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The reviews were mildly-to-mostly positive and a lot of people did like it, but the ones who didn’t were very vocal, especially online. Nolan of course has his fair share of detractors and at that point in the hype cycle, the backlash was in full swing, as was the backlash to the backlash. I suppose after The Dark Knight Rises had more of a lukewarm response than Nolan's past work, viewers started to pick up on his tendencies a bit more, with some rejecting them. By now, he's a bit like Quentin Tarantino in the sense that most folks probably already know if they'll like one of his films based on how they receive his style. Even if this one didn't hold together quite as well as I would have liked, there were parts of it that were just so wonderfully inventive. I still think down the road, if he isn't already, Nolan will be highly respected as a filmmaker who proved that mainstream audiences don't just want popcorn fare.

Are there any movies you saw as a kid that just frightened the hell out of you? I don't mean movies that weren't age appropriate because it's probably fair to assume that we've all been there at one time or another, but ones that were ostensibly aimed at or skewed towards a young audience and still succeeded in being genuinely scary.

Alex has been phenomenal this season. A storyline that could have easily been misjudged has been handled very well and done with real class. Not crazy about the Guardian stuff so far, though. The partnership with Winn is quite good fun, but I'm not sure I'm really buying Olsen's motivation to become a vigilante.

I'd love to see a good adaptation of this, however I think it'll be a very hard thing to transition into live action. Nothing against Scarjo, but it would have been great to have seen someone like Rinko Kikuchi in the lead role. While studios inevitably make decisions that they feel will guarantee profit, movies like Life of Pi and Memoirs of a Geisha stand as proof that you can adapt a foreign story into a big Hollywood production, stick to the cast's original ethnicity and still rake in the cash.

Overall, the landscape of film would be a lot less interesting without Nolan, and there are films much, much worse than this that seem to generate far less ire. I still have quite conflicting thoughts on it, though. Visually, it had pretty much everything a cinema-goer could want. Story-wise, there are things in it that objectively, aren't brilliant, but equally, I was affected by some of it in a way that I find is quite rare these days.

Awesome. I can't believe how quickly the release date for this has snuck up on me. It only seems like five minutes since @toodarnhot started the topic, and now here we are with just a month to go.

To me, Gigi wasn't making fun of Melania's accent or the fact that she's an immigrant. She was doing an impersonation and in order to do a proper impersonation of someone, you imitate their speech patterns, facial expressions and tone inflection. It's something that's been done to celebrities and political figures for many years, and it comes with the territory. Although I do think there's a certain irony in so many people having such a big problem with political correctness, then demanding apologies from anyone who dares to make fun of Trump and co. On a tangentially related note, I'd like to take a brief moment to appreciate how lovely Gigi's handwriting is.

Did anyone end up seeing this one, then? I felt like it was a solid introduction to the character as we move towards Infinity War, nothing particularly risky for an origin story, but easily one of the most efficient entries in the Marvel stable. I don't mean for that to sound like faint praise either, because in a world where superhero movies are getting more and more unwieldy, the tightness of Strange makes it feel very fresh, despite being packed with familiar reference points. Easily some of the trippiest visual sequences I've seen all year too (the only film that comes close for me is The Neon Demon), with the twisting buildings, floors, cars bending around corners, and the climax in general. Cumberbatch, Swinton and Ejiofor all excelled, as they almost always do. Cumberbatch in particular was terrific. What was interesting as well, much like Guardians of the Galaxy which was also very much its own thing, is that you could easily see the character carving his own niche and developing in his own self-contained universe. There were of course some minor references to other parts of the shared continuity, but no spoilers or required watching beforehand. Overall, I'd place it in the middle of the MCU pack, but towards the top end.

In my defence, using the tags to let people know about the contest only occurred to me a few hours after I'd started the topic. By which time you'd already posted in it.

@F 4 5 H U N and @Prettyphile, you guys were so quick off the mark that I didn't get a chance to tag you. Thanks for voting! I get the feeling, what with Candice having been pregnant for much of 2016, it's anyone's game this year.

