Looking at the Weekend: Mar. 24-26, 2017

What will the audience be in the mood for, other than a second weekend of Beauty and the Beast? You have two films built of television series and a new sci-fi drama starring Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal. Normally, it wouldn’t be a contest, but the Power Rangers are still immensely popular after all these years and CHiPs promises stupid comedy that has shown a tenacity at the box office. My prediction is that CHiPs crashes and burns while Power Rangers debuts fairly well, but Life will perform better than anyone expected.

Our Highest Rated Films: Life
Our Best Awards Ratings: Life (Oscars), The Leveling (Critics)

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I Called Him Morgan
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Mar. 24-26, 2017
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
CHiPs (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	1.3 Wesley Lovell: (0) Peter J. Patrick: (2) Tripp Burton: (2) Thomas LaTourrette: (1)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Tripp Burton: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): This looks like a godawful attempt to cash in on a once-popular TV property Peter J. Patrick (PP): Dumb looking retread of a not very good old TV show. Tripp Burton (TB): No one needed a CHiPs movie, and this still looks worse than it should be. Thomas LaTourette (TL): This looks like a truly dreadful reboot of an old tv show. Really bad.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Life (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	6.5 Wesley Lovell: (7) Peter J. Patrick: (8) Tripp Burton: (5) Thomas LaTourrette: (6)	1.3 Wesley Lovell: (5,Oscars) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Tripp Burton: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: Sound Mixing (WL) Sound Editing (WL) Visual Effects (WL)
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): There are a lot of interesting things in the trailer, but also a lot of uninteresting things. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Looks like a fairly decent science-fiction, horror flick with a good cast. Tripp Burton (TB): The trailer is great, but I have no idea how sustainable this movie is. Thomas LaTourette (TL): It’s a decent cast, but it looks mediocre at best, though aliens in outer space has been a decent genre at times.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Power Rangers (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	2.3 Wesley Lovell: (2) Peter J. Patrick: (2) Tripp Burton: (2) Thomas LaTourrette: (3)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Tripp Burton: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): I’ve never been a fan of the Power Rangers and this movie doesn’t look like it will change that. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Another re-boot we don’t need. Tripp Burton (TB): I have no attachment to this franchise, and the movie isn’t making me want to start one. Thomas LaTourette (TL): The secondmost lame reboot of an old tv series debuting this week. It looks marginally better than CHiPs, but I will plan on skipping this one too.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
The Levelling (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.5 Wesley Lovell: (3) Peter J. Patrick: (8) Tripp Burton: (6) Thomas LaTourrette: (5)	1.3 Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (5,Critics) Tripp Burton: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: Director (PP) Original Screenplay (PP)
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): This looks both dull and interesting. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Look s like an early contender for First Time Writer-Director prizes for this somber British family drama. Tripp Burton (TB): The word from festivals was good, but I’ll wait for the streaming. Thomas LaTourette (TL): This British family drama might be good, or it might be too serious for its own good. It is not easy to say from the trailer.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Wilson (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	5.3 Wesley Lovell: (6) Peter J. Patrick: (5) Tripp Burton: (6) Thomas LaTourrette: (4)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Tripp Burton: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): Some funny elements pop up in the trailer, so it could be worth catching, but there’s also something that seems bland. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Quirky comedy could go either way. Tripp Burton (TB): I’ll watch Woody Harrelson in anything, even if this doesn’t look like his best vehicle. Thomas LaTourette (TL): Woody Harrelson is a good actor, but it is hard to do a new turn on the old curmudgeon act, and the trailer makes it look like they did not succeed.