Films seen so far this year: 189
Films seen this week: Whatever Works, Shrek Forever After, Letters to Juliet, The Collector, H2Oil, MacGruber, 22 Bullets, Heartbreaker, Splice

Superhero News: Captain America and Thor costumes revealed
As comics fans everywhere are no doubt already aware, last week saw the release of detailed production drawings of the costumes for both the upcoming Captain America and Thor movies. The Captain America costume is particularly impressive. I've blogged about the costume before and I was sceptical that it could be made to look anything other than ridiculous, at least if they went with the classic costume as shown here or, worse, any of the costumes from the TV movies / serials. However, they appear to have done an excellent job with designs that retain the feel of the character and are vaguely reminiscent of his 1940s origins. The only things missing are the wings on his headpiece, though, surprisingly, the Captain America fan community have yet to raise much of a fuss. Will the movie end with Cap “getting his wings”?
We'll have to wait and see. As for the Thor costume, one can only hope there's still a bit more work to be done because, to me, he looks a little bit too much like a stage magician and not enough like the God of Thunder. Although, again, the original costume is also fairly ridiculous, so it's a tough balance to strike.

Films I'm Dying To See: Inception
I hadn't seen a trailer for Christopher Nolan's eagerly-awaited Inception since the teaser, which I featured here a few months ago, so I was utterly blown away by the most recent full-length trailer, which I saw last week before a screening of Woody Allen's Whatever Works. (Thank you, Warner Brothers!) I missed the release of the second trailer (here) but, frankly, I'm glad I did, as the new one is much better. At least now we have some idea of the concept behind the film and who all the characters are: DiCaprio as a sort of secret agent whose job is to steal secret information from people's dreams, Ellen Page as his protege, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as his co-worker (and possible enemy), Michael Caine as his boss and Marillon Cotillard as, I'm assuming, DiCaprio's character's wife or girlfriend. The visuals are utterly stunning - I love the dreamscape flying apart behind DiCaprio and Page as they sit in the cafe, the shot of the city curving up into a circle, the shot we'd already seen of Gordon-Levitt falling through a corridor and the shot towards the end of the ruined city falling into the sea. It looks like a genuinely original, intelligent sci-fi thriller that's packed full of both action and ideas. As such, it's shot right to the top of my Dying To See list, just ahead of Scott Pilgrim. Opens here July 16th and I can't wait. Also, if I miss the multimedia screening because of being in Edinburgh, I'm going to be mad as all hell...