Looking at the Weekend: Feb. 15-17, 2013

It’s Valentine’s Day weekend and although the “holiday” falls mid-week, the romantic film usually tops the weekend. This time, we have two entries. One is far more heavily advertised than the other. In the end, the tween-centric Beautiful Creatures should outperform the more adult-oriented Safe Haven, both of whom will have to fight off the male-dominated A Good Day to Die Hard leaving families trying to decide if they really want to waste their time with Escape from Planet Earth.

Individual Commentaries

Wesley Lovell: The only film in wide release that even looks remotely interesting is Beautiful Creatures. Of the new limited releases, both look like they’re worth checking out.
Peter J. Patrick: Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Bruce Willis gives us another day to die hard – plus new works from Abbas Kiarostami, Lasse Hallstrom and Richard LaGravanese plus an Oscar-nominated foreign film could signal an end to more than a month’s worth of drivel being hoisted on the movie-going public.
Tripp Burton: Another weak week for movies, so catch up on those Oscar nominees before the awards get here!

Feb. 15-17, 2013
	Beautiful Creatures (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	Escape from Planet Earth (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	A Good Day to Die Hard (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	Safe Haven (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview
	In Theaters For Fans of the Genre None	Never For Fans of the Genre None	On DVD For Fans of the Genre None	On DVD For Fans of the Genre None
	On DVD For Fans of the Genre None	Never For Fans of the Genre None	In Theaters For Fans of the Genre T	On DVD For Fans of the Genre None
	On DVD For Fans of the Genre None	On DVD For Fans of the Genre A	In Theaters For Everyone T	On DVD For Fans of the Genre None
Feb. 15-17, 2013
	Like Someone in Love (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	No (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview
	On DVD For Film Enthusiasts F	On DVD For Film Enthusiasts
	On DVD For Fans of the Genre C	On DVD For Fans of the Genre
	In Theaters For Film Enthusiasts None	In Theaters For Film Enthusiasts
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.