Sunday, July 31, 2022

The Roundup with Jeff Stockton (Season 23 Round 9)

 
The award races are starting to kick into high gear and the box office is looking healthy. Here's The Roundup....

3. Film Quality
I honestly don't have enough Top spots this round. All three films were very good, if not great.

2. Booster Gold
It was great to see Booster Gold back on the big screen after the long break. Magnussen and Stevens worked well off of each other, even more so that in #3. I hope Chad Taylor gets around to writing a fifth BG film, or at least that the character comes back for the next Justice League epic.

1. Soundtracks
The first 2/3 of the season didn't really have many soundtrack offerings, and none that really impressed me. But now it appears that the soundtracks are coming fast and furious as the season races to a finish - and they're getting better.


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2. Carpenter Box Office
Carpenter's box office performance wasn't that much of a surprise. I do not envy the marketing department's task on Carpenter. The film is not easily definable, especially not without spoiling the ending of the film. It's still a bummer the film didn't make a profit though since I liked it a lot.

1. Blue Ridge Box Office
I really liked the film and generally well-reviewed thrillers have performed nicely at the box office for the studio. It's hard to figure out exactly where things went wrong, even after discussing it with multiple parties. Did McConaughey's recent political activity alienate Middle American viewers? Are McConaughey and Pattinson not the big box office draws people think they are? It seemed to have everything going for it. Maybe it's poor performance was simply a fluke. Who knows...

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