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The Anticipator: July 2010
Things are just starting to heat up here at The Average Joes. Summer is full speed ahead and I can’t wait to really write down some thoughts deeper than release dates and news summaries. Stay tuned for a bevy of reviews and other fun stuffs. Meanwhile, on with the anticipating! I hear the “Grease” singalong [...]
The Anticipator: June 2010
This summer is continuing its rather weak lineup with “Killers,” “Marmaduke,” “The A-Team,” “The Karate Kid,” and “Grown Ups” padding the box office charts. But the two films that are sure to delight are “Splice” and “Toy Story 3.” One is a low-budget, old-school science fiction creature feature and the other is the finale to [...]
The Anticipator: March 2010
Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass have reunited post-Bourne for a slightly more realistic thriller about the hunt for WMD, while in fewer theaters director Bong Joon-ho returns after 2006′s wonderful giant-monster movie, “The Host,” with “Mother,” a story about a woman’s attempt to clear her mentally handicapped son of murder charges. Meanwhile, the animated film [...]
The Anticipator: February 2010
“Frozen,” a squirm-inducing Sundance entry about snowboarders trapped on a chairlift at a ski resort, has received some decent buzz, but the heavy-hitter for the first half of the month is the troubled production of “The Wolfman.” Benicio del Toro stars as the titular man-monster alongside Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt. Multiple directors, reshoots, and [...]
The Anticipator: January 2010
A new year is upon us and I’ve just barely been keeping this site alive. But like I’ve always said, it’s been more for me to dip my toes back into the writing waters rather than to reclaim my former accomplishments. I’ve been on a different track lately, but that doesn’t mean I don’t see [...]
The Anticipator: December 2009
The end of the school semester and the holidays set me back a bit, more than usual, so I’m going to do something a little different with this month’s Anticipator. Seeing as December is fairly kaput, I’m still going to list each release by week, but give my thoughts on how it all went down. [...]
The Anticipator: November 2009
The latest incarnation of Richard Matheson’s short story “Button, Button,” handcrafted by “Donnie Darko’s” and “Southland Tales’” writer-director, Richard Kelly, debuts this weekend alongside less questionable fare such as “The Men Who Stare at Goats” and “Precious.” Next week comes “2012,” which will be a magnificent special effects spectacle based off what I saw at [...]
The Anticipator: October 2009
Things have been busy here at TAJN headquarters and I apologize for falling way behind on publishing schedule. As we shift back to what constitutes as normal around here, expect some great news updates, reviews, and other fun features for the month of October. I’m also going to be playing around some more with the [...]
The Anticipator: September 2009
Looking over this month’s releases, I’ve come to realize that, though September is usually an end-of-summer dumping ground (along with August), this won’t be such a bad little month. We’ve got some great comedies, dramas, documentaries, and science fiction/horror films on the way. So keep an eye on your local cineplex; here’s what’s coming for [...]
The Anticipator—Summer Edition
What’s hot and what’s not this summer moviegoing season.
