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Anticipation (Before Trailer): 55/100

Anticipation (After Trailer): 65/100

It’s hard to get a read on Midnight Special as so many movies could be referenced here. The film features Jaeden Lieberher who was great in St. Vincent and Michael Shannon who is on a run of being great in everything he’s in.

Oddly enough, I’ve seen plenty to intrigue me and want to see more. I also feel like the less I see before the viewing, the better that will be for the experience as this looks like one you don’t want to put the pieces together in advance. Due March 18, 2016.

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Anticipation (Before Trailer): 40/100

Anticipation (After Trailer): 40/100

The new trailer for The Forest doesn’t really cover much new ground. It feels like the previous trailer with nothing captivating to bring added interest to seeing the movie. This is a classic “dump” month movie as The Forest drops January 8, 2016.

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Anticipation (Before Trailer): 55/100

Anticipation (After Trailer): 65/100

The Boss looks funny in a “this isn’t very good and I’m a little embarrassed I’m laughing at it kind of way. Then again, that’s kind of the Melissa McCarthy genre of comedies, actually. Basically, McCarthy is a female Donald Trump type. It looks like there’s some running joke that Kristen Bell isn’t attractive or sexual through the trailer which is puzzling. Not sure about this one but by April 8, 2016, I’m sure the funny moments of the preview repeated ad nauseam will get me geared up to only be disappointed.

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Anticipation (Before Trailer): 55/100

Anticipation (After Trailer): 70/100

If That Awkward Moment was made with women. The February 12, 2016 release date declares that How to Be Single is this year’s “Hey, I’m single and I want to go to the movies on Valentine’s Day” movie. Is that a thing? I think it’s a thing. Maybe it’s not but it should be a thing. Right?

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Anticipation (Before Trailer): 50/100

Anticipation (After Trailer): 50/100

Maybe I’m too jaded. Nothing about this trailer shocks me. It’s crude and raunchy yet predictable and everything you’d expect if you were casting Robert DeNiro and Zac Efron in this type of film. It looks a little bit funny but feels like if it were really that funny it would be on the release schedule in the Spring rather than January. It’s a no brainer for Dirty Grandpa to hit theaters near Spring Break yet it lands in the dump (month) for movies.

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Anticipation (Before Trailer): 70/100

Anticipation (After Trailer): 85/100

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart in a buddy comedy feels like the perfect fit. It’s unsurprising Central Intelligence is getting a summer release considering the pairing. It’s hard to imagine a miss here.

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Anticipation (Before Trailer): 40/100

Anticipation (After Trailer): 50/100

Moonwalkers has the three most damaging words attached to it: “Coming in January.” Outside of that, it looks like it could be a lot of fun. Rupert Grint hasn’t done much since Harry Potter which adds to the intrigue. Ron Perlman is also some interesting casting. We’ll see if Moonwalkers can dodge the January kiss of death.

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Anticipation (Before Trailer): 40/100

Anticipation (After Trailer): 35/100

It appears as if Ice Cube and Kevin Hart are treating the cinema as an ATM in January. Ride Along 2 is a cash grab doubling down on the huge success of the original which pulled in $154 million at the domestic box office.