"I was only using that dodgy American accent in a stupid attempt to fit in!"

Since we're skewing older, Gosling would make a fine "kid" as Johnny Storm. I'd kinda prefer Amy Adams to Swinton as Sue. We'd also probably have to explain to the studio heads why all of Ben Grimm's lines are German-accented monologues about the incredible cruelty of the mineral world and the artificiality of CGI,…

Yes, by psychically making her a character in a bad British romance novel, which was a prelude to luring her into kinky undergarments so she could join the Hellfire Club.

I kind of hope they come to their senses and just let Jean Grey be British in the next movie. That lousy American accent they had her doing in Apocalypse was distracting as hell, and she didn't do a good job acting her way through it.

Am I silly to say that Mads would be a kick ass Reed Richards? Mikkelsen definitely has that thing where he can exude intelligence in his acting, which is something Ioan Gruffudd and Miles Teller never quite managed to do.

Rorschach with more bathing, then.

He'd be Rorschach?

Damn, another person foiled because they didn't think to say "Hold the lethal dose of polonium!"

I don't think anybody's terrified. In case it wasn't obvious, my "KGB minders" comment was tongue-in-cheek. I just find it funny that there are people who are as reticent as the president to criticize Vladimir Putin, although Putin doesn't now profess to share any of their ideals.

This is true, but it's widely believed Russia doesn't just support far-right parties in the West, they also support far-left causes. They're invested in undermining liberal democracy and breaking apart Western institutions that could oppose them, so extremism in general is a good tool for that purpose. Their real…

I didn't say lauding Putin—you don't hear much of that. I just said that their taboo against criticizing Russia runs so strong that even when Putin does things that are directly against their claimed ideals, they can't bring themselves to speak out against him. Bringing it up invariably results in a change of topic,…

I haven't seen W—after living through it, I wasn't particularly interested in Stone's take. Still, I'd co-sign Nixon as good Stone. Not a great movie, but Hopkins does a great job of showing Nixon's deterioration.

His early stuff is worth watching. Platoon's still good. I kinda love Wall Street, although it's a cautionary tale in more ways than one. JFK's a brilliant piece of filmmaking, even though it pursues every possible conspiracy theory at the expense of coherence (heck, maybe it's brilliant in part because of that). I…

There's a breed of American socialist that can't ever bring themselves to criticize Russia, no matter how far they've drifted from the Communist ideals of the Soviet Union. Probably a sign their KGB minders trained them a little too well. They probably figure Putin's current incarnation as a kleptocratic rightwing…

This doesn't beat the Stamford case on the front of "evidence of rape culture." There, you had third party witnesses, the guy was caught in the act, and the judge's reasoning amounted to "why should I ruin this bright young man's life over a lapse of judgment?" forgetting that his lapse of judgment was dragging an…

I'm sure the foreperson will read the verdict: "Not guilty…you gunky!"

"You heard my father, idiot! Closer to those power lines!

The dance-wiggling is key. Apparently, you can't be a three-quarters naked, dirty mystical supermodel without severe spinal damage that makes you wiggle-dance all the time.

How does that cosplay work? Starve yourself for a few weeks, put on some random items of tattered clothing, and roll around in dirt? Is there more to it?

Kate Mara's not a white man. She doesn't mention Jesus, and no one yells at the dog "They'll fry you if you're wrong!" So…I'm thinking no.