Looking at the Weekend: Mar. 3-5, 2023

There are three new wide releases pushing for the crown, but only one will claim it. Creed III is a popular franchise and should have no trouble topping the anime movie or the Guy Ritchie action comedy.

Our Highest Rated Films: The Forger
Our Best Awards Ratings: No consensus

OTHER LIMITED RELEASES

American Bolshevik (Limited)
Blueback (Limited)
Give Me Pity! (Limited)
The Headmistress (Limited)
Hunt Her, Kill Her (Limited)
Palm Trees and Power Lines (Limited)
Primary Position (Limited)
Still the Water (Limited)
What We Do Next (Limited)

Mar. 3-5, 2023
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Creed III (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.3 Wesley Lovell: (4) Peter J. Patrick: (7) Thomas LaTourrette: (5)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): I didn’t have much interest in the first one (or for the Rocky series either), so this isn’t of much interest to me. Peter J. Patrick (PP): It’s a decent enough series, but like Rocky, the first one should have been enough. Thomas LaTourette (TL): Boxing movies have never been my favorite, and while the critics seem to like it, I am just not that excited by it.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	3.0 Wesley Lovell: (1) Peter J. Patrick: (5) Thomas LaTourrette: (3)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): This is the kind of anime I dislike immensely. Peter J. Patrick (PP): No interest, but this should captivate its fans. Thomas LaTourette (TL): Sweeping music and a badly animated and confusing trailer do not make this seem worth seeing. Maybe if you are a fan of the series, but it looks bad.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	4.7 Wesley Lovell: (5) Peter J. Patrick: (5) Thomas LaTourrette: (4)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): It has a decent cast, but looks frivilous. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Tired concept looks poorly executed. Thomas LaTourette (TL): I was not sure if it was trying to be a comedy or action drama from the trailer, but it does not look like it succeeded on either count.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Children of the Corn (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	3.0 Wesley Lovell: (2) Peter J. Patrick: (4) Thomas LaTourrette: (3)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): The original was no great shakes, but this looks 100-times worse. Peter J. Patrick (PP): I couldn’t get into the first version, have no reason to see the remake. Thomas LaTourette (TL): I have not read the story or seen the original movie, but this just seems unnecessarily violent and unpleasant.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
La Civil (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.7 Wesley Lovell: (3) Peter J. Patrick: (8) Thomas LaTourrette: (6)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): A rather dull looking drug drama. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Award-winning Mexican film about one woman’s fight against the drug cartels looks promising. Thomas LaTourette (TL): It looks like an unflinching take on the cartels and one mother’s desperate search for her daughter, but it may be a difficult watch.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
The Donor Party (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	3.7 Wesley Lovell: (2) Peter J. Patrick: (5) Thomas LaTourrette: (4)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): An insipid looking comedy. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Silly sex comedy looks like something out of the 1960s. Thomas LaTourette (TL): This looks like a very unfunny comedy. When the trailer cannot spark laughs, it is not a good sign about the film itself.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
The Forger (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	6.7 Wesley Lovell: (6) Peter J. Patrick: (8) Thomas LaTourrette: (6)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): It could have promise as a World War II/Nazi Germany thriller. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Biographical film about the Jewish graphic designer whose forged documents saved lives in Nazi Germany looks intriguing. Thomas LaTourette (TL): It looks like a decent thriller set in WWII, though nothing we have not seen before.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Gods of Mexico (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	6.0 Wesley Lovell: (7) Peter J. Patrick: (5) Thomas LaTourrette: (6)	.3 Wesley Lovell: (1,Oscars) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: International Feature (WL) Cinematography (WL)
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): It looks gorgeous, but is probably not my cup of tea. Peter J. Patrick (PP): A documentary with a hodgepodge of pretty pictures is not my cup of tea. Thomas LaTourette (TL): Gorgeous cinematography but no storyline or characters, this will be a hard sell to connect to audiences. It looks beautiful, but I wonder if there is any plot.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
A Little White Lie (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.7 Wesley Lovell: (5) Peter J. Patrick: (6) Thomas LaTourrette: (6)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): While the actors are interesting, the premise looks rather dull. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Mistaken identity comedy looks like it could be a minor hit. Thomas LaTourette (TL): There is a possibility that it will be more engaging than the trailer, but it did not really grab me.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Transfusion (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	3.7 Wesley Lovell: (3) Peter J. Patrick: (5) Thomas LaTourrette: (3)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): A commonplace action thriller. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Australian crime drama looks routine. Thomas LaTourette (TL): This action thriller is peopled with unpleasant people, I will pass.