Looking at the Weekend: October 7-9, 2011

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Looking at the Weekend: October 7-9, 2011

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October 5, 2011

Wesley Lovell

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All Real Steel is marketed towards the box office potent male demographic, the utter cheesiness suggests it may fail to pull them in in the droves it needs to top George Clooney and Ryan Gosling.

Consensus

Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in parens represents the percentage of our contributors who agree with the statement.

The Ides of March: One of the first must-see films of the Oscar season.
Real Steel: It just doesn’t look that good.
Texas Killing Fields: A mixed bag depending on your take of this genre.

WIDE RELEASES

The Ides of March
See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview
Will I See?	Will I See?	Will I See?
Recommendation?	Recommendation?	Recommendation?
Oscar Chances	Oscar Chances	Oscar Chances
Thoughts George Clooney goes political? I’m there.	Thoughts Generally favorable reviews coming out of the film festivals put this one on Oscar’s radar.	Thoughts This looks like Clooney could, yet again, have a film he stars in and another film he directed in major Oscar contention.

The Ides of March

See the original
CinemaSight
Trailer & Poster
Preview

Will I See?

Recommendation?

Oscar Chances

Thoughts

George Clooney goes political? I’m there.

Thoughts

Generally favorable reviews coming out of the film festivals put this one on Oscar’s radar.

Thoughts

This looks like Clooney could, yet again, have a film he stars in and another film he directed in major Oscar contention.

Real Steel
See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview
Will I See?	Will I See?	Will I See?
Recommendation?	Recommendation?	Recommendation?
Oscar Chances	Oscar Chances	Oscar Chances
Thoughts So clichéd that it’s almost a cliché of a cliché.	Thoughts Echoes of Rollerball? It’s getting good reviews, but it isn’t my cup of tea.	Thoughts Could be a dark horse contender contender in some tech categories, but it just looks bad.

Real Steel

See the original
CinemaSight
Trailer & Poster
Preview

Will I See?

Recommendation?

Oscar Chances

Thoughts

So clichéd that it’s almost a cliché of a cliché.

Thoughts

Echoes of Rollerball? It’s getting good reviews, but it isn’t my cup of tea.

Thoughts

Could be a dark horse contender contender in some tech categories, but it just looks bad.

LIMITED RELEASES

Texas Killing Fields
See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview
Will I See?	Will I See?	Will I See?
Recommendation?	Recommendation?	Recommendation?
Oscar Chances	Oscar Chances	Oscar Chances
Thoughts It’s not really my kind of film.	Thoughts I’m a sucker for mystery/suspense films.	Thoughts Paint-by-numbers cop films tend not to do well with Oscar.

Texas Killing Fields