Avengers: Endgame doesn’t have much faith in the resilience of humanity. Five years after Thanos (Josh Brolin) made half of Earth’s (and the universe’s) population disintegrate into ash with a snap of his infinity-stone encrusted glove, apparently the spirit has gone out of everyone. No fun is to be had, stadiums are empty, garbage and …
First, this is really an Avengers movie that has Captain America’s pretty face at the forefront. If you want to see almost all your favorite heroes from the last beeeeellion Marvel movies (except Hulk and, thankfully, dull Thor) they are here, along with a couple notable introductions (Tom Holland’s teen wonder Spider-Man and Chadwick Boseman’s …
I’m the first person to admit that I’m not the target audience of the torrent of superhero movies that have been pouring into theaters the last decade or two. They all blur together, the snarky clever asides and irony can only go so far, and honestly, with all of the mythologies, I either don’t know, …
Iron Man, aka Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.), seems to be suffering from a bit of PTSD. He has nightmares, colds sweats, panic attacks, and obsessively is working on creating a whole new army of iron men in his rich-man basement. It’s all about what happened in New York, apparently. (“WHAT happened in New York?” I …
I give Robert Downey, Jr. full credit for being the reason that I found Iron Man to be enjoyable. What is essentially an origin story for the latest Marvel superhero to come to screen is totally given a unique spark by Downey’s inherent smirkiness that he brings to all his roles. I’m not sure what …
I enjoyed Iron Man for what it was, a sort of snarky super-hero movie that actually starred adults for a change. Robert Downey, Jr., with his affected narcissism, was a total hoot and completely made the movie. And when I saw the trailer for Iron Man 2 several months before the film’s release? Heck, even …
Director Joss Whedon brings his trademark smarts and the sass – honed on iconic TV series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly – to this long-awaited big-screen teaming of some of cinema’s most recent superhero subjects, and the result is 2+ hours of big, boisterous summer-movie entertainment that’s likely to satisfy die-hard comic fans …