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Size Doesn’t Matter

Ant-Man and the Wasp are growers, not showers

Warning: Vague spoilers for “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Civil War” follow. I know sometimes it feels like you need a flow chart to keep the deceptively interconnected Marvel movies straight, but now that we’re coming to the final bow for several of the actors whose contracts are nearing completion, the end game is finally taking […]

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Marvel Swings For The Fences

“Captain America: Civil War” is an ideological trip to the MCU

Captain America debuted in Marvel Comics in March of 1941, based on the character of Steve Rogers, a young man whose parents have died, who grew up during the Great Depression. Trying to enlist for World War II to fight the Nazis, he fails to pass the physical requirements, but is invited to take part […]

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Homeland Security

Captain America: Fixing America…one punch at a time!

How much credit should Captain America: The Winter Soldier get for being the first superhero movie to feel like it was written by Edward Snowden? Eh, probably not a ton: By the time its end credits roll, the creepy, real-world issues that the film touches on are neatly wrapped up, and thanks to its gleaming […]

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