Miami, United States (AFP) — US captain Mike Trout drove in all three runs as the United States defeated Colombia 3-2 on Wednesday to book their place in the quarter-finals of the World Baseball Classic. Los Angeles Angels outfielder Trout — one of the figureheads of a star-studded US line-up — knocked in singles in the third and fifth innings to send the US into the last eight. The Americans, who have recovered after being […]
Tag: Captain America
Wrapping ‘Avengers 4,’ Chris Evans hangs up Cap’s shield
NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Evans has wrapped his final performance as Captain America. Evans on Thursday tweeted that his last shooting day on “Avengers 4” was an “emotional day.” The 37-year-old actor thanked his colleagues and fans for his eight years as Captain America, saying it “has been an honor.” Evans first joined the Marvel cast in 2010. He has starred in three “Captain America” films, including 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War,” as […]
Captain America returns to his Brooklyn roots
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — A bronze, 1-ton, 13-foot-tall Captain America statue was on display in a dedication ceremony in a New York City park on Wednesday (August 10). “I think that it’s absolutely amazing and Captain America means a lot to me because I’m trans and I think that Captain America is trans because he’s like this weak little sickly kid and he gets like this shot that turns him into Superman, he […]
My long overdue review of “Captain America: Civil War”
QUEZON City, Philippines (May 27) – “Captain America: Civil War” is one of the most-awaited films of 2016. That said, take away the cool special effects and spectacular action scenes and you have a mildly-entertaining film that can be summarized like this: “He is my best friend and I will take his side no matter what!” Did I mention that this review will be full of spoilers? Our favorite superhero team is thrown into a dilemma […]
The new Spider-Man appears in Captain America trailer
REUTERS — Iconic Marvel Comics character Spider-Man has made his first appearance in the larger Marvel comic book universe in the second trailer for the upcoming “Captain America: Civil War”. In February 2015, Sony Pictures, who hold the cinematic rights to the web-slinging superhero, and Marvel Studios reached an agreement for the character to appear in the Walt Disney Avengers franchise as well as a 2017 stand-alone movie under Sony. In June of 2015, Marvel […]
Latest trailer released for highly anticipated Avengers sequel
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” saw its third full trailer released online on Thursday (March 5) as anticipation over the second installment of the hugely popular and lucrative superhero series builds to a crescendo ahead of the film’s launch at the end of April. In the trailer the villain of the movie, the artificial intelligence Ultron, is seen bringing his robot forces together to battle the team of Marvel’s biggest selling superheroes – themselves with their […]
‘Captain America’ soars above ‘Rio 2’ birds to win box office
(Reuters) – Marvel’s red-white-and-blue superhero soared to a second straight box office win in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” beating out new animated movie “Rio 2,” the story of a family of Brazilian birds on a trip to the Amazon. Walt Disney Co’s “Captain America,” which set an April ticket sales record when it opened a week ago, pulled in another $41.4 million from Friday to Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters. The “Rio” sequel […]
Disney’s latest hero, ‘Captain America,’ sets box office record
(Reuters) – “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” the sequel to Marvel’s 2011 film about the red, white and blue superhero, smashed its way to $96.2 million in weekend ticket sales, setting a new record for an April release and speeding past last week’s winner, “Noah.” In the process, it also validated the strategy of the film’s distributor, Walt Disney Co, to ramp up its pipeline of films featuring super heroes made famous by […]





