Predictions/Look-Ahead for the Second Half
Box-Office King and Queen: New Moon (Nov. 20) and Avatar (Dec. 18)
Biggest Box-Office Bomb: G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra (Aug. 7)
Destined to Be a Letdown: Inglourious Basterds (Aug. 21); The Wolfman (Nov. 6); Sherlock Holmes (Dec. 25)
Oscar Bait: Julia & Julia (Aug. 7); The Road (Oct. 16); Broken Embraces (Nov. 20); Nine (Nov. 25); The Lovely Bones (Dec. 11); Invictus (Dec. 11)
Can’t Arrive Soon Enough (Movies): It Might Get Loud (Aug. 14); Shutter Island (Oct. 2); Where the Wild Things Are (Oct. 16); The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Nov. 13)
Can’t Arrive Soon Enough (TV): The Jay Leno Show (Sept. 14, NBC); Flash Forward (Sept. 24, ABC); The Cleveland Show (Sept. 27, Fox); Community (Fall TBA, NBC); Modern Family (Fall TBA, ABC)
Can’t Arrive Soon Enough (Music): The Dead Weather, Horehound (July 14); The Fiery Furnaces, I’m Going Away (July 21); Circulatory System, Signal Morning (Aug. 4); Jay-Z, Blueprint 3 (Sept. 11); Beastie Boys, Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 (Sept. 15); Pearl Jam, Backspacer (Sept. 22); The Flaming Lips, Embryonic (Fall TBA)
Can’t Arrive Soon Enough (DVDs): Mad Men, Season 2 (July 14); Watchmen (July 21); Battlestar Galactica, the Complete Series (July 28); Flight of the Conchords, Season 2 (Aug. 4); The Office, Season 5 (Sept. 8); 30 Rock, Season 3 (Sept. 22); Lost, Season 5 (Dec. 8)