Looking at the Weekend: Jan. 27-29, 2023

There aren’t a lot of options this weekend, but Fear feels like the more broadly accessible of the two listed wide releases.

Our Highest Rated Films: One Fine Morning
Our Best Awards Ratings: None

OTHER LIMITED RELEASES

Cairo Conspiracy (Limited)
Close (Limited)
Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh (Limited)
Geographies of Solitude (Limited)
Haiti Betrayed (Limited)Kompromat (Limited)
Neon Cactus (Limited)
Pathaan (Limited)

Jan. 27-29, 2023
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Fear (Wide 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): A prior year release that was so forgettable that I can’t imagine it will be that interesting. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Looks like a low energy horror film. Thomas LaTourette (TL): The trailer did not seem scary or tense, just a run of the mill horror film.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Infinity Pool (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.7 Wesley Lovell: (5) 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): Compelling simply for being bizarre. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Brandon Cronenberg’s horror film has the look and feel of his father David’s Dead Ringers. Thomas LaTourette (TL): The trailer starts interestingly enough but just turns too weird and confusing for me to be very interested.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Blood (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): While the premise is interesting, the trailer is not. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Intense looking horror film looks rather run-of-the-mill. Thomas LaTourette (TL): The trailer shows too much and takes away most surprises that might occur in this horror film.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Kompromat (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.3 Wesley Lovell: (4) 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): The plot doesn’t seem that compelling by way of the trailer. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Escape films are always interesting especially when set in a place like Siberia here. Thomas LaTourette (TL): It could be an intriguing thriller set in Russia where a man’s life goes horribly wrong.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Life Upside Down (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): This looks like a film that would have seemed more interesting during the height of the pandemic than it is now. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Depressing looking drama set in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Thomas LaTourette (TL): I am not sure why I am supposed to care about any of these people in this pandemic set film.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
The Man in the Basement (Limited 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): There is promise to the plot of the film, but the trailer is only so-so. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Hitchcockian thriller without the master’s touch. Thomas LaTourette (TL): This French movie could be an interesting personal and legal film.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Maybe I Do (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	4.7 Wesley Lovell: (4) 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): Big names in a cheap premise. No thanks. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Low wattage comedy with stars who did their best work decades ago. Thomas LaTourette (TL): There are some good actors involved but it looks painfully contrived and unfunny.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
One Fine Morning (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	6.0 Wesley Lovell: (6) 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): It was well received, but the trailer is a bit dull. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Old-fashioned love story with a fatal disease background looks OK at best. Thomas LaTourette (TL): The reviews are excellent, but the bittersweet story does not come across as that interesting in the trailer.