Captain America: the First Avenger brings the WWII origin of the early Marvel superhero to the big screen, and sets us up for next years Avengers group film. I have enjoyed every movie in this series, and I am probably going to opt for the 3D version of this one. It is not alone in the theaters this weekend, because Another Earth also is opening, although a bit more limited screen count wise. This one is true science fiction the way Moon, Silent Running, and Cold Souls were, telling a unique story from the human perspective, and exploring the implications. It won Sundance this year, and I am going to have to try to make both of these movies this weekend if the latter is opening anywhere near me.
Thanks to WQXR-FM, the PBS style classical music station in NYC, we can now listen to around 12 minutes or so of the new Captain America soundtrack. It got the music as part of its Movies On The Radio program, which I recommend to everyone. Thanks to the team at SFX for the heads up on this one.
What more needs to be said, except that Captain America: The First Avenger will be out on July 22nd.
If you haven’t already made plans to visit the Batman Live Experience, I can seriously recommend you do; it looks like a world of fun.
If you have seen any of my previous posts on the subject you know I have been looking forward to Green Lantern for a while now. The wait is finally over, and I will be in my local theater on Friday.
Beginning today, BBC4 Extra is running Bradbury 13, a series of 13 short stories from author Ray Bradbury adapted for radio. These are new productions never previously broadcast, starting out with his story The Ravine, and it looks like some of his Martian Chronicles tales are included in the collection. Warren Ellis announced that you could stop by Brian Wood’s site and download the Entire Public Domain 2 PDF, which represents around a decade worth of sketches and artwork from his collected works. It is 132 pages and fairly high rez of some really nice graphic novel level creations (although no actual graphic novels… it is way too random for that), and looks good on your Android or iDevice as well. If you like it, you can support his work by picking up the signed and numbered limited edition print version from the link on his page, until they run out.