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Please let there be more gold swimsuit pics.

Oh. Well, with regard to contacting me about the issue, my original offer still stands. I'd be happy to have a quiet word with anyone doing it and refer them to the guidelines.

It's been listed in the rules for a couple of years now. You don't have to report every single time, if you prefer you can politely encourage those who unnecessarily quote images or videos instead. Or you can drop me a line and I'll do the polite encouragement.

Absolutely, if you see another member unnecessarily quoting images or videos, please point them in this direction. If we all help each other out, we can reduce the occurrence of such things.

A report takes two clicks to send. As they say in Tesco, every little helps.

Next time you see that, drop us a report. Myself or another member of staff will be happy to take care of it.

Truthfully, I wasn't aware this was a common occurence, but I'll bring it to the attention of the mod squad.

Surprisingly forthright episode there, probably the most conventional of the season so far. Not sure who this week's director was, but they earned their corn at the end by holding the sequence on Ani throughout. I'm starting to get a slightly weird sense of satisfaction from ploughing through the less coherent stuff and being rewarded with scenes like that. There are still a ton of loose ends (not that the first season was big on tying them up either), though. They only have two more episodes to play with and we’re as far away from solving the big mystery as we ever were. Still waiting for an episode that's genuinely engaging from start to finish, too.

I don't suppose a solo sequel is as foregone a conclusion as movies built around the likes of Captain America and Iron Man were, the biggest obstacle presumably being the shortage of interesting villains for him to fight. I fully expect to see Rudd and Lilly become strong supplementary characters in the future though, and hopefully pop up in tons of other MCU titles. As fun a diversion as 'Ant-Man' was, even Marvel knows not to push its luck too far.

Fox has released a second teaser for next year's series. Apparently, the Lone Gunmen are confirmed to be returning too, while Joel McHale (Community), Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords), Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under), Robbie Amell (The Flash) and Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley) are all going to be appearing in guest roles.

Cue the music! Yes, for anyone down for a spot of Fantasy this year, I've renewed our league for the sixth annual BZ showdown. Classic League: 634173-157990 (players from last season are automatically entered upon registering a team) Head-to-head League: 634173-220233 Transfers for the first gameweek must be confirmed by 8th August, 11:45 GMT and as per usual, free transfers are unlimited until then. All welcome!

That one is so good, I almost feel like swearing.

I love that movie. Can't go wrong with Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath.

Yeah, the casting of McAdams isn't confirmed yet, but it was reported last month that she was in talks about an undisclosed role. It could be that a decision has been made to move away from Stan Lee's original backstory, too. It was written with no real regard for cultural sensitivity and carried a lot of ropey, fake 'Oriental' mysticism. Obviously, there are ways around every stereotype, but I think Tilda Swinton's instincts can be trusted in this case to give us the most interesting portrayal possible. The popular theory is that they're going to spin it so that the Ancient One is basically a mantle of spiritual power that inhabits different humans, which would be quite an intriguing take.

Valid points. I tend to agree that they pushed their luck a little with some of the gags, but I think it's especially necessary for a property like this not to take itself too seriously. The whole shrinking thing is such an inherently goofy concept, it's important for the audience to laugh with the movie, as opposed to laughing at it. Cross was undeniably underwritten, although in fairness it's a struggle to think of any memorable villains (other than Ultron, of course) from the source material. I thought his character, look and motivation were very reminiscent of Obadiah Stane from 'Iron Man' and he was dispatched pretty quickly, which is becoming a recurring MCU theme (other than Loki, who had three movies to develop, and Fisk, who had something approaching twelve hours). He was agreeably sinister though, and they did some brilliantly creative things with him, especially during the briefcase fight. Overall, I'd sit it in that 'good but not great' pile, alongside the first Thor and Captain America films.

Really excited about this one. You'd probably have to say Strange was a relatively minor character in the Marvel stable, but the stories were up there with the most visually stylish and imaginative stuff they ever did. Supposedly, it's also Kevin Feige’s dream project, so it makes sense for him to want to go all out with it. It's a stellar cast, too, albeit directed by a guy who isn't exactly fresh from Cannes, but it'll be hard to go far wrong with Cumberbatch and Ejiofor on board. My feelings on the casting of Tilda Swinton are ever so slightly mixed, I love the idea of her joining the MCU and I'm certain she'll be great in the role, it's just that she would have been my ultimate pick for Mistress Death in 'Infinity War'.

