Tag: Samuel L. Jackson

Film Review: Avengers – Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron

The sequel to be most successful comic book film ever takes everything up several notches, and can barely keep it all inside. The coming together of geek god king Joss Whedon and the world of cinematic comic bookery was enough to make even the most cynical fan reach for his or her swooning couch, and the box …

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Behind The Panels Issue 127 – Kingsman: The Secret Service

ehind The Panels Issue 127 – Kingsman: The Secret Service

Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 127, the comic book show that uses talcum powder under its tights to avoid unfortunate chafing. In this issue, David Tennant joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That sound you hear is the Internet breaking under the strain. ALSO we all sit around and watch The Thing without pants in …

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Film Review: Kingsman – The Secret Service

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons’ comic shoots stylishly out of the gates, and it is guaranteed that minds will be blown. The prospect of Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn re-teaming with creator Mark Millar was already a glee inducing prospect, as the combination had previously produced one of the most kinetic translations of a modern comic book in recent …

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Marvel debuts second ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ trailer

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Marvel debuted a second trailer for AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON today, during the College Football Playoff National Championship game on the Disney owned ESPN. That’s some kind of sport, we imagine. The new trailer shows a lot more of the Hulbuster/Iron Man and Hulk fight, and hints of the trouble visions that were hinted in previous …

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Film: First official photos from ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’

Avengers: Age of Ultron - EW cover

EW is getting busy with the exclusives this week, releasing a first look at some of the scenes from the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron, along with a cover reveal that shows the titular villain (played by James Spader) for the first time. Each of the photos confirms something about the upcoming film. The first …

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Film Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Elevator

The latest Marvel film elevates the franchise to new heights, creating an authentic comic book experience on screen that defies convention. It just might also be the best Marvel film to date. Over the course of the last six years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe hasn’t simply adapted comic stories, but instead it has woven together …

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‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Superb Owl trailer in its full glory

Falcon - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Putting aside any worries some of us at Behind the Panels (mostly Richard) had in the lead-up to this trailer, the latest trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier kicks some serious ass. Full of very slick modern action, liberal doses of humour and a very important set of shots of both Falcon and The …

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The first trailer for ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ arrives

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Commence the geekgasms! After a week of teasers, including the poster and a 10-second trailer, Marvel and Disney have released the first full trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier . A very SHIELD-centric film that seems determined to ground the Marvel Cinematic Universe between the cosmic adventures of Thor: The Dark World and Guardians of the Galaxy. …

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Samuel L. Jackson confirms Elizabeth Olsen for ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’

Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene

He may have made a surprise cameo at the end of this week’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but Nick Fury himself (Samuel L. Jackson) has shown he’d make a terrible spy by leaking some casting news from the forthcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Jackson discussed filming schedules and …

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