Does anyone know if the UK does anything similar? I know there’s a statue of Charlie Chaplin in Leicester Square but that’s about it, mostly it seems councils are happy to put up “(FAMOUS PERSON) lives here between 1948 and 1972" blue plaques but they don’t really excite me.

If they can capture the fast pace and inventive plotting of the comic (as well as the strong characterisation) than Paper Girls could be something special. I really hope that is the case too, but if they pack in with filler (as Stranger Things sadly did) I’m not sure I’ll bother with it.

Earlier this year I read Roger Moore’s recently republished Live And Let Die diaries, where there’s a ridiculous amount of entries that start along the lines of “Almost died today” or “Just back from hospital as I’ve broken two ribs”, now obviously they (hopefully) have a lot more safety protocols in place but even…

It seems a little confusing as HBO announced a while back that they had the rights for seasons 13 and 14, so if Disney do become involved it possibly won’t be until season 15, and at the rate we’re getting seasons right now I’ve no idea when that might be!

It’s so weird that they made such a huge mistake, I mean a brief google would have revealed that they were shooting in 2021, and then filmed additional scenes in February.

I know the friendly, local vigilante thing has been done many a time but this doesn’t sound a million miles away from DC’s short live ‘Mazing Man comic which I used to love when young. 

I have to admit that I didn’t know that the phrase originated from 40K, but I’ve just been reading up on the whole thing and it turns out my interpretation of the word was wrong, I thought it was when something is bleak or depressing but it’s clear now that it’s far, far worse than that, and you’re absolutely right…

I think Grimdark is definitely over used, but there have been definitely some Batman stories which fit the description, the run from Tom King where Professor Pig was torturing Batman both physically and mentally was deeply fucked up (issue 62+), and a major character was recently killed off who had been with Batman…

There’s a really great She-Hulk / Daredevil story in Charles Soule’s criminally short run on the comic, and it’d be great if the tv series adapted elements of that.

There’s also going to be a Stranger Things musical in London in October - https://www.thevaults.london/stranger-sings - I’m fond of some parody musicals, Jurassic Lark and The A-Team: The Musical were really funny, but they were also very low budget works and the price for this is putting me off it so far.

I agree with you completely, and think the way to make a successful adaptation would to have it as a six episode season, and only three of those, this is a comic which works so well as it moves at a fantastic pace, and fleshing out its characters during the madness of it all.

I thought that. Considering our justice system sometimes lawyers may have to defend someone they find absolutely abhorrent, but to specialise in doing so for men who have repeated raped women is absolutely sickening.

She doesn’t, but she does raise finance for films, and must frequently have scripts featuring interesting female characters sent to her production company.

That’s a very argued point, and it is true that I’ve not really enjoyed a Bond film that much since Timothy Dalton left the role, and Skyfall was the only one I quite enjoyed.

The problem I have with Brocolli saying things like “I believe in making characters for women and not just having women play men’s roles” is that she has been producing films since 1995 and I cannot think of a single memorable female role in any of those movies bar Judi Dench’s M, who of course was originally a male…

It’s such a non-story as well, he mentioned in an interview that this is “My last leg” and then we have to watch a whole video to find out there’s no other interesting information.

I can understand video interviews, or even video podcasts where the writers discuss certain subjects, but the introduction of video news…

It is much, much smaller than the US one, I first went in 2014 when it was at the 02 in Greenwich, and they had David Wain and David Cross introducing their own films and doing q&a’s, but it seems to have become a little smaller over the years - here’s the website for this year’s festival: https://www.picturehouses.com…

I’ve not seen Brian and Charles but I’m a big fan of it’s creator David Earl, and a friend saw a preview of it at the UK version of Sundance and said it was superb, so I can’t wait for it to get a release over here.

I’ve seen this and it is indeed awesome, but I’d recommend not reading the review if you’ve just jumped down to see the comments as its very spoilery, and I’m so glad I went in knowing nothing about the film.

Also on the Asian film front, if you’ve not seen Enthiran (and the sequel, 2.0) I’d highly recommend them,…

It really makes you understand why parents acted the way they did back then, I dread getting Shingles at some point as I know that’s bloody miserable too!