Now that I have your attention… If you missed the premiere of ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (try saying that five times fast!), you’ll get another chance to check it out tomorrow night at 8/7C.
S.H.I.E.L.D. had the best numbers of a drama premiere in almost four years and had more than one million Facebook fans when it premiered. And, for the record (since it never appeared on ABC’s press site so I was unable to review it), the premiere was extremely good – balancing humor and drama in that peculiar way that only Joss Whedon seems able to pull off reliably. I’d give it an A- – only a few characters get any kind of development – but the plot is smart and, as with Whedon’s other shows, you know that everyone will be developed over time. Also, Lola.
The press release about the additional scheduling follows the jump.
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The best movie I’ve seen so far this year is a microbudgeted adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing as adapted and directed by Joss Whedon – who shot the film with a small army of friends, in his house, in twelve days during a break between the end of shooting Marvel’s The Avengers and beginning to edit it.
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Grade: A+
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Coming to you straight the 2013 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, the GeekScholars Movie News podcast has reviews from the biggest premieres, and conversations with the top talent, including
- Much Ado About Nothing - Joss Whedon’s modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s hilarious comedy about fools in love, complete with exclusive interviews with Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Amy Acker, and Alexis Denisof
- The Incredible Burt Wonderstone – a comedy about rival magicians starring Steve Carell, Jim Carrey and Steve Buschemi
- Before Midnight – Richard Linklater’s latest chapter about a chance romantic encounter between two kindred souls, complete with an exclusive interview with writer/ director Richard Linklater
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The Avengers is ridiculously entertaining. It’s pretty much a perfect summer movie.
The movie’s tone is perfect Marvel; the characters are completely true to their previous movies; the balance of wit, charm, intelligence, drama and poignancy is lovely, and both the tease for The Avengers 2 and the tag following the end credits are amazing. Even the 3D is effective – though it only really gets to shine in the last act.
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Grade: A+
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