Captain America: The First Avenger

Marvel Entertainment continues to pave the road for its forthcoming Avengers epic with another origin story for another superhero.

"...Dominic Cooper, Richard Armitage, Stanley Tucci and Toby Jones. Captain America is an uncomplicated guy, as befits a character..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

One of the better offerings from Marvel’s growing multimedia omniverse, this film gives fans plenty to chew on.

"...”Captain America: now more than ever” is what the tagline..."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captain America: Civil War

It's a Marvel Universe, and we all just live in it

"...Marvel Studios of not playing the long game. With Captain America: Civil War, we’ve now entered Phase 3 in..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

RZA, NASA, and Captain America for South by Southwest

New keynotes, speakers added with days to spare

"...And saving the best for last, yes Captain America is coming. Well, technically Chris Evans, the actor..."

March 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Captain America, 1941-2007

RIP Steve Rogers, AKA Captain America. 1941-2007

"...Captain America is dead. In the latest issue of the..."

March 8, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Captain Phillips

Tom Hanks is at his best in this multidimensional thriller that grabs real life by the throat.

"...Captain Phillips ventures out to high seas and takes the..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red, White and Forever

Comic writer Mark Waid explains the appeal of Captain America

"...Marvel's Daredevil. But it is his mid-90s runs on Captain America, and his critically acclaimed 2010 return Captain America:..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Marvel's crime caper comedy sequel gets bigger, smaller, but still fun

"...friends call him Cap) as an honorary avenger in Captain America: Civil War, life hasn’t been that kind to..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Thor: Ragnarok

The Marvel Universe's funniest movie to date

"...Avengers were off having a very ugly divorce in Captain America: Civil War, turns out Thor (Hemsworth) and the..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back (again)

"...Tom Holland’s borderline goofball introduction in Captain America: Civil War boded well for this third big-screen..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wonder Woman

The origin story of Diana, princess of the Amazons

"...so similar in tone and feel to Marvel Studios’ Captain America that I was waiting for Stan Lee to..."

June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sleight

A street magician must save his kidnapped sister

"...that ricochets – like a copper-jacketed cop’s bullet, or Captain America’s shield – all over the place. Like its..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gifted

A child prodigy gets caught up in a custody battle

"...Speaking of which, Captain America’s Evans drops the red, white, and blue here..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Moviegoers Assemble!

"...Man, along with the hammer-wielding Thor (Hemsworth), anachronistic super-soldier Captain America (Evans), ever-nimble assassin Black Widow (Johansson), rage-prone Hulk..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Meh might be a better name for this dullish retread.

"...the rapidly expanding Marvel Universe deflects critical analysis like Captain America's shield deflects Nazi bullets. Nevertheless, the recent –..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Marvel's The Avengers

Excelsior! This Marvel adventure knocks it out of the universe.

"...rivaled by the recently defrosted World War II supersoldier Captain America. Evans gives Cap a decidedly winning streak of..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost Rider

The movie adds little to Marvel's source material, but to be fair, there wasn't a surfeit of originality in the comic book to begin with.

"...Mephistopheles, who's p.o.'ed at unholy offspring Blackheart (Bentley, of American Beauty) for making a power grab for mankind, thus..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Winter Soldier Is Coming

Wizard World bringing Captain America star to Austin

"...Winter Soldier, the brooding, formerly brainwashed superspy from the Captain America franchise. And he's just been announced as a..."

April 5, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...with its untidy sprawl and tart, doomy observations about American life. And speaking of: When a colleague and I..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Before the God of Thunder rocks the skies, every MCU film reviewed

"...Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)..."

July 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: 10 Things We Learned From the Writers of Infinity War

Marvel scribes Markus and McFeely stay spoiler-free

"...written six entries in the behemoth franchise (all three Captain America films, Thor: The Dark World, plus Avengers: Infinity..."

Nov. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Everyone's favorite web-slinger returns for a new era of Marvel

"...a boy to do when his heroes are gone? Captain America is old, Thor set off to be an..."

July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Avengers: Endgame

The end is the beginning is the end as Marvel's Infinity Saga reaches a satisfying, tearful end

"...Jr.), Hulk (Ruffalo), War Machine (Cheadle), and good old Captain America himself (Evans), plus honorary inductees Okoye (Gurira), Rocket..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Black Widow

What happened in Budapest no longer stays in Budapest as Marvel learns spycraft

"...taking place after the battle of Leipzig/Halle Airport in Captain America: Civil War. The Avengers have been split asunder,..."

July 9, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Black Panther

High drama and high action as Marvel gives Wakanda life.

"...has used fine art as a medium to show African-Americans – not simply to paint them, but to depict..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Oh, Death

Remembering the late Steve Levitan, and a long-ago afternoon with him boxing Wendell Crowley's comics collection

"...Mavis!, and Citizenfour) gave me a very special present. America's Greatest #5, an omnibus comic from Fawcett that featured..."

March 25, 2016 Column by Louis Black

A Little Princess

From the exquisite costumes to the remarkable set design to the superb performances, this fairy tale comes to life.

"...and lyrical again. Director Alfonso Cuaron, in his first American movie, has fashioned a world so real and so..."

May 26, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Marvel's Afrofuturist paradise goes to war with the world

"...(a mainstay of Mexican cinema, probably best known to American genre audiences as gang boss El Chino in Tigers..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

"Daniel Johnston: I Live My Broken Dreams" Tells the Story of an Artist

The first-ever museum exhibition of Daniel Johnston's work digs deep into the man, the myths

"...Drag. His artwork consisted of simple cartoons in which Captain America, Casper the Friendly Ghost, boxers, devils, and ducks..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Journey Into Clarity #83

For years he'd blamed his sister for destroying his comic book, a book worth over two grand today. Looking back at a painful memory brings Wayne Alan Brenner that much closer to understanding why losing that darned comic book at age seven meant so much.

"...there was no radio save for "The Voice of America" out of Liberia's capital, Monrovia; and, except for the..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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