The Roundup with Jeff Stockton (Season 29 Round 2)

Season 29 continues with another strong round. Here's The Roundup....

3. Box Office

Only two of the six films released so far in Season 29 have lost money - and neither lost a fortune for the studio either.

2. The Final Will

The Final loses momentum from time to time with its episodic set-up, but the casting is good (I've always liked Reeves in dramatic roles personally) and there are several good individual scenes.

1. The Tomb of Dracula

Some of the other critics weren't too fond of this addition to the Marvel Universe, but I found the film to be a lot of fun. It did a good job of continuing the MU dive into the supernatural following Nick Fury last season. The casting is strong, especially Antony Starr as Dracula. I look forward to seeing more of these characters in the future.

3. N/A

2. Novel Adaptations

While One By One did manage to buck the trend and make a little money for the studio, I still feel like it fell into all the same traps as many other novel adaptations for the studio. It never felt like a real movie to me, and the adaptation did not do enough to actually ADAPT the novel into the film format.

1. One By One

I couldn't get into One By One at all. The leading cast don't feel like good fits for their characters. The mystery was too obvious and not particularly thrilling.