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I honestly cannot remember a weekend where we had six movies opening in wide release and while not all of these will be successful, especially considering expected holdover from Mario's release last week, the fact that there is this variety at the box office right now is a welcome sign that distributors are continuing to push movies into theaters.
Mafia Mamma
I'm not sure who I'm more excited to see in this film, Toni Collette as the American suburban mom trying to be an Italian mafioso don, or Monica Bellucci who I haven't seen in anything big since her appearance in the Matrix sequels two decades ago. I loved Collette (and everyone else) in Knives Out several years ago, and this is certainly a departure from films like Hereditary or The Sixth Sense. The early reviews for this film are not very favorable, but hopefully it can find a niche as a fun little comedy. 
Nefarious
I haven't heard or seen much publicity about this film so it's a little surprising that it's getting a wide release, but the premise sounds interesting. The film is about a death row inmate who claims to be a demon on the eve of his execution. What's more, he predicts that the man performing his psych evaluation will also commit several murders. That said, this is probably the lowest performing release this weekend out of several horror releases. 
The Pope's Exorcist
I'm not sure which is more fascinating to me, the fact that the Pope has (or had?) a chief exorcist (implying that he has or had many), that this particular one wrote down his experiences in several books, or that this is NOT the first film to be made about this particular person. What's more, Father Gabriele Amorth, the exorcist in question, only passed away in 2016. He claimed to have performed over 60,000 exorcisms in his life which means that he would have had to perform an average of 3 exorcisms every day for the 62 years from his ordination until his death. I assume Russell Crowe's version of the man will not be quite so busy as the film seems to focus on one main possession case, but there is certainly a good amount of buzz about this film's release. 
Renfield
I'm not normally crazy about horror films, but this one has been near the top of my list since the trailer released several months back. I always love Nicolas Cage and this looks like a role he was really able to sink his teeth into. Nicholas Hoult has been a rising star for a while and seeing him in a big film like this is going to be a treat as well. Plus, to top it all off, I get to see one of my new favorite actors, Brandon Scott Jones, taking a break from playing Isaac Higgintoot on the CBS series Ghosts. There is no shortage of Dracula adaptations, but I appreciate the attempt here to look at the story from the perspective of the servant rather than the master. 
Suzume
As with horror, I'm not normally a fan of the anime style of animation, but this particular film looks like something I could make an exception for. Just based on the trailer and images like the poster here, it looks absolutely beautiful. The story seems simple enough, a young girl and a man travel through a mysterious door and attempt to stop some force that is threatening to destroy the world. 
Sweetwater
The poster says "The man who changed the game" at the top and while some people would assume that refers to someone like Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, or Magic Johnson, this film is about Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of the first African Americans to play in the NBA. Just a few years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball's major league, the NBA crossed the same threshold, pulling Clifton from the Harlem Globetrotters to play for the New York Knicks and this film is the story of that transition. Limited Releases
While there are a ton of new wide releases this week, there are also a fair share of smaller films hitting theaters around the country. Check out your local theaters to see if they are showing the following films.
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