Just got back. I wouldn't put it up there with the very best of the MCU, but I thought it succeeded in its goal of being an entertaining superhero flick with warmth and lightness, and expanded on the theme of slotting each story into its own sub-genre. The last half hour was excellent fun, quite unlike anything Marvel has done before. Rudd and Douglas were great, and Lilly was given much more prominence than I would have imagined. As a launching point for a new character, it was different and the action was different too. After ten or so outings, that's a huge plus. As for the bonus scenes, the mid-credits scene was pretty good. The end-credits scene was exactly what you want for a final surprise.

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Colin Farrell's moustache, we hardly knew ye.

New trailer appeared this morning. I like the fact that, unlike many trailers these days, it actually teases rather than giving the game away with spoiler-heavy clips.

I was a bit late to the party on this one, but it was very good, even if you're not into F1 (which I must confess, I'm not). The race sequences are breathtakingly done with some incredible camera shots. Some over-dramatisation of events and things that probably didn’t occur, although that's nearly always required in order to make a biopic work. Hemsworth's portrayal of Hunt was more sympathetic and complex than the simplistic (and often quite negative) image he seemed to acquire over the years, and some of his backstory must have been quite hurtful. Most Brits probably have much less idea of what Lauda was really like, but I thought Bruhl stole the show with his portrayal. A reminder of just how tough and brave he must have been, to be back racing inside 40 days after what he went through is just astounding.

Blimey O'Reilly.

Looking at the trailer, I get the feeling Inarritu could make a decent fist of Cormac McCarthy's 'Blood Meridian'. If DiCaprio doesn't get the Oscar for this one, he'll probably have to settle for one of those lifetime achievement awards when he's about eighty. I find the notion of going out of your way to choose roles that you think will win you awards really off-putting, if I'm honest. I've no idea how much he wants it though, so hopefully that's not what's going on here.

I used to think it would be quite good to either watch everything in order or just watch the standalone episodes again, because dipping in randomly always felt like a bit of a lottery. You might get something brilliant with Mulder and Scully chasing invisible people through a forest, or you might be subjected to Mulder breaking into empty warehouses and having cryptic conversations in car parks for 40 minutes. Which could be a bit of a yawn at times, really. If I'm honest, I always found myself craving more of the ‘monster of the week’ type stuff.

It seems there’s been a bit of a panic at the thought of all the new comic book adaptations due to be released in the not-too-distant future, although I'm not sure why. Hollywood currently produces somewhere in the vicinity of 600 films per year, around six or seven of which are superhero stories, so roughly 1% of Hollywood films are comic book adaptations. That's really not that many, and no more of an issue than all the romcoms and horrors the industry is continually making - if the stories they’re telling are good, there's no problem. If they're not, well, there's plenty of other stuff out there to watch instead. In terms of the ongoing nature of how Marvel and DC choose to tell their stories, there'll obviously come a tipping point for their respective business models eventually, and it'll probably be at the end of the decade when they've played their trump cards in ‘Infinity War’ and ‘Justice League’. They'll have to find a way to keep things fresh afterwards and not let standards slip (something I believe Kevin Feige has admitted to worrying about), which could prove to be an uphill battle. Spider-Man and Batman have already shown themselves to be fallible in terms of box office performance, and the likes of the Avengers and the X-Men could suffer just as much if casual audiences have to struggle through multiple lesser adaptations. If that happens, I would fully expect mainstream filmmakers to start looking down the road towards the next big thing, whether it be video game movies or something else. Overall though, the genre has basically replaced big budget action franchises in the minds of most studios. There'll always be a market for pure entertainment and popcorn flicks, and comic book movies have so many advantages over traditional action. Tons of existing source material to work with, and built-in fanbases comprised of very passionate people who, if they like what they see, will spread the word. The only other thing I could imagine killing the genre completely would be a lack of interest from said die-hards, but quite honestly, I don't know if I could see that happening any time soon.