Shane Black? Really?

I think that’s actually one of the best things about Die Hard 3 - Simon isn’t at all interested in getting revenge on McClane. It’s all a distraction, like Hans claims to be a terrorist in the first film.

I love Die Hard With A Vengeance and agree that it’s the best of the sequels, but take a look again at what McClane does in that film - it’s wild. Surfing on a truck and shot up into the air. Dropping from a bridge onto a ship. It’s way crazier than anything in part 4.

Returnal is very deserving of the top spot there - even if the story isn’t all that, the way it feels and plays is beyond satisfying. It feels like the ancient past and far future of gaming at the same time. I plugged about 130 hours into finishing it and another 5 or 10 on top getting the Platnium trophy. I’m…

I watched that at the time, but it’s still a wonderful surprise when Jay Pharoah comes in as Leon. Too funny.

This is pretty wild to hear, because before I saw the trailer ahead of Dune I had no idea about the existence of this film, let alone that Ridley had a second film with Adam Driver releasing in as many months.

I am a movie fan but I am regrettably straight, so that may be the explanation.

I saw Paul Hollywood on a chat show last week, and he said “the Bake Off winner is always someone who has come on a journey”, and the truth is Jurgen (and Giuseppe) were just too good at the start. They’ve had hiccups, sure, but they haven’t developed through the series. Chigs and Cristelle have, hugely.

As a Brit, in a country where WWII jokes are still (sadly) the norm whenever Germans are around, I can honestly say that Jurgen was largely beloved and that people were shocked he wasn’t a finalist.

It’s not Germans that Brits have a problem with, it’s Germany (specifically Germany 80 years ago). It’s most of the…

I laughed very, very hard at The Jockey, but I have spent an inordinate amount of time playing Tony Hawk and listening to the skate punk songs therein.

I’m in the UK too, and I’ve been downloading episodes illegally (literally for 15 years) before Sky started showing them regularly a couple of years ago.

Morbius is a great tragic villain in the way Spider-Man bad guys often are. For a Spidey film it would be great. This just looks like some goth nonsense.

Into Darkness has a load of problems but it’s never less than fun, and I prefer it to a few of the original films (TMP, Final Frontier, Nemesis). Some of the action in particular is tremendous. 

Thinking about it, you’re right. Poulter is a very good actor, but he’s hardly the perfect physical specimen that Warlock is said to be. To borrow a phrase, he’s kinda funny looking.

Cornell’s You Know My Name is the inheritor of Live and Let Die’s muscular take on Bond themes and is the best of the Craigs by a country mile.

Definitely. In fact, the whole cast of Goldeneye are working double time to make up for the dialogue.

Maybe it was my screening, or maybe it was yours, but the whole back half of Shang-Chi was vivid greens, yellows and blues. They popped, properly, looking magic in comparison to San Francisco or Wenwu’s bunker-style lair.

You should be playing Lost Judgement, where not only is a dog your friend and helps you with investigations (and in a fight if you have that move) but you can also just take it for a walk around the neighbourhood with no fights or distractions. Just you and a dog, being buddies.

Goldeneye has a good plot, and amazing stunts and action sequences, but a terrible script and one of the worst scores in the whole series. It’s not as good as either Dalton.

The most recent MCU release, Shang-Chi, was the opposite of dark and brooding. It was fights, technicolour fun and enormous dragons.

Maybe that’s the case here? I don’t think Linda Cardellini is with them at the ‘family dinner’.