Over the weekend I watched around 3 hours of the some of the best Marvel Superhero Avengers product I have ever see.  Captain America - The Winter Soldier was a spectacular movie that had a near perfect plot and action mixture.  It was a perfect continuation of the Captain America character and storyline from the original Captain America - The First Avenger and The Avengers movie.  The character, played by Chris Evans sticks to his guns in an ever build up of conflict from the problems with SHIELD to still having to exist into today's society to leaving behind his life of the past to dealing with threats from that same past.  This movie sees a slow reveal and decay of an existing society that Steve Rogers is already questioning and his concerns suddenly become so much more.

"I say we hunt down the jerk who posted these spoilers and show him a new use for my shield."

After posting my review of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" a couple of days ago, I received an email from someone who said they had not read it for fear that I would reveal spoilers.

Who, me?

For the record, that review is free of spoilers. But the comment got me thinking and I decided, "why not?" So, after the jump, you can read my Top 10 "Winter Soldier" Spoilers.

You've been warned, so no whining.

The sky is falling!

In "Captain America: The First Avenger," Steve Rogers had an easy time spotting the bad guys - they wore swastikas on their sleeves.

In "The Avengers," they were even easier to identify - they were space aliens, falling out of the sky.

But in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," Rogers learns that his world is red, white, blue and gray - lots and lots of gray.

Christopher Evans is back as Cap, the thawed-out World War II hero still trying to find his place in the 21st century. As the story unfolds, he is more conflicted than ever. Some of his closest friends are not what they seem. This includes his co-workers at S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson). Even the girl next door - literally - has secrets.

Captain America does his best to keep it simple. When Sam Wilson (recognize the name, comic book fans?) asks, "How do we tell the good guys from the bad guys?" he replies, "If they're shooting at you, they're bad guys."

Amid all the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend-unless-he's-my-enemy's-friend confusion, "Winter Soldier" delivers in all the ways you would expect. The action sequences are outstanding, particularly the one-on-one (or one-on-a-dozen) fight scenes. And very large objects are blown up in very big ways (perhaps to the point of overkill, but that's what we've come to expect from Hollywood).

The plot is a trifle convoluted - Hydra has raised its ugly heads again - and in the context of the Marvel Universe, perhaps a little hard to believe for devoted fans. Sorry, no details/spoilers. Nope, not even a hint to the identity of the title character, a feared assassin, either.

True to the formula of the Avengers-related movies, "Winter Soldier" provides a good dose of humor, too. When Black Widow asks Steve Rogers if he had a fun Saturday night, he replies, "Well; all the guys in my barbershop quarter are dead. So no, not really." There's the obligatory Stan Lee scene. And stay through the credits for two extra scenes. Please note that I said "two."

"Winter Soldier" takes aim at a winning formula and hits the target.

If you haven't seen it already then go check out ABC's Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe which aired on March 18.  The special, as you probably have heard already had a variety of teases into the future including footage from Captain America: Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy  as well as some effects tests for Ant-Man and some concept artwork of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.  See more photos and links after the break.  The special also has a lot of information about the formation of the various movies as well as the TV series Marvel: Agents of SHIELD

Empire Magazine has a feature on Captain America in the latest magazine and these are two of the pictures I have come across.  One is no that exciting but is a nice shot of Captain America but the other is a nice picture of The Winter Soldier and the best detailed one I have seen so far.

Below is the US and UK one sheets for the new Captain America movie.  There is also a rumor of a trailer coming this week also.

This was found on aintitcool.com and credited to Brian M. Lumley Photography, Cleveland, Ohio

Here are some shots of Anthony Mackie as The Falcon in the next Captain America film.




Source - http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/05/01/captain-americas-falcon-first-images-of-anthony-mackie-on-set-will-need-some-cg-later/e-10/

Redford Confirms He’ll Play ‘Head of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ in Captain America 2



Although Robert Redford already confirmed he has joined the cast of Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the veteran actor revealed to SPINOFF ONLINE this morning precisely what role he’ll play.

Emily VanCamp has been cast as the female lead for Captain America: The Winter Soldier.  She will be playing Sharon Carter who in the comic book is Captain America's love interest and also the niece of Peggy Carter.

Source: Comic Book Resources

The Captain and The Widow.

At least one member of The Avengers will appear in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier."

Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow is teaming up with the title character, according to Deadline. Details are sketchy - as in nonexistent. Stay tuned.

In other "Winter Soldier" news, Deadline reports that five acrtresses are in the running for the female lead role - Emilia Clarke, Jessica Brown Findlay, Teresa Palmer, Alison Brie and Imogen Poots. The best guess is that the role will be a love interest for Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans).