Had to force quit iMovie, now it won't start up again

I attempted to Share my project to the desktop when the program froze. I had to force quit, and the program now won't start. I tried resetting the computer to no avail. This is what the console shows on my attempt to start it:
3/18/14 4:33:22.001 PM spindump[326]: iMovie [258] unable to symbolicate
3/18/14 4:33:27.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-update: did not find token 287
3/18/14 4:33:27.648 PM com.apple.mtmd[36]: handler timeout reset failed. (status=-1/errno=2/token=287/fd=5)
3/18/14 4:33:36.431 PM WindowServer[109]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4273381
3/18/14 4:33:36.475 PM WindowServer[109]: Found 60 modes for display 0x04273381 [51, 9]
3/18/14 4:33:36.510 PM WindowServer[109]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003e
3/18/14 4:33:36.510 PM WindowServer[109]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f003e [1, 0]
3/18/14 4:33:36.512 PM WindowServer[109]: CGXMuxAcknowledge: Posting glitchless acknowledge
3/18/14 4:33:36.553 PM WindowServer[109]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4273381
3/18/14 4:33:36.554 PM WindowServer[109]: Found 1 modes for display 0x04273381 [1, 0]
3/18/14 4:33:37.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-update: did not find token 287
3/18/14 4:33:37.634 PM com.apple.mtmd[36]: handler timeout reset failed. (status=-1/errno=2/token=287/fd=5)
3/18/14 4:33:39.262 PM launchctl[334]: launchctl: Couldn't stat("/Library/LaunchAgents/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist"): No such file or directory
3/18/14 4:33:47.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-update: did not find token 287
3/18/14 4:33:47.630 PM com.apple.mtmd[36]: handler timeout reset failed. (status=-1/errno=2/token=287/fd=5)
3/18/14 4:33:56.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-update: did not find token 287
3/18/14 4:33:56.651 PM com.apple.mtmd[36]: handler timeout reset failed. (status=-1/errno=2/token=287/fd=5)
3/18/14 4:34:07.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-update: did not find token 287
3/18/14 4:34:07.587 PM com.apple.mtmd[36]: handler timeout reset failed. (status=-1/errno=2/token=287/fd=5)
3/18/14 4:34:17.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-update: did not find token 287
3/18/14 4:34:17.616 PM com.apple.mtmd[36]: handler timeout reset failed. (status=-1/errno=2/token=287/fd=5)
3/18/14 4:34:27.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-update: did not find token 287
3/18/14 4:34:27.643 PM com.apple.mtmd[36]: handler timeout reset failed. (status=-1/errno=2/token=287/fd=5)
3/18/14 4:34:37.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-update: did not find token 287
3/18/14 4:34:37.648 PM com.apple.mtmd[36]: handler timeout reset failed. (status=-1/errno=2/token=287/fd=5)
3/18/14 4:34:47.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-update: did not find token 287
3/18/14 4:34:47.633 PM com.apple.mtmd[36]: handler timeout reset failed. (status=-1/errno=2/token=287/fd=5)
3/18/14 4:34:56.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-update: did not find token 287
3/18/14 4:34:56.703 PM com.apple.mtmd[36]: handler timeout reset failed. (status=-1/errno=2/token=287/fd=5)
3/18/14 4:35:07.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-update: did not find token 287
I'm running the latest version of iMovie on the latest version of Mavericks with a mid-2010 MBP. Any ideas regarding what the problem might be and how I can get iMovie running again?

After a couple of days it finally decided to open. Previously it was showing that it was open in the Dock, but no window would appear, the message I posted would show up in the Console, and I'd have to Force Quit. Hopefully I don't run into any more hitches. Thanks for your response.

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