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And Jeanne Moreau... She was brilliant in Diary of a Chambermaid, Jules et Jim, The Trial and others. R.I.P.

R.I.P. A lot of people know him as an actor primarily but he was a damn good screenwriter as well. Of all his work, I think I love Paris, Texas the most.

Peter Principle, leader of Tuxedomoon, died this week. Quoting a friend of mine, the band was one of the post-punk giants and the whole post-punk revival would have been way more interesting had the revivalists chosen to imitate them as well as Joy Division. Also Red West last week. I'm not extremely versed in his filmography but all the same I thought he was great in Ramin Brahrani's Goodbye Solo. And of course his Elvis songs.

A double-bill at the theatres today with Dunkirk and Baby Driver. Both couldn't be more apart from one another in terms of the overall experience they offer, but they're both also superb cinematic pieces which I'll be shocked if they end out of my top 10 by the end of the year. Highly recommended, especially to be viewed in theatres.

There's something wrong with my brain. Every time I see Sam and Archmaester Marwyn I keep wondering when Marwyn invites him to the Slug Marv Club or yelling "Samwell! I must insist you accompany me back to the castle citadel immediately!" if he finds him with Gilly or someplace he's not supposed to be. That applies to most Harry Potter actors though. When Dumbledore showed up in one of Doctor Who's christmas specials I kept being weirded out through the entire episode. I'm curious as to your reaction of Gambon in The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover.

Has this been posted yet? I've never been this stoked for a MCU film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgS2L7WPIO4 Looking good!

Apparently the book is full of references to other films, games, pop culture stuff and so on, it's part of its aesthetic/world.

I'm now hoping Disney will nick Rich's idea about dropping a Star Destroyer into a lack hole.

Not sure if this has been shared, but I'm really looking forward to it, like Creature of the Black Lagoon meets Amelie:

Was about to share that. I'm not too convinced... It looks intriguing but I'm getting a bit of an Avatar / Valerian vibe from it.

https://glitchwave.com/ Not sure how many here use Rate Your Music or follow the site, but they have opened their sites for public testing earlier today, among which you have the videogame-dedicated Glitchwave. It's an online database for videogames, made to act as something of a videogame IMDb. Their music site is superb, a great place in which to discover new artists and albums, and I for one have been looking forward to what is essentially the "next gen" for the site. Like Glitchwave, Cinemos and Sonemic for fim and music respectively have also been released in open beta, worth a look!

Great in Ed Wood. RIP. And Crimes and Misdemeanours and a few others things. He was a class actor. Also share TrueNeutral's sentiments on Chester Bennington and Linkin Park.

So this means I'm right, then?

Worthy of note about that scene though, and which completely skipped by me: the other two speaking soldiers were Thomas Turgoose of This Is England fame, and Pete Postlewaithe's son.

Personally I felt it was entirely unremarkable. I mean, I would go more in-depth about it but I honestly don't remember much of anything about it, except my general feeling that it all felt drab and lifeless, the photography felt almost amateurish at times, very unevoking, grey and flat... I recall some Hydra shenanigans which ended with Cap jumping around flying carriers much like the one we saw in The Avengers, and that's really about it. I wasn't expecting much going into it and my expectations were pretty much met. Also I had heard some remarks about it being similar to a 70s espionage thriller, which were just completely off the mark. My personal favorites when it comes to superhero movies are probably something like: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Kick-Ass, Logan, X-Men: First Class, X2: X-Men United. Pretty sure I'm forgetting one or two. So far I wouldn't really rank any of the MCU amidst my favorites lest you count series/seasons (season 1 of Daredevil and Luke Cage would make the cut, as well as Legion in Fox's case).

I haven't seen Wonder Woman yet, but that's not the really point. Both the first Captain America and Thor movies were okayish origin stories. Competently made, middle-of-the-road filmmaking, average and forgettable (doubly sad for Thor, I know Ash & Zack can do better than that) - certainly amongst the weakest offerings of the MCU. For better or worse that isn't nearly close to any of the DC movies. Those were much, but certainly not forgettable. The Winter Soldier on the other hand is amongst the best comic book movies ever made, Marvel, DC or otherwise. Hence the insanity of putting the generic Thor ahead of it. To be honest it's The Winter Soldier that felt extremely generic and pedestrian to me, and was one of the most anonymously directed films of the saga so far. Thor at the very least showed *some* spark of life through its high fantasy trope subversions and nicely-paced banters.

I have nothing against him, I don't think I ever heard his music and he's no more or less famous than over half of Game of Thrones' cast. The issue is not who was the cameo but how the cameo was handled. Essentially I agree with this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2017/07/17/yes-ed-sheerans-game-of-thrones-cameo-was-a-mistake/#68235da5544f He was out of place, the GoT equivalent of a Pillars backer character, only that he can't be ignored. The attempts to frame him into every shot made the whole thing *look* extremely awkward, and this has nothing to do with Sheeran himself but with the overall handling of the scene. Had this been done differently, like, for example, not introducing Sheeran by having him sing and then be congratulated on his singing (a move that reeks of complacency), it could have been perfectly passable as the other musician cameos in the series have. Heck, for all their deficiencies as musicians there've been plenty of pop stars who later delivered some pretty decent parts (see Marky Mark, Justin Timberlake in The Social Network and Zendaya in Spider-Man: Homecoming for a few examples), and even now I'm looking forward to Dunkirk starring Harry Styles. There's really no excuse to defend what was just a very poor scene.

I'm kinda with Volo on Arya in this episode, but likewise I agree that her first scene was pretty sweet. Just a good slice of entertainment. The second sequence was woeful though, and it is by and large because of Ed ****ing Sheeran. He was completely out of place in it and placed so on the forefront so as to stick like a sore thumb, singing his 'folk' tune like he were before the X Factor jury. Groan-inducing tosh. Other than that, a decent-enough season opener.