Previews
Around Town: Clint Eastwood, Dan O’Bannon, and more
O.K. so the LACMA exhibit I kept telling you about, “Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India’s Comics,” wasn’t nearly as good as I thought it would be. They kept non-comics pieces separate from the comics, robbing the viewer of any kind of comparison. What comics they did have were mediocre at [...]
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 [...]
Around Town: John Ford, Antichrist, and more
Now through February 7, LACMA is holding an exhibition on comic books from India. “Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India’s Comics” places modern-day comic retellings of Indian myths alongside the museum’s historical collection of Indian paintings, “[examining] the legacy of India’s divine heroes and heroines in contemporary South Asian culture through the [...]
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. [...]
Around Town: Nevermore, Indian comics, and more
Though I have no idea how good it is, the Steve Allen Theater has a play going on until December 19, called “Nevermore.” It stars THE Jeffrey Combs as Edgar Allan Poe “on a cross-country speaking tour fraught with strange occurrences that signal Poe’s descent into madness.” Catch it every Friday and Saturday at 8 [...]
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 [...]
Around Town: D23 Expo, Long Beach Comic Con, and more
This Friday the New Beverly will be screening all three “Evil Dead” films. Starting at 7:30 P.M., the legendary Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell indie horror will be followed by the semi-remake, much more splatstick “Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn” at 9:30, and then the full-on adventure/comedy “Army of Darkness” at 11:30. This triple bill will [...]
