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...
IRON MAN 2 dir. John Favreau, starring Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwenyth Paltrow, and Scarlett Johansson Iron Man 2 marks the return of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, having fully embraced his role as Iron Man, America's armor-clad protector. Fresh off a successful heroic run,...
INCREDIBLE HULK dir. Louis Leterrier, starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, John Hurt, and Tim Roth In the grand scheme of the MCU, Louis Leterrier’s 2008 The Incredible Hulk feels like less than a footnote. A one-off movie with a cast that went largely forgotten, both in terms...
IRON MAN dir. John Favreau, starring Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, and Gwenyth Paltrow Iron Man, the movie that jump started the most successful franchise in Hollywood history and birthed the modern era of the superhero genre, focuses on Tony Stark, a brilliant but emotionally stunted weapons...
