Captain America: The Winter Soldier opens in theaters nationwide today, April 4. Check your local listings for showtimes At this point we are pretty deep into the Marvel Universe. Fully into Phase 2 of their master plan, we have now had three Iron Mans, two Thors, an Avengers, and now a second Captain America, with …
Joss Whedon’s The Avengers could have gone either way. It either could have been a complete disaster, or, a hell of a lot of fun. I’m pleased to report that The Avengers is a resounding success. The film opens with Thor’s brother, Loki, arriving on earth via the Tesseract (a crazy energy cube being researched …
It’s official, after weeks of rumors, Chris Evans has been cast to play ‘Captain America.’ Chris Evans, already a veteran of superhero movies (he played the Human Torch in Fantasic Four) beat out a short list of actors that included Ryan Phillippe and John Krasinski. The ‘Captain America’ film will be directed by Joe Johnson, …
One of the big stories yesterday was word that the Walt Disney Company had bought Marvel Entertainment. One of the smaller stories is that Marvel is also considering rebooting their “Fantastic Four” franchise. Writer Akiva Goldsman scribe for the two worst Batman movies, “Batman & Robin,” and “Batman Forever,” as well as producer of the …