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The Academy Announces Oscar Contenders for Visual Effects

By Kristen Blanton at 3:31 PM on January 5, 2012

The Academy announced the final 10 contenders for the Oscar for Visual Effects today. Below is a list of the aesthetically pleasing films vying for the title. read more

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Captain America review

By Jonathan Hickman at 1:58 PM on July 24, 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger is the kind of awkward failure that was hinted at already this year with Marvel Comics’ Thor and nearly spelled disaster with DC Comics’ Green Lantern. While not a terrible film, Captain America lacks the edge necessary to truly capture viewers’ imagination.... read more

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Comic Book & Graphic Novel Round-Up (7/13/11)

By Garrett Martin, Hillary Brown and Sean Edgar at 12:30 PM on July 13, 2011

Each week, Paste reviews the most intriguing comic books, graphic novels, graphic memoirs and other illustrated books.... read more

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Thor and Captain America Both Getting Sequels

By Nathan Spicer at 5:30 PM on April 20, 2011

The first incarnations of Thor and Captain America haven’t even arrived in theaters yet, but Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has already announced each film will get a sequel.... read more

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Chris Evans Talks Captain America Theme Song

By Bo Moore at 12:21 PM on April 18, 2011

In a recent interview with USA Weekend, Captain America: The First Avenger star Chris Evans revealed that the star-spangled superhero will have a theme song in the movie.... read more

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Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury is One Busy Super-Spy

By Nathan Spicer at 5:12 PM on February 3, 2011

Samuel L. Jackson revealed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon that he, as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury, will appear in both Thor and Captain America. Plus, he’ll have a female sidekick in The Avengers.... read more

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Transformers 3, Thor, Captain America Many More Trailers to Air During Super Bowl

By Nathan Spicer at 5:00 PM on January 20, 2011

The Super Bowl has always attracted advertising from huge names in media, and with good reason: It’s the most-watched television program annually. Just last year, it drew 106 million viewers, which topped the finale of M*A*S*H* to become the highest-rated television broadcast in U.S. history. Now, movies like Transformers: Dark of the Moon, J.J. Abrams’ Super 8, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, CGI-film Rango, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Bradly Cooper-Robert De Niro Limitless and Daniel Craig-Harrison Ford sci-fi western Cowboys & Aliens will become part of the huge advertising blitz, according to The Hollywood Reporter.... read more

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Assessing Nine Comic-Book Movies in 2011

By Josh Jackson at 7:00 AM on January 6, 2011

Nearly every comic-book movie has either been great fun (The Dark Knight, Spiderman) or so awful as to elicit anger (Batman and Robin, Spiderman 3). A middling comic-book movie is something of a rarity. So it's with a bit of both excitement and trepidation that we look at 2011's line-up of comic-book movies. read more

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Stanley Tucci Joins Captain America Cast

By Whitney Baker at 4:00 PM on June 8, 2010

Stanley Tucci (Julie & Julia, The Lovely Bones) is the latest in a series of star-studded casting announcements for the upcoming Captain America movie. The actor will play Dr. Abraham Erskine, the radioactive spider of the Captain America franchise.... read more

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