On a slightly related point, coffee cups in movies and TVs bug me. The way people hold them just screams ‘there’s nothing in me, especially not hot liquid’.

Does Sebastian Stan have a thing for skaters? This and The Bronze?  

Agree. These will be the same people that buy products from, say, Saudi owned companies without blinking.

Peopel did boycott/get angry at HBO over their Westworld casting calls for nude extras. As my above comment, GoT is fantasy reflecting a time long ago and none of the GoT audience expects that level of violence in their worlds . Momoa’s comments were made by a modern man - that’s the difference.

We all need to remember this is fantasy - the rape and murder in GoT are both fantasy, though reflect a long ago past where such things were common. These days our attitudes are different and just because we show these things on TV shows, doesn’t mean we condone them. But actors making jokes about them should probably…

Thinking something like The Revenant mixed with There will be blood. Or Ravenous.

I’m sure everyone in Hollywood did, right? I mean it’s a cliche - the Hollywood producer that abuses young starlets. And it’s only a cliche because it happens so often. Harvey won’t be the last producer to be outted as a perv - there will be a lot of rich white men in the Hollywood hills getting pretty nervous about…

See they’ve gonre for tropical feel. When I read the book I had more of a rural, abandoned beach scene - more Norfolk (UK) or I guess New England (US).

Let me guess- he has to take his now full grown son (or maybe daughter) back to Africa to become Prince(ss) of their country - and fish out of water comedy ensues.

Animation? Go Anomalisa style and have everyone voiced by the same person, or Malkovich where on person plays all the parts. Or a mix of animation for the bardo sections and film for the real world parts, mixing in some faked up archival footage.

Agree. My take on the whole thing is that it only matters if the changes impact the core of the character. Let’s take the black James Bond example - yes, being black would have made him a different person - he would have had to deal with racism, might not as easily been accepted by the British elite etc. But the core…

1. Grand Budaphest Hotel

I kind of thought that when 300 made $70m in May on its opening weekend, films like Gravity and The Martin topped $50m in October, and Nov/Dec/Christmas became a good time to release big name blockbusters, that the idea of the June/July summer blockbusters had become a little old hat.

Enjoyed that. Right mood, think the Blade Runner aesthetic is just about there (loved the chandelier), and didn’t give too much plot away. For some reason, my resounding memory from the original was the head crushing scene. That weird kind of body horror was a big part of Blade runner (Sebastian ageing, nail through…

I don’t think anyone should really be turning to James Cameron for advice on what constitutes feminism.

With a budget of $30m, even if it makes $48m then drops 60% it'll still be a hit. Hopefully it's good and they'll green light the sequel.

You know, as apparently the President of USA is de facto leader of the free world, should the rest of the world not get a vote in the elections? Because, if we did, I guarantee we wouldn't be facing the Trumpian shitstorm that's currently being unleashed on the world.

Think part of the issue is that the big trailers are for a handful of big studio movies. Whereas a small indie or mid-budget pic might get a few trailers, films from Marvel, DC, Disney and Transformers gets at least 6 different versions, often going into double figures. So it just seems like all trailers are the same,…

Much like the films themselves then.

So, when does this come out?