Looking at the Weekend: Mar. 6-8, 2020

There will be nothing stopping the latest Pixar effort from topping this week’s box office chart and the year’s biggest opening to date is likely.

Our Highest Rated Films: Onward, Sorry We Missed You
Our Best Awards Ratings: Onward (Oscars)

OTHER LIMITED RELEASES

Baaghi 3 (Limited)
Bacurau (Limited)
The Booksellers (Limited)
The Burnt Orange Heresy (Limited)
The Dare (Limited)
Dark Star (Limited)
Dwitiyo Purush (Limited)
Go Back to China (Limited)
Heimat is a Space in Time (Limited)
King’s Gambit (Limited)
Like Harvey Like Son (Limited)
Made in Hong Kong (Limited)
Powerbomb (Limited)
The Wild Goose Lake (Limited)

Mar. 6-8, 2020
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Onward (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	6.7 Wesley Lovell: (7) Peter J. Patrick: (6) Thomas LaTourrette: (7)	7.0 Wesley Lovell: (7,Oscars) Peter J. Patrick: (5,Oscars) Thomas LaTourrette: (9,Oscars)	Categories: Animated Feature (WL,PP,TL) Original Score (WL) Original Song (WL) Sound Editing (WL)
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): Pixar, since its acquisition by Disney, has slowly devolved in the quality of achievements. This looks like the latest uninspired animated feature with a predictable outcome and modest creativity. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Looks a bit frenetic, but it’s Pixar so it’ll likely be a huge hit. Thomas LaTourette (TL): Normally I look forward to Pixar films, but something about this one just does not excite me.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
The Way Back (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.0 Wesley Lovell: (6) Peter J. Patrick: (5) Thomas LaTourrette: (4)	.7 Wesley Lovell: (2,Oscars) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: Actor (WL)
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): Ben Affleck has needed more opportunities to showcase his acting talents. This could be an example, but the concept just seems a bit too melodramatic. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Looks like a generic redemptive sports drama about a coach and his team. Thomas LaTourette (TL): An earnest and damaged coach tries to get his team back together, it has been done many times before.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
The Banker (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.5 Wesley Lovell: (6) Peter J. Patrick: (5)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): An important historical story that doesn’t seem particularly well told. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Pushed back from a December release, this derivative drama looks interesting if unexciting.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Beneath Us (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	2.0 Wesley Lovell: (2) Peter J. Patrick: (2)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): A cheap-looking film that tries to tackle an important topic, but doing so with exploitative mediocrity. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Looks like a sick exploitation melodrama.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Escape from Pretoria (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.5 Wesley Lovell: (5) Peter J. Patrick: (6)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): A pleasing cast in a generic-looking prison escape drama. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Daniel Radcliffe may have actually found himself in a good film with this anti-Apartheid prison drama based on a true story.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Extra Ordinary (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.0 Wesley Lovell: (4) Peter J. Patrick: (6)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): It has an interesting concept, but the film’s trailer has been easily forgettable. The delay from 2019 to 2020 might explain why it feel so unappealing. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Looks like a clever comedy with a touch of the macabre.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Final Kill (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	1.5 Wesley Lovell: (1) Peter J. Patrick: (2)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): This cheap trailer does not present a compelling narrative option. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Way too much violence for me to waste my time on.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
First Cow (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	4.0 Wesley Lovell: (2) Peter J. Patrick: (6)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): Having a well respected director on tap doesn’t make the film and its silly title seem interesting. Peter J. Patrick (PP): A previously unexplored tale of the old west could be worth spending time with.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Hope Gap (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	4.5 Wesley Lovell: (4) Peter J. Patrick: (5)	2.5 Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (5,Oscars)	Categories: Actress (PP) Supporting Actor (PP)
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): A fairly unexceptioanl story that we’ve seen told countless times in similar ways. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Annette Bening and Josh O’Connor could be long shots for Oscars as mother and son in this film of William Nicholson’s semiautobiographical play.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Run This Town (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	2.0 Wesley Lovell: (2) Peter J. Patrick: (2)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): While not a new concept, the trailer does a poor job telling us what it’s about or why we should care. Peter J. Patrick (PP): As the trailer says, “what am I looking at?”
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Sometimes Always Never (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.0 Wesley Lovell: (5) Peter J. Patrick: (5)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): Apart from the cast, there’s not a lot of appeal to this film. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Two-year-old British comedy looks like it should have gone directly to home video.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Sorry We Missed You (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	6.0 Wesley Lovell: (4) Peter J. Patrick: (8)	2.5 Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (5,Critics)	Categories: Picture (PP)
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): We’ve seen numerous explorations of the exploitation of the lower classes and this looks like every one of them. Peter J. Patrick (PP): This recent BAFTA nominee for Best British Film looks like another gem from the always interesting Ken Loach.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Swallow (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	3.0 Wesley Lovell: (6) Peter J. Patrick: (0)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): The original concept might help make this film look more appealing that it should be. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Not something for anyone with ear, nose and throat issues to go near.