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Captain America: Civil War (2016) starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, …

Captain America: Civil War

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Captain America: Civil War (2016) starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, …

Captain America: Civil War begins with an incident involving the Avengers. It results in collateral damage — and civilian injuries. Then, political pressure mounts to hold the team accountable — which means under government control. The resulting battle drives a wedge between Captain America and Iron Man, and pits the Avengers against each other.

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The Avengers (2012) starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, …

The Avengers

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The Avengers (2012) starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, …

The Avengers – where a group of powerful individuals must band together against a common threat. If they can put their differences aside in time …

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Batman & Robin (1997) starring George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman

Batman & Robin

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Batman & Robin – the worst of the Batman movies so far. Literally, a two-hour toy commercial. Although Arnold Schwarzenegger has a good time!

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Dick Purcell as Captain America

Captain America serial

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Captain America serial (1944) starring Dick Purcell, Lorna Gray, Lionel Atwill

The Captain America serial from 1944 is loosely based on the comic book character. He’s pursuing an evil scientist, in pursuit of a super weapon …

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Batman 1943 movie serial, starring Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft

Batman 1943 serial

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Batman 1943 movie serial, starring Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft

Review

In many ways, Batman is an interesting, but unremarkable, movie serial from the 1940’s. It’s noteworthy for being the very first Batman movie. Batman/Bruce Wayne and Robin/Dick Grayson are government agents, fighting against Japanese saboteurs.

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Suicide Squad (2016) starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie

Suicide Squad [Will Smith]

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Suicide Squad (2016) starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie

In short, the movie Suicide Squad isn’t completely terrible. That doesn’t make it a good movie by any stretch. The basic plot isn’t bad: The United States federal government feels the need for a group of super-powered soldiers. Think The Dirty Dozen with super powers. As I say, the basic idea’s fine. In fact, DC Comics has done multiple versions of Suicide Squad over the years. But the movie falls short for a multitude of reasons.

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