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Affirmative. I'm obviously not the intended audience, but I struggled to sit through it and I think it didn't know whether it was a comedy or a drama. Some pretty poor acting and character work didn't help that. But, they made a feature film which is a massive achievement in itself, so respect to them for that.

Can't argue with that. I struggle to think of a time when he has disappointed me in a role. I watched Van Diemen's Land last night, based on the story of a group of escaped convicts who resort to cannibalism to survive. Very brutal, but slow in parts and very much about the protagonist (Alexander Pearce) and whether he was a psychopath or a normal guy in an abnormal situation. Beautifully shot though and on some reflection I think it was pretty good. Can be found on Stan.

Anyone seen a little Australian film called The Road to Nhill?

Yeah, amazing soundtrack! What were your thoughts on Bronson? I read a really good article a couple of years ago comparing Bronson and Chopper, and the influence of Chopper on Refn's film. Was really interesting, and the contention was that Bronson was simply stylistic and completely lacking in any kind of soul or connection, whilst Chopper was style and a heap of substance, which I couldn't agree with more. Chopper is one of my favourite movies ever made.

What do you think of Nicholas Winding Refn's films? Personally, I think they look great but don't enjoy them at all. Apart from Drive, which is probably because that was written by Hossein Amini and not Refn himself.

Those three are definitely worth watching. The only Burton directed film I've enjoyed is Big Fish. Everything else has been underwhelming, and Alice in Wonderland was total trash. I suppose the technical aspects that Burton shares with the German expressionist films don't really help the fact that his work is pretty unengaging IMO.

German Expressionism is fascinating! Loved learning about it at uni and the progression to noir is very interesting. Love The Sniper and Double Indemnity is great, phenomenal read too as a script. Ace In The Hole and Murder, My Sweet are both great films.

I'm sure we could have drafted an obese kid if we really wanted to.

Kind of like flipping a coin a hundred times and getting 70% heads. Those results aren't going to affect your next coin toss at all.

Can't say I've seen any from that list, but have seen Inferno and possibly a couple of others, but the names escape me. They were enjoyable but not thrilling. Haven't been able to see a lot of European film to be honest, but I'll be adding those to my list to try and educate myself a bit more! Did you see The Witch? If so, thoughts? I was kind of underwhelmed. The setting was very original and it looked fantastic but the plot was really thin and the final scenes totally redundant IMO.

Good taste! The Descent was one I never saw but always meant to. I rate the original Saw as a very good, low budget horror film and felt the psychological element to it was very, very good. From then on though, it just became torture porn. Insidious, from James Wan (also directed Saw) is pretty good. Quarantine and the original Spanish REC are both pretty creepy found footage films about a rabies outbreak in an apartment block. Have you seen The Babadook? Australian horror that came out a couple of years ago, starring Essie Davis. It's brilliant and scary, plus addresses human emotion really nicely. Can't recommend that enough.

Anyone a horror fan?

Haven't got around to Twin Peaks but it's on my extensive list. Breaking Bad is excellent viewing RE Bond: I really rate the old school Bond films, and I am a huge fan of the books. I get the product of white Europe thing, but I think the audience of Bond these days is much younger and doesn't really have the same knowledge of Bond beginnings or the time that the original Bond was actually based in, so I think the fact that Elba is a dapper British gentleman with a tough edge in his acting than any of the other competitors (in my eyes) would make him a good candidate. Having said all of that, I would love to see them go back and re-do some of the original stories, in the proper era and so forth. But that's such a risk considering how good most of the originals were. Luther was created by Neil Cross, who did a fair bit of writing for Spooks. Nice! How is that going? Been busy? Yep still writing (and sometimes directing), done a few short films and gearing up for a feature film in the new year which will be amazing, if we can get it off the ground. You know how these things go I'm sure haha.

Haven't seen Oz, but I do rate The Shield very highly. The Wire edges it out for me, just love the realistic and super gritty edge that they totally nail. The Shield builds some amazing tension but at times there's a bit too much All-American macho in there. Still love it though. Season 2 of TD isn't on my to do list any time soon. Rake - the Australian version, very well written and Richard Roxburgh is great in the main role. The other shows you've mentioned, I haven't seen much of at all, except for The Fall (1st season) which I thought was pretty cool. I've only just started getting into binge watching TV but Luther was one of the first I watched and that is a brilliant show. Idris is definitely a huge favourite, is amazing in that and The Wire and I suppose that provides a nice segway into your Bond references too... he'd be a pretty cool Bond. I actually haven't really enjoyed any Bond films since Casino Royale. They just don't seem to do it for me anymore. You're obviously pretty into film and TV - do you have any involvement in film making at all?

I'm glad that's your sentiment of Interstellar. I was pretty underwhelmed and it annoys me when people fawn all over it. It was decent, but I still much prefer Inception, The Prestige and The Dark Knight when considering Nolan's work. Keen to see Dunkirk.

And I finally got around to watching two TV series' that I've been meaning to for a while - True Detective (S1) and Rake. Both brilliant, TD was an amazing experience and I put it up there with the best. Still, nothing tops The Wire IMO.

Keen to see Snowden, have only heard really good things. I managed to make it to IMAX for the first time in years, to see A Beautiful Planet. It was amazing and I forgot just how good the 3D experience is there. The '3D' that they offer at regular cinemas does not even begin to compare.

Smith would be a big upgrade. It does look like he is progressing really nicely and should play some senior footy next season if he continues on the same trajectory. No surprises with King and Newton, but I'd be shocked if we kept Michie after delisting M Jones.

I completely forgot about that. He did come back looking sickly skinny and was definitely bigger beforehand.

Sad to see Grimes' career end the way it has. I truly hope he finds a spot somewhere next season. The other two, it was always coming.

Culling too many could cause a bit of unnecessary instability. 4 - 5 changes is on the mark I think.

And Lucas Cook earned the nickname 'Cookie Monster'.

He'll get a gig somewhere. Have to say I can't believe he's 192cm. Just from the little footage I've seen of him I'd always assumed he were a small forward, maybe 180cm.

Hope you're right but so far he has done nothing to show that he'll bounce back to cement a spot next season.

Among many, many other things.