The Roundup with Jeff Stockton (Season 35 Round 5)

 

 

The first half of Season 35 was dicey. Here's The Roundup.... 

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2. Unreasonable Doubt

I think Walter McKnight was very clever combining the rom-com genre with the crime genre and did so in a very interesting fashion. Cristin Milioti was super charming (as usual) and Channing Tatum seemed like he was having a blast as the love interest/villain.

1. Blood and Glory

This one felt like a spiritual successor to films like 300 and TV series like Starz's Spartacus - and I mean this in a good way. Everything felt heightened to the extreme - the action, the scope, the violence, the sexuality, etc. It did a good job of combining history and excitement.

3. Profits

The studio is only around $50 million in profits for the season at the midway point. Obviously the studio still has a Batman flick due out later in the season, but even with that I don't think the studio can afford many more flops this season.

2. Running from the Spotlight

This one just didn't click with me whatsoever. The cast didn't feel like a big screen cast (even a low budget one) - it wreaked of TV movie production (not even streaming). The stakes were small but made to feel overly serious. Jacob Jones has delivered better teen films than this.

1. Box Office

We're at the official halfway mark of Season 35 and it is quite concerning that we've only have one film - The Punisher: Purgatory - managed to crack $100 million at the domestic box office.