MCU Movie Reviews | Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Age of Ultron is certainly a success (and an improvement on the first Avengers film), but the whole is less than the sum of its absurdly expensive parts.
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AllMovie Rating: ★★★★
MCU Movie Reviews | Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
A near-masterpiece of modern blockbuster cinema, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is one of the best action movies of its era and is as good as Marvel movies get.
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MCU Movie Reviews | Thor: The Dark World (2013)
The Dark World‘s reputation as one of the weaker chapters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is deserved, but it’s still fun and above average in quality, with the cast being more than game for the adventure.
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MCU Movie Reviews | Iron Man 3 (2013)
Iron Man 3 is certainly decent enough with terrific action, but it’s a forgettable entry into the MCU canon without much of a reason to exist. Although it’s the first movie in the MCU’s Phase Two, the truth is it represents more of a dead end than the beginning of something new.
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MCU Movie Reviews | Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The best MCU Phase One movie, Captain America: The First Avenger may be yet another superhero origin story film, but it fuses elements of Indiana Jones into the narrative in a way that continues to feel fresh years later.
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MCU Movie Reviews | Iron Man 2 (2010)
While not an outright bad movie by any means, Iron Man 2 is certainly a misfire by MCU standards. Though it’s suitably spectacular, Iron Man 2 is noticeably less than the sum of its parts and is inferior to its predecessor.
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MCU Movie Reviews | Iron Man (2008)
The one that started it all, Iron Man remains a breezily entertaining movie today, even if the stakes feel pretty low now compared to what comes later in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Still, as a comic book adaptation and superhero origin story, Iron Man is one of the best movies of its kind.
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Favorite Movies | Interstellar (2014)
Confused by Christopher Nolan’s 2014 movie Interstellar? Learn how the film’s science works and why it is critical to understanding the ending.
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Favorite Movies | Batman Begins (2005)
Batman Begins enjoyed just a fraction of its sequels’ box office success, but it pioneered a new approach to the origin story superhero film.
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