Max Landis apparently wrote a FF-script where Doom is already (non-scarred) Latverian royalty at the start of the movie, who tries to help his old college buddy Reed Richards by offering him and his gang asylum from accusations of sciencing dangerous stuff on U.S soil. Could be a solid setup for a third act turn to…

There are very few movies with villain protagonists out there, and even fewer based on comic book villains. It would pretty much have to be a fall from grace and/or origin story that ends with Doom becoming Doom, which to me sounds like a solid recipe for boredom.

Poor Andy Serkis… Why couldn't they have done this to Batman v. Superman instead?

I don't know, Doom has to be a really tricky character to adapt. His classic incarnation requires a ton of backstory (the whole deal with his mother and the demons, growing up as a science genius, working wth Reed Richards, learning magic, getting scarred, locking himself into his armor, becoming dictator of…

David Bowie - Fashion
Nine Inch Nails - Right Where it Belongs
DJ Shadow - Building Steam With a Grain of Salt
Daft Punk - Da Funk
Bat For Lashes - The Big Sleep
Depeche Mode - Should Be Higher
Chvrches - By The Throat
Jamie xx - Obvs
Suede - The Next Life
Weeping Willows - I Give You The Morning
Silverbullit - Joy
Nick Cave &…

Someone did a similar thing with the Cinemasins video for The Dark Knight Rises a few years back. I think they're tolerable, at least as long as you throw any expectations of actual movie criticism out the window.

The last time Garlin was on DLM soured me on him for the foreseeable future. A virtuoso display of being an utter asshole.

Disney are lucky these things basically market themselves at this point, because on a technical level this is another terrible trailer. After watching it I have no idea what this is about, and not in an intriguing way. No established mystery, urgency, antagonist or stakes, and the closest we come to a conflict is "guy…

I'm not American and grew up on subtitled stuff, it had a big part in making me bilingual. However, critics who almost certainly didn't have the same experience seem to have a tendency to overrate international stuff, especially mediocre genre fare (original The Bridge, Headhunters, Girl With The Dragon Tattoo etc.).…

I love how this (apparently) doesn't focus on getting the flash drive back to England, but the political fallout of it getting delivered by such a relative nobody. Very Le Carré.

…or feel smart because they get to read subtitles.

Where would you say the Whore/Madonna-thing comes into the picture?

Theoretically, I don't believe I'd have any problems with it. However, I'm also A: currently spoken for, and B: quite clueless about how to pull it of. I've had unexpected casual encounters before, but those always required some kind of pre-existing relationship (however vague) to work from. Going at it from scratch…

I meant the Winter Solider/Bucky Barnes!

Sicaritwo

Sicario 4?

The Batman books look strong (although my general dislike of the bloated Bat-family will probably keep me away from Detective Comics) while Superman got some decent creative teams but if rumors are to be believed a very messy status quo. All in all I could have done with a handful more "out there" titles like Prez or…

Although I'm personally not a fan of the character/concept, Red Hood moves books. At least enough to stay above the dreaded 20.000 copies a month cancellation line. At first I thought DC was trying to push him to get in on some of that sweet Winter Solider momentum, but after checking it seems that character doesn't…

Tesla Troopers! Right?

Broder Daniel - Hardened Heart
Fever Ray - Now's The Only Time I Know
Otis Redding - Direct me
Morrissey - Life is a Pigsty
Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Far From Me (Live at KCRW)
Suede - Hit Me
Pulp - Babies
Iggy Pop - Sister Midnight
Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself
Röyksopp & Robyn…