Yet 2015 promises to be something of a calm before the storm, at least in terms of the number of new comic-book movies released ahead of an unholy smackdown of films set to arrive via Marvel and Warner/DC between 2016 and 2020.
And yet 2015 ended up marking something of a calm before the storm for comic book fare, with the desperate debacle surrounding Josh Trank's miserable Fantastic Four proving Hollywood is still capable of mining the odd seam of critical kryptonite in among the infinity gems.
If you feel yourself getting angered, then try to think of something that relaxes you, like a calming lake of some sort.
There's something of the "calm down dear" in that assessment, which is notable for managing to cram so many insultingly gendered terms into so few words.
He is, according to the author of this new book, something of a cool customer: calm and graceful under pressure, "a difficult man to read, who loved jokes and stories" but who was otherwise remarkably self-contained.
As a young director, Chabrol (who died last Sunday at the age of eighty) was an utter wild man, but there was method to his madness; he never lost his method, but as, eventually, something of the madness calmed down to a simmer, the method, too, mellowed.
Here are some ideas: Think of something very calming: Picturing something calming such as a waterfall, a pool of clear water, a green field under a rainbow, etc., can be ways of calming yourself.
Particularly one with a calming atmosphere, and something comfy to relax on.
While acknowledging that he can be something of a showman, friends say Mr. Emanuel has calmed considerably.
During the TV interview, for instance, contrary to her reputation as something of a radical, she came across as calm and measured, if somewhat vague.
