Looking at the Weekend: Aug. 9-11, 2013

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Looking at the Weekend: Aug. 9-11, 2013

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August 7, 2013

Wesley Lovell

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With family audiences less-than-excited about their available prospects Disney’s latest won’t be one of its best openings and is likely to land second to the week’s big sci-fi action spectacle from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp. Elysium has been hammering the advertising hard and their anti-greed screed should play well with middle America.

Individual Commentaries

Wesley Lovell: After a general wasteland of miserable options, finally a weekend with a large number of potential recommendations.
Peter J. Patrick: Looks like another weekend to spend doing something other than going out to a new movie.
Tripp Burton: And we have entered that worst period of the year, between exciting Summer films and Oscar season, when nothing too interesting gets released. Have a barbeque instead!

Aug. 9-11, 2013
	Elysium (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	Planes (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	We’re the Millers (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview
	In Theaters For Sci-Fi Fans M,S,C,T	In Theaters For Fantasy Fans None	On DVD For Animation Fans A	On DVD For Comedy Fans None
	In Theaters For Everyone C,T	On DVD For Fantasy Fans T	On DVD For Animation Fans A	Never For Comedy Fans None
	In Theaters For Everyone S,C,T	In Theaters For Fantasy Fans None	In Theaters For Animation Fans A	In Theaters For Comedy Fans None
	I Give It a Year (limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	In a World… (limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	Lovelace (limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	Prince Avalanche (limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview
	On DVD For Comedy Fans None	On DVD For Film Enthusiasts None	On DVD For Biopic Fans None	On DVD For Film Enthusiasts None
	Never For Comedy Fans None	On DVD For Comedy Fans None	On DVD For Film Enthusiasts None	On DVD For Film Enthusiasts None
	On DVD For Comedy Fans None	On DVD For Film Enthusiasts None	On DVD For Film Enthusiasts M,S	On DVD For Film Enthusiasts M,S
KEY:	Personal Impression Personal Pick of the Week Recommendation (For Everyone) Recommendation (For Genre Fans) Recommendation (For Film Enthusiasts) Recommendation (Avoid It)		Oscar Impression: Oscar Codes: M: Major (Picture, Directing, Acting) S: Support (Writing, Music, Editing, Cinematography) C: Creative (Production Design, Costumes, Makeup) T: Tech (Sound, Visual Effects) A: Animated Feature D: Documentary Feature F: Foreign LanguageFilm
KEY:	All ratings are on a scale of 0 to 10 (with 0 being no interest / no recommendation, and 10 being absolute interest / recommendation). The Avoid rating follows the same 0 to 10 format with 10 being the highest recommendation that you avoid the film at all costs. Each Person selects makes a “Pick of the Week,” some weeks may have more than one, some may have none at all.