Movie Review: It’s Avenger vs. Avenger in ‘Captain America: Civil War’
It’s Avenger against Avenger in this superhero smash-up that pits the Captain and co. against Iron Man and the UN
May 5, 2016
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It’s Avenger against Avenger in this superhero smash-up that pits the Captain and co. against Iron Man and the UN
Marvel’s Ant-Man is a fast, funny, often flippant comic book outing that, refreshingly, dials things back a bit from recent studio outings
Avengers: Age of Ultron climaxes with a 30-minute sequence of our titular heroes bashing the hell out of an endless army of metalheads
Guardians of the Galaxy is not just the best Marvel movie to date, but also the one of the finest science fiction films in quite some time
X-Men: Days of Future Past is a a great-looking sequel that exhibits genuine feel for its comic book origins and brings a whole lotta fun
Captain America: The Winter Soldier bests the first Captain America film in most storytelling regards – including plot, pacing, and story development
Thor: The Dark World gets that mostly right, too, and exhibits (in spurts) the same goofy charm of the original
Marvel meets Shane Black in Iron Man 3, which eschews some of the more comic book elements of Marvel’s previous films
The Avengers brings together all of these characters – and more – for a superhero smash-up that sets a new standard for comic book movies
Captain America: The First Avenger represents some of the best of what the Marvel universe has brought to the screen
NOW STREAMING ON: Thor, a big-screen adaptation of the Marvel comic about the Norse god of thunder, comes with unusually high pedigree; not every comic
Iron Man 2 is very nearly as good as the first installment, and in some ways, it’s better
Marvel Studios has ‘rebooted’ the franchise with Louis Leterrier at the helm of The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man is second only to Spider-Man 2 as the best translation of a Marvel character to the big screen yet