Two weeks ago, I had the great privilege of seeing The Avengers at its world premiere in Hollywood, and of attending the film’s press conferences the following day. As I’m forbidden from publishing my review of the movie until Monday …
Continue ReadingI got to see a preview screening of The Avengers last night, and I need to amend my earlier comments regarding Hawkeye’s archery technique a little bit. I can’t give you a review of the film, at least not yet, …
Continue ReadingTwo weeks ago, I had the great privilege of seeing The Avengers at its world premiere in Hollywood, and of attending the film’s press conferences the following day. As I’m forbidden from publishing my review of the movie until Monday …
Continue ReadingEleven more days until the full joy of The Avengers hits theaters. Meanwhile, you can enjoy this series of new featurettes just released. Several bits of the dialog we’ve already heard in the trailer, but this may be my new favorite exchange, which appears in a couple of the featurette videos: Thor: Big man in […]
Continue ReadingWhen is a Joss Whedon movie not a Joss Whedon movie? In the case of The Cabin in the Woods, the new horror movie send-up, you might say it’s a Whedon half-breed. The man behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, …
Continue ReadingAs I sat through a half-hour of trailers at The Hunger Games this past weekend, I realized how many geektastic movies are coming out this summer that I’m going to want to see. Seriously. It’s absolute madness how many geek-appealing movies are crammed into the next few months. I’m already behind, having not yet seen […]
Continue ReadingRemember that poster for The Avengers that was released last month? It was cool, even if the perspective was off and headgear was conspicuously absent. Now there’s a Lego minifig version of it, and it’s better than the original in …
Continue ReadingTo prepare for the upcoming Marvel Avengers movie, opening on May 4, you could watch all the movies: The Hulk, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger Or you could read the book. In anticipation …
Continue ReadingYou may have read a recent piece on this blog about Hawkeye. Jim MacQuarrie’s brilliant (if we do say so ourselves) article from last Thursday has been reprinted and quoted all over the internet, it seems — agree or disagree …
Continue ReadingAn article that ran yesterday on GeekDad by Jim MacQuarrie made it very clear that, from the standpoint of professional archery, Hawkeye couldn’t hit the broadside of Tony Stark’s mansion. With my limited exposure to archery I can’t argue against what …
Continue ReadingWatch the new trailer for The Avengers below, or view it on Apple’s trailers website. I have to say that while the previous full trailer didn’t disappoint me, it also didn’t fill me with confidence in the film. This trailer, …
Continue ReadingThe new “one-sheet” poster for The Avengers has just been released, and it’s the most detailed one we’ve seen so far, by a lot. All seven main heroes are visible: Iron Man and Thor in the foreground, Hawkeye and Black …
Continue ReadingNicole Wakelin is joined by GeekMom Mandy Horetski to talk movies, from The Avengers to The Hobbit and even the age old debate, is 3D worth the fuss? First there’s Hugo with Oscar nominations galore and then later this month Star Wars fans get The Phantom Menace in 3D. Should you jump at […]
Continue ReadingStarting at 2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific today, and lasting for a half hour, the official Twitter account for the upcoming blockbuster movie The Avengers will host a global chat with several members of the movie’s cast, as well as …
Continue ReadingWhen Nathan Fillion tweets a link, it doesn’t take long for thousands of his loyal fans to click on it. He tweeted a link last night that has Joss Whedon fans all over the internet buzzing. The link was to a website that just had a little information such as that this is a film […]
Continue ReadingFilming of The Avengers is underway here in Cleveland, and the week’s off to an action-packed start. (That clip looks like it comes from the employees at Medical Mutual of Ohio, which has been posting photos and video from the …
Continue ReadingTo celebrate today’s release of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Avengers Volumes 1 and 2, Marvel is sponsoring a giveway. Three lucky winners who post below will win the two DVDs plus the classic Iron Man figurine provided courtesy of Entertainment Earth. …
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