The Roundup with Jeff Stockton (Season 31 Round 4)

 

  

It looks like Season 31 may finally be on the right track now. Here's The Roundup....

3. Box Office

Things are possibly starting to look up at the box office now with three of the last four films released earning profits (and a couple being big hits). 

2. The Life Survey

The Life Survey is certainly an intriguing picture that is a little hampered by some pacing issues (especially with the sequences featuring the young version of the main character, which felt completely unnecessary to the story). The performances from Plemons, Walken and de Laage were all especially strong.

1. Marvin the Martian

Marvin the Martian was a short and sweet, and most importantly entertaining, animated film entry for LRF. I feel like a lot of LRF's animated films have been too filled with characters and subplots to truly appeal to audiences. Marvin the Martian felt like an extended version of the great original Looney Tunes shorts featuring the character and his conflicts 

3. N/A

All three films were solid, so no film-specific complaints here.

2. Season Profits

The box office does appear to be turning around, but the studio is already in quite the hole when it comes to profits on the season. The studio was in the red for the season all the way up until the release of Marvin the Martian (and the .

1. Award Races

While there have been a couple of films so far that we will definitely see in the GRA race, there are some categories such as Best Actress where I don't think we've seen a single potential nominee through four rounds.