Category: Movies

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Declassified Preview

Captain America: The Winter Soldier courtesy Marvel
Captain America: The Winter Soldier courtesy Marvel

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is almost here. The latest adventure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe pits Steve Rogers against ruthless new enemies and a conspiracy within S.H.I.E.L.D. Here’s what you need to know to catch up and be ready for the sequel:

 

Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) was a skinny kid from Brooklyn with a big heart, sense of honor and desire to serve his country in World War II. Given the code name Captain America – Steve would defeat the Red Skull’s Hydra invasion but with a price. Steve crashed the Hydra plane into the ice and would be frozen in time.  Steve was revived by S.H.I.EL.D. and would lead Earth’s Mightiest Heroes against an alien invasion in The Avengers. Continue reading CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Declassified Preview

X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST TV Spot

Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy in X-Men Days of Future Past courtesy Fox
Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy in X-Men Days of Future Past courtesy Fox

Fox unveils the first television spot for X-Men: Days of Future Past.

 

Featuring the voice of Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) the spot shows the apocalyptic future in which mutants are in a losing war with robots called Sentinels.

 

The story is based on the classic story by Chris Claremont in which the X-Men of the future send one of their own into the past to change destiny.

 

With plenty of action from new mutants (Blink, Sunspot) and favorites like Wolverine here’s the spot:

Continue reading X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST TV Spot

CHARLES SOULE on INHUMAN at ECCC

Inhuman #1 courtesy Marvel
Inhuman #1 courtesy Marvel

Charles Soule is one of the busiest writers in comics and busiest guests at Emerald City Comicon this weekend. With Superman/Wonder Woman, Red Lanterns, Swamp Thing for DC and Thunderbolts, She-Hulk for Marvel Soule was on multiple panels answering fan questions.

 

Inhuman #1 is the big Marvel book on this fan’s brain. Soule teams up with artist Joe Madureira for a brand new title that stars classic characters like Black Bolt and Medusa while introducing all-new heroes and villains born as a result of the terrigen bomb detonation in Infinity.

 

I got a chance to look at the first issue before it arrives in comic book shops this Wednesday. Continue reading CHARLES SOULE on INHUMAN at ECCC

AMY ACKER Joins AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. As Coulson’s Cellist

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

Amy Acker (Angel, Person of Interest) joins the Marvel Universe as a woman from Agent Phil Coulson’s past.

 

You may recall Coulson telling Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) about a cellist from Portland, Oregon in Iron Man and The Avengers.

 

Acker will play Audrey, the cellist and love of Coulson’s life on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Audrey believes Coulson is dead but when a “super powered threat from her past re-emerges” Coulson must act to protect her. Continue reading AMY ACKER Joins AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. As Coulson’s Cellist

ELLEN PAGE On X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

X-Men: Day of Future Past courtesy Empire
X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Empire

Ellen Page returns as Kitty Pryde in X-Men: Days of Future Past with an important role in the story. In the comics Kitty is sent back in time to change the future ruled by mutant hunting Sentinels. In the film Kitty helps send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) back instead.

 

Since X-Men: The Last Stand Page was nominated for an Oscar for Juno but she was ready to suit up again as the fan-favorite X-Man. Continue reading ELLEN PAGE On X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

Summers Brothers in X-MEN Films

Lucas Till on the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy @BryanSinger via Twitter
Lucas Till on the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy @BryanSinger via Twitter

Lucas Till reprises his role as Alex Summers (aka Havok) in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

 

“It’s really a small thing,” he says in the new Empire magazine. “A lot of people didn’t make it back. I’m fortunate.”

 

Summers is in the U.S. Army when the story picks up. Continue reading Summers Brothers in X-MEN Films

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST New Trailer

X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox
X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox

The new trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past is here via YouTube.

 

Director Bryan Singer unites the cast of X-Men: First Class with the original X trilogy in a film based on the classic story by Chris Claremont.

 

In 2023 Professor X (Patrick Stewart) Magneto (Ian McKellen) and surviving X-Men (Halle Berry, Daniel Cudmore, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Anna Paquin) send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) back to the 1970’s to change history.

 

Logan confronts young Charles (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) to unite and prevent a war that will decimate the mutant race but the one person who may not veer from her path is Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence.)

 

Watch and enjoy: Continue reading X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST New Trailer