Tag: Chris Evans

While the mystery's final reveal is deflating in its simplicity, Knives Out succeeds in taking a western view of a rich/poor dynamic.

Assembled Over the past decade, Marvel brought audiences toward this melee, beginning in Iron Man’s militaristic fantasy before turning into a wild, uncontrolled spectacle of comic book fiction. Avengers: …

Stark’s Arc The hero of the Marvel universe isn’t Tony Stark. Captain America couldn’t save us all either. Marvel’s movies – some 52 hours of storytelling – belong to …

Assembled, then Disassembled With a decade of build-up, Infinity War goes all out with its spectacle. One computer generated war segues into another, becoming a repetitious and tiring mass …

Like Kevin Bacon? Infinity War makes it easier to appreciate how clean that first Avengers movie was. Another dozen plus Marvel outings on, there’s such a deluge of arcs …

Sokovian Split While a touch rotund in the narrative department and lacking the comic’s political bite, Captain America’s third go-round still pops with energy. The cast, as rounded up …

Civility Ferociously political as Marvel’s movies have been, observant of militarization and surveillance, Civil War may be the least impacted by commentary. Odd, considering the premise. Tony Stark and …

Chris Evans and Alive Eve star in this romantic Indie movie that isn’t a romance Before We Go is a deceptively entertaining movie, one of the year’s best in …

Ultron makes for great Blu-ray material, except for some audio quirks Loaded with characters, motivations, and allegories, Avengers: Age of Ultron may be too much movie, but its ability …

Avengers Re-Assembled Ultron is an assertive villain. Emotive. Cold. Unreal. He is a robot, yes, but not a pre-programmed killer. He (it?) considers the ramifications of his vile actions …

Snowpiercer is created with the mindset of surface and deeper level metaphors.

Captain America's follow through, free from the restraints of origin stories, is an absolute thriller.