Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 28-30, 2012

This week, we’re looking at the weekend a couple of days early since we’re including two Christmas Day releases coming to theaters on Tuesday. While our thoughts include the subsequent weekend, this is almost a weeklong look at what’s coming. Next weekend, depending on how Christmas audiences like either Les Misérables or Django Unchained will determine how they perform next weekend. I give the edge to Les Mis because Tarantino’s film looks like it’s too violent for the holiday and post-holiday moviegoing public, but stranger things have happened.

Individual Commentaries

Wesley Lovell: I’ve seen two of the four new releases this week and I have absolutely no problem recommending Les Misérables or Promised Land. Django looks like it may only appeal to die hard Tarantino fans and Parental Guidance doesn’t look like that much fun.
Peter J. Patrick: The big Christmas Day release for me is Les Miserables with Django Unchained, Parental Guidance and Promised Land films I will eventually catch up with.
Tripp Burton: This is the last weekend for Oscar-chasing films to be released, so we get a lot of interesting films in the mix!

Dec. 28-30, 2012
	Django Unchained (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	Les Misérables (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	Parental Guidance (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	Promised Land (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview
	In Theaters For Genre Fans M,S,C,T	In Theaters For Everyone M,S,C,T	On DVD For Genre Fans None	In Theaters For Everyone M,S
	On DVD For Genre Fans M,S,C,T	In Theaters For Everyone M,S,C,T	On DVD For Genre Fans None	On DVD For Everyone M,S,C,T
	In Theaters For Film Enthusiasts M,S,C	In Theaters For Everyone M,S,C,T	In Theaters For Everyone None	In Theaters For Film Enthusiasts M,S
KEY:	Personal Impression Personal Pick of the Week Recommendation (For Everyone) Recommendation (For Genre Fans) Recommendation (For Film Enthusiasts) Recommendation (Avoid It)		Oscar Impression: Oscar Codes: M: Major (Picture, Directing, Acting) S: Support (Writing, Music, Editing, Cinematography) C: Creative (Production Design, Costumes, Makeup) T: Tech (Sound, Visual Effects) A: Animated Feature D: Documentary Feature F: Foreign LanguageFilm
KEY:	All ratings are on a scale of 0 to 10 (with 0 being no interest / no recommendation, and 10 being absolute interest / recommendation). The Avoid rating follows the same 0 to 10 format with 10 being the highest recommendation that you avoid the film at all costs. Each Person selects makes a “Pick of the Week,” some weeks may have more than one, some may have none at all.