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Captain America is a rousing, massively entertaining movie that's as much an old-school, earnest World War II epic as it is a modern superhero action movie. It also features a showstopping song-and-dance number and moments of surprising poignancy and emotion. More »
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After yesterday's sneak peek at the Cosmic Cube, here's a first look at Captain America's perpetually blushing foe Red Skull. This is already an improvement on his "mutated beet-man" look from the 1990 Captain America movie. [CBM] More »
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Here's the first photo of Captain America antagonist Johann Schmidt/The Red Skull (Hugo Weaving) brandishing the Cosmic Cube, that famed Marvel Universe artifact that offers power that's only constrained by its user's imagination. More »
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Sometimes a superhero is only as good as his enemies, and that's definitely true in the upcoming Captain America movie. We saw some early footage of Hugo Weaving's bad guy this weekend, and now we're totally Team Red Skull. More »
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Professional villain Hugo Weaving is the Red Skull. Captain America is screwed. More »
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If you're still wondering whether Megatron shows up in the new Transformers movie, then the voice of Megatron, Hugo Weaving, has some news for you. (And so does director Michael Bay.) Giant transforming spoilers ahead. More »
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In a tone of deep seriousness that sounds practically professorial, scifi author Neal Stephenson shared some grave thoughts a couple of months ago about science fiction actors. In this clip, the author of The Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon tells a London audience how SF actors' careers are "bifurcated" — they're famous among scifi fans, but not so widely known in the mundane world (not unlike Stephenson himself). I just love the way he gravely explains the careers of Lena Headley (Sarah Connor Chronicles) and Lucy Lawless (Battlestar Galactica, Xena). But then he moves on even more controversial territory: Who should play Spock if it isn't going to be Leonard Nimoy? His answer, unsurprisingly, is not the dude JJ Abrams picked to play Spock in the new movie. But it's actually some pretty inspired casting. Neal Stephenson can cast my dream Star Trek movie any time. [via Fora TV] More »
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