ANT-MAN dir. Peyton Reed, starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, and Corey Stoll Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular...
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON dir. Joss Whedon, starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, et. al Tony Stark is at it again. Attempting to resurrect his vision of a global peacekeeping mission, fully aware of Thanos' presence out in space, events spiral out of...
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY dir. James Gunn, starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, and Lee Pace Brash space adventurer Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) finds himself the quarry of relentless bounty hunters after he steals an orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain....
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER dir. The Russos, starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, and Robert Redford BLUF: Winter Soldier regularly makes my MCU top 5 and represents the MCU firing on all cylinders. It is both self-contained excellence, while seamlessly setting up...
THOR: THE DARK WORLD dir. Alan Taylor, starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, and Christopher EcclestonThor: The Dark World, the second film in the series featuring the God of Thunder, sees the Asgardian prince battle to set right the mess of the nine realms Loki...
MAN OF STEEL Introduction I’ll share some relevant background to establish a framework so you can understand my approach to CBMs: Growing up I read about 4 comic books (my beloved Mom, with a Masters in English and an accomplished poet herself, HATED them and considered them devoid...
IRON MAN 3 dir. Shane Black, starring Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Guy Peace, and Gwenyth Paltrow Iron Man 3, the first MCU movie to be released after the smash hit that was The Avengers, sees Tony Stark attempting, and partially failing and dealing with the fallout...
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS dir. Joss Whedon, starring Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Scarlett Johansson, et. al When Loki, God of Mischief, uses forces greater than his own to threaten the Earth with world domaination and a hostile alien takeover, S.H.I.E.L.D. director...
CAPTATIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER dir. Joe Johnston, starring Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, and Tommy Lee Jones Captain America: The First Avenger, Marvel's first period piece, gives the audience a look at war-torn Europe during World War II. Back in the U.S., a sickly kid...
THOR dir. Kenneth Branagh, starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, and Anthony Hopkins The fourth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor continues the unsteady and tenuous hold the overall franchise had on superhero films. Thor Odinson, the powerful and arrogant future king of Asgard foolishly...
