classic Doc Oct film? Of course not. But we need to see the trend of improvement from The Amazing Spider-Man. On top of that, this film is going to introduce villains such as Rhino, Electro, and the Green Goblin to eventually branch out to make Amazing Spider-Man 3and 4, Venom, and a Sinister 6 film. Safe to say, there is a lot riding on the success of this film. We have already seen exciting trailers, but I fear it’s falling into the X-Men category of over marketing. I personally have avoided recent trailers because I fear they may give too much away. Many fans do suggest the film feels too over crowded with its countless Spider-Man villains, including Black Cat, but either way I cannot wait to see this film.

300 Rise of an Empire: This is Zack Snyder sequel to the eye-candy, testosterone-injected 300. Once again from the trailers we see nothing short of stunning and awing visuals. This is everything we have come to expect of Zack Snyder. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the original, but I am excited to see this film, and you should be too.