Tag Archives: Joe Johnston

1991′s “The Rocketeer” is a criminally underrated movie. Directed by Joe Johnston (“Captain America: The First Avenger”), it was a light but fun adventure with terrific production values. In case you’ve never seen it, it tells the story of Cliff Secord (Bill Campbell), a hotshot pilot who discovers a rocket jetpack developed by industrialist/aviator HowardContinue Reading

The almighty US of A doesn’t exactly have a very good image in the eyes of the world. So how are they going to make us like a movie called “Captain America”?…

Marvel Studios executives heaved a huge sigh of relief when “Captain America: The First Avenger” did not get crushed by “Harry Potter 7.2″ at the box office last weekend. In fact, it more than held its own, debuting at Number 1 with a very respectable US$65.8 million, trumping Potter’s $42 million. Their gamble paid off,Continue Reading

I don’t know if this is some kind of record. But I can’t recall another reboot project that has so quickly gotten the boot (pardon the pun), and replaced with a new version. Joe Johnston’s trainwreck “The Wolfman”, which was a reboot of Universal Studios’ old movies, was a critical and box office dud. It didn’tContinue Reading

I was wondering when the studio’s marketing department would get around to designing a “Captain America” poster in the style of the old World War II propaganda material, or those old Golden-Age-Of-Hollywood type poster designs. Well, here it is and evidently, they’ve used both approaches. It’s looking delightfully period-appropriate, right down to the Hitler-bashing imageryContinue Reading

Finally, after keeping fans waiting for the last few months, the full-length trailer is here…