Hoping for the Blackfish effect, maybe?

Well, those of us who saw Snowpiercer already know babies tast best…

My favourite is probably I'm Not There, because it goes in completely the opposite direction to most biopics and makes a Dylan bio into a worthy art film.

You've reminded me of this Adam Buxton sketch: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I assume her older sister was lucky and was just called 'Penny'.

Yeah, they shoot a location at a time so the co-stars (those not sensating around the world) will only have to do a short block of filming.

Nah, Captain America is Union through and through. Stark on the other hand…

I feel like the bit with "creepy incestuous undertones" is a pretty good satire on hereditary monarchies and their… practices.

I feel like Nabin is kinda overreaching for everything to possibly be annoyed at even if it's explained or not even a thing, like a better written version of 'Everything Wrong With' or 'Nostalgia Critic'.

Well, first I'm a very enthusiastic fan of Cloud Atlas - I think it's one of the best adaptations of a difficult book (that is a book that would be hard to portray on screen) and I loved that the Watchowskis melded their philosophical leanings with those in Mitchell's text to make a film that was both faithful to the…

Yeah, reminded me of Miracle Day… Which is… yeah, well I guess I hope this better that that.

And we know from The Return of the King how good Stewards are…

If I remember The Princess Bride the novel is supposed to be a vastly edited version of an obscure epic fantasy novel. The narrator often mentions cutting boring bits out. By that measure I'd definitely call it metafictional, although the film isn't quite as much.

Would that it were!

Judging from that one picture of teenage Pynchon we have, hmm…

I'm guessing that a barter economy would be the most realistic and paper money (and even gold) is pretty useless if you're living in a tent in a forest trying not to starve or catch something terrible.

So it's pretty much like any other short story collection from the last 50 years, except it has a cutesy semi-ironic title. Just because there is some self-awareness doesn't make it any less of a rote subject…

I'm definitely preferring the recent move to 8-12 episode series in a lot of shows because I could conceivably catch up with it. 22-4 hour long episodes is too much (and also lends itself to a lot of filler).

Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes is probably the perfect example of this. The former ran for two short series, had an emotionally satisfying ending (but didn't answer all the questions) then the latter picked up with the supporting cast and a new lead a few years down the line, ran for another three short series and then…

I'm a bit leery of sub-par stuff being given a pass due to auteur theory. While I do kind of agree that I often prefer a shaky but visionary film to a competent but samey one (I enjoyed Jupiter Ascending for one), there is the problem that this can induce a sense of myopia and self-indulgence in a creator.