Captain America: The First Avenger – movie review
Captain America: The First Avenger is the latest entry into Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. For years now Marvel has been building its continuity, marching purposefully towards next year’s team-up movie, The Avengers. For the first time I wondered “Are casual audiences going to understand this movie?” When Thor came out in May, it was riddled with [...]
Captain America: The First Avenger – Review
Captain America was created in response to World War Two. Steve Rogers was the ideal man. Not in body but in spirit. He wanted to fight for his country despite getting turned down at every opportunity. While a great goal for comic book authors it also dated Captain America. He is a symbol of what [...]
X-Men: First Class Cast Mutates Beautifully – movie review
X-Men is the whole reason I love comic books. I was a big fan of the 90s animated series when I was a kid, and that got me into the comic books. There is no medium that I haven’t seen X-Men in, and it’s my favorite comic book movie franchise. There was only one thing [...]
Thor: Where Magic And Science Are One – movie review
The biggest challenge Thor had working against it was the very nature of its story. How do you put the idea of Norse gods next to the technical aspects of Iron Man? Up until now, all the Marvel superhero movies have been grounded in science. Where does Thor fit in this universe that’s being [...]
Idris Elba to Ghost Rider 2?
Well, he was the epitome of cool in the big screen heist movie, Takers, and now Idris Elba is feelin’ the love from one of the most recognized comic book giants in the world. Just yesterday, we brought you the news that Marvel had lot’s for the actor to do in the coming years. I’d [...]
Thor – Movie Pics
The big screen adaptation of Thor hasn’t made news for a hot minute, and we aim to remedy that. Let me refresh you of the details. One of my favorites, J. Michael Straczynski, is credited with the story behind the film. Kenneth Branagh is directing, which was one of the major draws for Natalie Portman, [...]
Avengers Comic Con Teaser
Tease: (verb) 1. to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport. 2. Teaser: slang for a short scene or highlight shown to attract the audience’s attention. If mastermind Joss Whedon wishes to tease, he has just succeeded! Only in this case, I’d like to change the word [...]
Captain America First Avenger – Hydra revealed
In the old days James Bond battled the organization known as SPECTRE. In more recent films, Daniel Craig’s Bond fought Quantum. The X-men have had their share of fights with The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Super hero Captain America is no different when it comes to dealing with a troublesome and organized foe. In Captain [...]
Edi Gathegi in X-Men First Class
Sink your teeth into this. Actor Edi Gathegi was catapulted further into stardom after taking a bite out of the role of Laurent, the nomadic vampire pal of Twilight‘s devilish duo Victoria and James. He now joins another franchise sure to cement his popularity. Its the X-Men film franchise and Gathegi is an attractive reason [...]
‘The Avengers’ photo
Yesterday was a good day for Marvel Comics fans. Here on BSC we celebrated Comic Con by sharing the news that two heroic members of the upcoming Marvel Studios’ The Avengers flick have been cast. Yes, actor Mark Ruffalo isn’t infamous for uncontrollable anger…yet. I wonder how many actors in Hollywood will be green with [...]
Marvel Introduces Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner to The Avengers
A film that has been a dream for decades is finally shaping into reality. Its called The Avengers and the movie represents the ultimate team up of Marvel super heroes. You’ve heard of the X-Men and The Fantastic Four teams. You know individual heroes, such as Spider-Man and Iron-Man. Well, the truly phenomenal thing about [...]
Captain America Shield and Infinity Gauntlet from Thor!
Prepare to drool, true believers! According to ComingSoon.net, Comic Con was the place for one of a kind memorabilia when Marvel revealed exciting, life-like props encased in glass. We have photos of Captain America’s glorious shield and the infamous gold Infinity Gauntlet (a item usually associated with Thanos–current Badass of the Week). These artifacts were [...]
