Tag: captainamerica

I have sympathy for anyone in a floundering, long-lead industry - whose desperation to improve matters is kept at actionable arm's length by the exigencies of the production cycle. But did Marvel Comics seriously look at the election of Donald...

A lot has been written about the broody darkness of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice; but in its way, Captain America: Civil War is the most quietly nihilistic superhero movie in years. Full disclosure: I still haven't seen BvS,...

When it comes to the major comic book tentpoles that are being shuffled out with increasing regularity, some viewers have grown a little tired of the city-destroying carnage that has marked many of their climaxes. Marvel, one of the biggest...

The wait is over! Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Holland is your new Spider-Man! Holland will first appear in Marvel's Captain America Civil War then in two stand-alone films for Sony in 2017.Jon Watts, director of Sundance flick Cop Car, will...

The fraternity of Marvel Entertainment is a small one. Too many cooks spoil the broth as they say. And if it ain't broke don't fix it. Variety reported that Captain America scribes Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (The First Avenger, Winter Solider...

The Wrap reported earlier today that Martin Freeman, likely one of the most recognizable Brits outside of it's shores thanks to roles like Watson in Sherlock and Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit films, has joined the cast of Marvel's Captain...

Well. This turned out to be a good day if you are a fan of Marvel villains. Earlier today it was announced that David Tennant has been cast as Zebediah Killgrave in Netflix's Jessica Jones. At the same time the...

I can count on one hand the number of sequels Icelandic movies have gotten. In the 80s, a comedy series got two, and in the late 90s, an 80s comedy got one, and I think that's it. In the last few...

Spoilers follow for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Institutional paranoia may be the low-hanging fruit of the American blockbuster, but Captain America 2 exploits it well - even ingeniously, when the movie does reality one better by claiming that all...

So, apparently there's a very large sporting event which nobody is allowed to call by name without paying for the right to do so and which drives people into a marketing frenzy coming this weekend and among the frenzied are...

Joe Johnstone's first solo outing for the Captain left me a little cold; the period detail was great, the rest not so much. The Avengers Assemble saw Chris Evan's Steve Rogers become a little more likeable as the butt...

News that Robert Redford was joining the cast of Captain America: The Winter Soldier as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Alexander Pierce was met with a good deal of excitement. And why not? He's Redford, after all, and certain to lend a good...

The headline says it all, more or less. Marvel's second Captain America picture is now under way, the cast freshly bolstered by the addition of Robert Redford. And there the Captain is, walking on to set. You can click the...