The Avengers: A Back Story

The Avengers movie was fantastic. Bright, smart, powerful CGI but with some terrific acting and a story that held together really well. Now the third top-grossing movie of all time (and no DVD yet) it still has some life in it yet. I didn’t read the original comics when they first came out (too young and in the wrong country) …

Great Movie Posters: The Amazing Spiderman

Well, I didn’t want to see the reboot because I loved the first movies (1 and 3 anyway), but this is just great! Somehow more athletic and more sensitive. I liked the back story too, the search for PP’s parents, which added some depth to the story we all know. As a point of interest the picture here shows the …

Avengers Assemble Trailer

At the time of writing The Avengers Assemble is the top grossing superhero movie ever (although let’s see what Batman Rises will do!) and number three in the all time, all movie rankings (1.4 billion USD). The trailer is nothing like as good as the movie but it gives a decent flavour of the action to come. I love science …

Great Movie Posters: The First Avenger

Somehow Captain America: The First Avenger managed to avoid the overt patriotism of the original comics. I wasn’t looking forward to the WWII stuff but it was very entertaining, very effective, moving even. And this poster, made in moody Heaven is a darker, grittier version of the clean-living all-American hero who could have been just a bit too much. Links …