The Roundup with Jeff Stockton (Season 26 Round 8)

 

Season 26 officially has a $1 billion film. All that and more in The Roundup....

3. The Devil's Run

While not the best film in the trilogy, I really liked how Jimmy Ellis ended the story of Harry Holt by making the story a bit smaller and more personal for his hero. 

2. Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer

For much of its running time it felt just like an old Marvel Comics crossover, for better or worse. Silver Surfer and the F4 meshed well together and the film had a solid conclusion, that should only lead to bigger things from the Marvel Universe. Speaking of which....

1. Marvel Universe

For the first time in its history, the LRF Marvel Universe looks to be building toward its very own Justice League-style team-up film, which is quite exciting as an audience member. From the looks of it, Silver Surfer and the F4 will be leading a group of heroes against Galactus. It will be interesting to see which MU heroes join up.

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2. The Day

I didn't love The Day. It wasn't terrible. It was just alright, but it could have been a lot better if told in a tighter fashion more focused on Joel Kinnaman's character with less calls to the outside world (who gets cell reception in an elevator anyways?).

1. Awards Races

I don't think any film really joined the GRA race in this round aside from maybe a few lower tier awards for Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer.  I'm not sure if next round is going to be much different unless The Night Swim turns out to be much better than other recent novel adaptations. Green Lantern Corps: Sinestro War is probably the best bet as long as the quality is on part with the first film as it was nominated for five Golden Reel Awards.