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The reviews are starting to roll in and the consensus is mostly positive so far. Praise has been heaped on the effects, in particular one of the centrepiece action sequences, with Cumberbatch's performance drawing comparisons to Robert Downey's first outing as Tony Stark. Not all cared for the Marvel brand of humour or the fact that it was another superhero origin story, but those things struck me as coming with the territory anyway. Looking forward to going.

I've seen big budget movies with worse CGI than that. Seems like quite a clever way of showcasing a character who doesn't have a great deal of recognition outside of some very specific circles. Of course, the ultimate test of Cumberbatch's suitability for the role would have been to see if he could deliver a line like "by the hoary hosts of Hoggoth" while keeping a straight face.

Thanks to @Stromboli1 for the topic and to all for the pics. Not only does she possess the most incredible face, I'm pretty certain that her dad is George Lucas. So yeah, she's got quite a lot going for her.

It's still all about the first high-res look for me, but presumably that's Mantis between Quill and Nebula.

So, the full trailer for Jackman's last outing as Wolvie, and presumably Stewart's last as Xavier, is here. In many ways, I consider 'The Wolverine' an underrated film, albeit one that falls apart somewhat near the end. It seemed to suffer at the time from its promotional campaign, which managed to convince people that it was another 'something explodes then the hero says something funny' action film. Not that there's anything wrong with that. This one looks very different from anything the series has delivered up to now, though. It's probably by necessity as Fox doesn't have the rights to most of the characters involved, but the 'Old Man Logan' elements are seemingly being kept to a minimum. To be honest, since I never really cared for a lot of the stuff in the book, I'm not too put out by that.

Official trailer.

Logan Release date: March 3, 2017 Director: James Mangold Synopsis Set in 2024, Logan and Professor Xavier must cope with the loss of the X-Men at the hands of a corporation led by Nathaniel Essex. With Logan's healing abilities slowly fading and Xavier's Alzheimer's hampering his memory, Logan must defeat Essex with the help of a young girl named Laura Kinney, a female clone of Wolverine. Cast Hugh Jackman - Logan / Wolverine Patrick Stewart - Charles Xavier / Professor X Dafne Keen - Laura Kinney Stephen Merchant - Caliban Richard E. Grant - Dr. Zander Rice Boyd Holbrook - Donald Pierce Doris Morgado - Maria Elizabeth Rodriguez - Gabriela

I'm really hoping for a scene where Baby Groot just suddenly grows huge, since he can change his size at will. "You could have done that this whole time?!" "I am Groot."

Harper's Bazaar Czech November 2016 Photography: Andreas Ortner Fashion Editor: Lucie Janatova Styled by: Martina Gvizdova Hair & Makeup: Adriana Bartosova

Thanks Shep. For some reason, the release date for this has really snuck up on me. It only seems like five minutes since I started the topic, and now here we are with just a couple of weeks to go.

Behold, the first official teaser poster...

Thanks again @Shepherd! This little featurette is worth a watch, with some of the awesome Steve Ditko-style magicscapes finally shown.

Trailer #2. The emotion building throughout and ending it with the force theme, just great.

Even now, I haven't fully worked out what my feelings are on old Brucey's time as Sunderland manager. For every genuinely outstanding spell we enjoyed under his charge (the likes of which, outside of April and May, we've never seen since), there was an alarming tailspin in which we looked utterly abject, unmotivated and tactically clueless for weeks on end. Still, with the right amount of money to spend, I could see him doing a good job in the Championship. He'll never be an innovator or a serial winner, but when what a club wants is to get promoted, he seems to end up delivering more often than not.

Someone on YouTube decided to re-imagine Luke Cage as a nineties sitcom, and it's actually amazing.

I enjoyed that one, although it wasn't a patch on 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang', my favourite Shane Black film. The best thing I've seen in the last six months or so was probably 'Hell or High Water'. It was fairly derivative of other films at times, but just so engaging from start to finish. Felt like a breath of fresh air to a point, and anything with a soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis always gets my vote.

Season two trailer, with one of the first looks at Tyler Hoechlin's Superman in action. I'm already pretty confident that he's going to do well in the role.

An announcement about the extended cut of the movie has arrived in the form of a shiny new trailer. There's not a whole lot to be gleaned from it, but it offers a few new glimpses of Harley and the Joker.

There aren't many plot details out there for 'Defenders' yet, but it was announced yesterday that Sigourney Weaver has joined the cast. No word on her character at the moment, though.

Netflix just kicked off this year's New York Comic-Con with another teaser trailer. I don't expect anything to top Wilson Fisk as the villain, but given the martial arts vibe, I have fairly high hopes for the action sequences.

Another (very) brief teaser has appeared, confirming March 2017 as the release date.

Finished it last night. Another good series, although I still wouldn't quite put it up there with Daredevil or Jessica. We already knew Mike Colter would be excellent as Cage. A lot of fans online have been raving about Cottonmouth, who I did like, but I must admit, I slightly preferred Diamondback's performance. His voice was something else, and he had a real knack for mixing funny with menacing, but never in a way that felt forced. Surprising not to catch any references to Iron Fist though, I was waiting for one the whole time.

Dipped into S3 to check whether or not I'd been missing anything good. Much like the first season, which I watched from start to finish, it blows hot and cold. BD Wong and how stupendously evil he makes Hugo Strange has been the best bit for me, I was amazed the other night seeing him somehow manage to turn 'Eve' into a four-syllable word. Good lord though, are they on dodgy ground with some of the Ivy stuff.

So, it looks like October 6th, 2017 will be the date to mark in our diaries. We also have an official title...