While most of the film news has been related to all the Oscar buzz pouring out of the festival circuit, the Fall season for studios is now fully underway. This weekend there's decent performance expectations for "Dolphin Tale 2" and "No Good Deed." Critics however aren't expecting the greatest reactions to the films, especially the Taraji P. Henson and Idris Alba thriller.

"NO GOOD DEED critics screening in NYC cancelled, allegedly to preserve a "plot twist.'' What a crock," stated Lou Lumenick via Twitter yesterday. He's the first among many critics to predict a bad turnout for "No Good Deed," in terms of content. The box office numbers however may end up lining up how the studio intended with the cancellation of the early screenings.

According to Variety, "No Good Deed" looks to have a good opening based on early tracking results. "The home invasion thriller about a woman (Taraji P. Henson) terrorized by an escaped convict (Elba) cost a modest $13.2 million to produce. It should make $18 million when it bows in 2,171 screens."

Variety also predicts that "Dolphin Tale 2" will have a strong opening: "Look for ‘Dolphin Tale 2' to swim ahead of the competition by debuting to $20 million from 3,656 theaters. The lovable creatures were a hit when they dived into theaters in 2011, earning nearly $100 million and justifying production on this $36 million sequel."

Some early reviews were released for "Dolphin Tale 2" and while the bottom line for The Hollywood Reporter was "the further exploits of the tail-challenged dolphin make for another warmly immersive adventure," The A.V. Club didn't agree. In fact, they report that "‘Dolphin Tale 2' is kind of infuriating, mostly because it tries to so hard to be innocuous."

Cinemablend predicts it to be an overall rotten weekend, expecting both films to fall below the halfway point on the popular Rotten Tomatoes scale used by critics to certify if a film is worth watching or if it deserves to be pelted with rotten tomatoes.

Since films will have to compete with football on the weekends now, it may be a slow time at the box office until Oscar contenders arrive in October and November. Based on these early critic reactions, perhaps its a weekend for the small screen rather than the big one.