Captain America: Civil War is a triumph. As the latest entry in the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe, it surprises with both its ability to feel fresh despite its status as a sequel (to both Captain America: the Winter Soldier and Avengers: Age of Ultron) and its strength as an action drama – yes, drama,...

‘Over-stuffed’ doesn’t even begin to describe Avengers: Age of Ultron. One wonders if Marvel executives held writer-director Joss Whedon at gunpoint while shouting, “You must include this character! And this character! And don’t forget this one! And you better make sure to mention stuff that will be important for later movies!! WRITE! WRITE! GET...

This week, Marvel premiered something very special.  No, not the Ant-Man trailer. That was fun and all but the studio really struck gold with the two hour premiere of Agent Carter.  I have to admit, I didn’t have high hopes for it.  Marvel’s other TV show, Agents of SHIELD didn’t exactly set the world on fire.  I know, I...

Marvel finally released the full teaser trailer for Ant-Man during the premiere of the surprisingly excellent Agent Carter.  To say that Ant-Man has had trouble making the leap from the page to the screen is a gross understatement.  Marvel announced it at Comic-Con ages ago, before the first Iron Man had even come out.  They signed Edgar Wright to...