The season had its first rough round at the box office of Season 32 with two films failing to turn profits. Here's The Roundup....
3. Orange Blossom
Welcome back Joshua Collins. He showed a different side of his writing with Orange Blossom. It is definitely a flawed film, but the relationships between the characters were well done.
2. Award Races
I don't think very many nominations are going to come from the first 4 rounds this season - and the Metascores seem to back me up there. Of the season's first 12 releases, I'm not sure there's a Best Picture nominee in the bunch (although there are a few films that I think will get some of the smaller nominations).
1. Phantasm: Awakening
Writers Horne and Malone had a tricky task here as Phantasm fans (or Phans as they call themselves) are known to be one of the most devoted horror fanbases in all the land. I think this remake/reboot did a good job of honoring the original while adding smaller elements into the story to make it feel bigger. And they nailed the Tall Man casting, in my opinion, which could not have been easy.
3. Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Margaret Qualley
As you all know, I occasionally have a habit of pointing out nitpicks I have with otherwise solid/good/decent films. In Orange Blossom, we are supposed to believe that 44 year old Joseph Gordon-Levitt and 30 year old Margaret Qualley were childhood friends/romantic interests. Both talents look young for their ages, but nowhere close to the same age, in my opinion.
2. Love Death Revolution
Early on the story there is a very decently done forbidden romance between Shipka and Quinn's characters. Sadly it gets bogged down by subplots and a sluggish pace, taking a backseat to several less interesting and successful elements.
1. Box Office
This round barely squeaked out a profit this round with the season's worst box office yet. Next round has a Captain America sequel, so it surely has to turn out financially stronger than Round 4 was.
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