Looking at the Weekend: Feb. 24-26, 2023

Three new wide releases go up against the second weekend of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. It’s likely that Ant-Man will stay atop the box office, but Cocaine Bear probably has the best chance at overcoming the other two, cancer seriocomedy My Happy Ending and Christian-themed Jesus Revolution.

Our Highest Rated Films: Juniper, Cocaine Bear
Our Best Awards Ratings: No consensus

OTHER LIMITED RELEASES

Blueback (Limited)
Bunker (Limited)
Film, the Living Record of our Memory (Limited)
Give Me Pity! (Limited)
Mummies (Limited)
The Quiet Girl (Limited)
Who Are You People (Limited)
The Year of the Dog (Limited)

Feb. 24-26, 2023
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Cocaine Bear (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	6.0 Wesley Lovell: (7) Peter J. Patrick: (4) Thomas LaTourrette: (7)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): The trailer made me laugh and for something as absurd as this, that goes a long way. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Ray Liotta’s last film looks like a waste of his time and everyone else’s to me. Thomas LaTourette (TL): I will admit the trailer made me laugh. Whether the full movie can be as good is a different matter, but it should attract an audience.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Jesus Revolution (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	3.7 Wesley Lovell: (2) Peter J. Patrick: (4) Thomas LaTourrette: (5)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): It looks like a dull and rote pseudo-religious pompous effort. Peter J. Patrick (PP): A look back at the evangelical revolution of the 1970s looks more than a little sappy. Thomas LaTourette (TL): It could be an entertaining film about hippies and a church coming together, but I worry it will just be schmaltzy.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
My Happy Ending (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.7 Wesley Lovell: (6) Peter J. Patrick: (5) Thomas LaTourrette: (6)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): I like the cast, but the trailer makes it seem a bit slight. Peter J. Patrick (PP): End-of-life comedies require a certain level of delicacy that this one seems to lack. Thomas LaTourette (TL): There have been other cancer related movies before, but this one seems sweet if not exceptional.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Ambush (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	4.3 Wesley Lovell: (3) Peter J. Patrick: (5) Thomas LaTourrette: (5)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): This war drama doesn’t have a lot going for it. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Vietnam war movie filmed in Colombia doesn’t look very impressive. Thomas LaTourette (TL): It has the makings of a good war movie but the specifics look haphazard and I did not really care about how it goes.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
God’s Time (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	2.3 Wesley Lovell: (1) Peter J. Patrick: (2) Thomas LaTourrette: (4)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): A forgettable trailer suggests a forgettable film. Peter J. Patrick (PP): The trailer for this frenetic so-called comedy made me dizzy, so no thank-you. Thomas LaTourette (TL): For a film that bills itself as a comedy there were few laughs and it did not have people I care to spend time with. And a very bad title.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Juniper (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	6.3 Wesley Lovell: (6) Peter J. Patrick: (7) Thomas LaTourrette: (6)	1.7 Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (5,Oscars) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: Actress (PP)
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): Worth seeing for Charlotte Rampling, but perhaps not for any other reason. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Charlotte Rampling as an alcoholic grandmother in New Zealand is pure awards bait. Thomas LaTourette (TL): Charlotte Rampling is always worth watching, but the trailer is merely so-so.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Linoleum (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.0 Wesley Lovell: (4) Peter J. Patrick: (5) Thomas LaTourrette: (6)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): It looks like a slightly deviant twist on Safety Not Guaranteed, but still feels lacking. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Bizarre comedy with a horrible title is not likely to grab much of an audience. Thomas LaTourette (TL): The reviewers seem to like it but the trailer is odd and I just do not see where this film is going.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Luther: The Fallen Sun (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.3 Wesley Lovell: (3) Peter J. Patrick: (8) Thomas LaTourrette: (5)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): I haven’t ever found a reason to watch the Luther productions, so it really isn’t appealing to me. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Idris Elba in film based on his long-running TV detective series should do well on Netflix. Thomas LaTourette (TL): Having never seen the tv series, I do not have anything invested in this movie. Some of the action sequences look good but not enough to entice me to the theater to see it.