Looking at the Weekend: August 27-29

There are two new wide releases this week, heist flick Takers and exorcist horror flick The Last Exorcism, and a new limited release, Roman conquering flick Centurion. It’s also an ultra-rare perfect strike out.

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.

Takers: No one wants to see it (100%) or push it for Oscars (100%).
The Last Exorcism: It’s a horror failure with no one wanting to watch it (100%) and horror just isn’t Oscar’s thing (100%).
Centurion: Not all limited releases are watchable (100%) and it’s not going to trigger an Oscar watch either (100%).

WIDE RELEASES

TAKERS
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Thoughts It looks like a generic hip hop heist film. None of the multiple previews have made me want to see it.	Thoughts Sitting on the shelves for two years, the release had to wait for the notoriety swirling around two of its stars (Chris Brown, T.I.) to die down. Doesn’t look like anything special.	Thoughts I hadn’t heard of this and had to look it up. I kind of wish I hadn’t bothered.	Thoughts It looks like a remake of “The Losers,” and it probably won’t be much better.

TAKERS

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Will We See?

Oscar Chances

Thoughts

It looks like a generic hip hop heist film. None of the multiple previews have made me want to see it.

Thoughts

Sitting on the shelves for two years, the release had to wait for the notoriety swirling around two of its stars (Chris Brown, T.I.) to die down. Doesn’t look like anything special.

Thoughts

I hadn’t heard of this and had to look it up. I kind of wish I hadn’t bothered.

Thoughts

It looks like a remake of “The Losers,” and it probably won’t be much better.

THE LAST EXORCISM
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Thoughts I like horror films, but I’ve never been a fan of films regarding exorcism or demon possession. So, this one fits onto my “no watch” list.	Thoughts This is a low budget horror flick in the “tradition” of The Blair Witch Project, an internet hyped piece of amateurish nonsense of eleven years ago that had me wanting to throw something at the screen. I have no intention of sitting through anything that remotely reminds of that painful experience.	Thoughts Another unnecessary and unoriginal-looking exorcism movie.	Thoughts Great. Another crappy horror movie. I’ll pass.

THE LAST EXORCISM

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Oscar Chances

Thoughts

I like horror films, but I’ve never been a fan of films regarding exorcism or demon possession. So, this one fits onto my “no watch” list.

Thoughts

This is a low budget horror flick in the “tradition” of The Blair Witch Project, an internet hyped piece of amateurish nonsense of eleven years ago that had me wanting to throw something at the screen. I have no intention of sitting through anything that remotely reminds of that painful experience.

Thoughts

Another unnecessary and unoriginal-looking exorcism movie.

Thoughts

Great. Another crappy horror movie. I’ll pass.

LIMITED RELEASES

CENTURION
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Thoughts Apparently, today is Generic Park day. Another film that looks wholly unremarkable. Of these three films, however, this one has the most potential of actually being worth while.	Thoughts Looks like a cheesy epic about the Roman Empire. Rent the first season of HBO’s Rome on DVD instead.	Thoughts Another unnecessary and unoriginal-looking ancient war movie.	Thoughts There’s nothing worse than an epic made on a low budget.

CENTURION

See the original
CinemaSight
Trailer & Poster
Preview

Will We See?

Oscar Chances

Thoughts

Apparently, today is Generic Park day. Another film that looks wholly unremarkable. Of these three films, however, this one has the most potential of actually being worth while.