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End of an era.

At the very least, I could see the climax of the movie finding T'Challa outnumbered and massively outgunned, and thawing out Bucky for reinforcements. Speaking of actresses who were practically tailor made for the role of Storm, Angela Bassett has been added to an already stacked cast as Ramonda. https://news.marvel.com/movies/55317/angela-bassett-boards-marvels-black-panther/

Still probably one of my favourite shows ever. So you weren't expecting good things?

Your wish is my command, sir!

Arrival I'm still on a bit of a post-cinema high, but this might be my favourite film of the year. Where Interstellar came up a little short after modelling itself on a similar kind of premise, this delivered in spades. There's a real emotional story at its heart, alongside some genuinely tense and exciting moments. I loved it. Villeneuve's previous movie was Sicario, which I liked a lot. His next will be the Blade Runner sequel, which on paper seems like an agonisingly bad idea, but I’m starting to think that if anyone can pull it off, he can.

Smallville was one of those things that always strung you along with promises of getting good soon, but it promised a lot more than it ever delivered. I think in retrospect, it was mainly Michael Rosenbaum's performances as Luthor that elevated an otherwise fairly mediocre show. J'onn just chancing upon the only other surviving Martian at the alien hangout was a bit of an eye-roller, and the reveal seemed a little rushed. I like the dynamic of Mon-El and M'gann dealing with their survivor's guilt in different ways, though. A slow burning arc with Alex and Maggie could be really good, too. Hopefully, if they do take it down the romantic route, the relationship is given time to develop. I'd rather that than it just being a passing thing or a new friendship for Alex, who already has Kara for that.

Not sure how long it's been since Lynda Carter last acted, but the few lines she did have, she really seemed to be chewing out. I suppose as long as she only makes the occasional appearance, there'll be no real harm done.

Thanks @slipman59 As a longstanding Katie McGrath fan, I'm really enjoying Lena Luthor so far. Not sure if you ever watched it, but her relationship with Kara is starting to remind me a lot of Lex and Clark's on Smallville. Loved seeing Dichen turn up as Roulette too, I doubt that we've seen the last of her after being sprung from the nick. I wonder who the friend who helped get her out is going to be?

So, I really enjoyed the first episode and will be following the series. The story seems to borrow some of the themes and plot points of both Westworld and Futureworld, presumably with the main focus being on the Corporation running the park and whether or not they have an ulterior motive for what they're doing with the bots. There's also the story of how the bots are becoming self-aware and sentient, which was never explored in the films. The work and production values that have gone into making this is pretty astounding too.

Teaser trailer and full trailer.

Westworld Release Date: October 2, 2016 Director: Jonathan Nolan Synopsis Westworld isn't your typical amusement park. Intended for rich vacationers, the futuristic park, which is looked after by robotic hosts, allows its visitors to live out their fantasies through artificial consciousness. No matter how illicit the fantasy may be, there are no consequences for the park's guests, allowing for any wish to be indulged. Westworld, which is based on the 1973 Michael Crichton movie of the same name, features an all-star cast that includes Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins and Golden Globe winner Ed Harris. Cast Evan Rachel Wood - Dolores Abernathy Thandie Newton - Maeve Millay Jeffrey Wright - Bernard Lowe James Marsden - Teddy Flood Ed Harris - Man in Black Anthony Hopkins - Dr. Robert Ford Luke Hemsworth - Ashley Stubbs Sidse Babett Knudsen - Theresa Cullen Angela Sarafyan - Clementine Pennyfeather Shannon Woodward - Elsie Hughes Ben Barnes - Logan Clifton Collins Jr. - Lawrence Simon Quarterman - Lee Sizemore Ingrid Bolsø Berdal - Armistice Rodrigo Santoro - Hector Escaton Tessa Thompson - Charlotte Hale

Another update on the mysterious relationship between Fox and Marvel. Fox had owned the rights to Ego and were willing to work out a trade, not for Deadpool himself but for permission to alter the powers of Negasonic Teenage Warhead.