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This is my entry in the 2019 Reel Infatuation Blogathon hosted by Silvering Screenings and Font and Frock. Minor spoilers for Captain America follow… Let’s just get this out of the way. It’s the last thing I want to do to rehash The Avengers because my most appreciative remark abo read more

I wasn’t aware it was possible, but go-to Marvel superhero movie composer Henry Jackman is actually getting worse as he does more of these movies. His score for Captain America: Civil War is laughable, which is too bad, because if the film hit the thematic beats Jackman failed to achieve? Wel read more

Marvel & Disney's domination over 21st Century popular entertainment continues with CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR. Despite the title and the mammoth publicity campaign surrounding it, the main theme of this film is not so much superheroes battling each other as it is the consequences of trying to a read more

In spite of being a jaded viewer at this point, the Russo Brothers (Arrested Development and Community) and the screenwriting duo of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (The Narnia Franchise) proved still capable when it comes to keeping the Marvel Franchise afloat and, nay, helping it to flouris read more

In spite of being a jaded viewer at this point, the Russo Brothers (Arrested Development and Community) and the screenwriting duo of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (The Narnia Franchise) proved still capable when it comes to keeping the Marvel Franchise afloat and, nay, helping it to flouris read more

Between this blog and my previous one, Professor Damian’s Public Domain Treasure Chest, I’ve been writing about movies for quite a while now. Because of that, there are a lot of posts that have simply gotten lost to the mists of time. So, I figured I’d use the idea of “Throwb read more

Captain America II: Death Too Soon, although it actually doesn’t have an onscreen subtitle, could just as well be called Captain America II: The Show No One Wants to See. I don’t even mean the eventual show (Death Too Soon is the second, Reb Brown-fronted CBS pilot), I mean this pilot m read more

Captain America is almost loveably dumb. It’s never good, it doesn’t even have a good performance–at least, any good performances have caveats attached–but it’s so painfully obvious it ought to be lovable. It even has a lovable oaf of a lead–Reb Brown–who j read more

I have to admit I probably wasn't going to go see CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER on the big screen. But after hearing so many people talk about how it was, in their opinion, the best Marvel movie ever, I decided to check it out. Is THE WINTER SOLDIER the best Marvel movie of all tim read more

I have to admit I probably wasn't going to go see CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER on the big screen. But after hearing so many people talk about how it was, in their opinion, the best Marvel movie ever, I decided to check it out. Is THE WINTER SOLDIER the best Marvel movie of all tim read more

I’m going to attempt to keep this as spoiler-free as possible. I’ll most likely be writing more in depth about my thoughts on Captain America: The Winter Soldier later (short version: those who are saying it may be the best Marvel movie yet may be right), there is one aspect of the movie read more

I’m going to attempt to keep this as spoiler-free as possible. I’ll most likely be writing more in depth about my thoughts on Captain America: The Winter Soldier later (short version: those who are saying it may be the best Marvel movie yet may be right), there is one aspect of the movie read more

So since the big movie opening this weekend is Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I thought it might be fun to revisit an earlier big-screen incarnation of the good captain, namely the 1944 Captain America serial, produced by Republic pictures. This is actually another item that I covered back whe read more

So since the big movie opening this weekend is Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I thought it might be fun to revisit an earlier big-screen incarnation of the good captain, namely the 1944 Captain America serial, produced by Republic pictures. This is actually another item that I covered back whe read more

Captain America was my first favorite comic book superhero.  He wasn’t the first superhero I remember liking; that was Spider-Man from reruns of the late-1960s animated series.  Nor was he the superhero I was most exposed to; that was probably a tie between Superman, from reruns of the old read more

A few caveats: Yes, this does seem to be legit, and from Marvel, though the first source I was going to link to seems to have disappeared, and I wouldn’t be surprised if this one didn’t, too. Obviously, If I find a better, or possibly more stable one, I’ll link to it, but for now ( read more

A few caveats: Yes, this does seem to be legit, and from Marvel, though the first source I was going to link to seems to have disappeared, and I wouldn’t be surprised if this one didn’t, too. Obviously, If I find a better, or possibly more stable one, I’ll link to it, but for now ( read more

I was reminded of these the other day in a completely different context, but seeing how popular the Marvel Super-hero movies have been of late, and considering that cineplexes nationwide are going to be overrun by Cap fans with the release on April 4th of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I thoug read more

I was reminded of these the other day in a completely different context, but seeing how popular the Marvel Super-hero movies have been of late, and considering that cineplexes nationwide are going to be overrun by Cap fans with the release on April 4th of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I thoug read more

So today seems to be poster day, as we have new theatrical posters for Captain America: Winter Soldier and Spike Lee‘s remake of Oldboy. First up, it’s the Marvel movie: Hmm… obviously Marvel are trying to invoke the idea that the Winter Soldier is at least an equal match for Cap, read more