Captain America: Civil War: Anthony and Joe Russo come up with a very

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Ant-Man: Peyton Reed got stuck with a weak story to tell; while the small scale of the conflict is both

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Avengers: Age of Ultron: Joss Whedon delivers a somewhat peculiar beast: it is entertaining enough, and

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Guardians of the Galaxy: James Gunn’s film is very entertaining, thanks to the light tone (it doesn’t take itself too seriously, but doesn’t fall into parody territory) and the inspired choice of soundtrack. The relentless pace (the action scenes are varied and efficient) hides somewhat the fact that the story is formulaic (and suffers from an excessive number of villains and/or antagonists, not allowing most of them to feel well-developed), but still gives enough space for the characters to display […]

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X-Men: Days of Future Past: the intricate, busy plot, is at the same time this film’s greatest selling point and weakness; it’s a great device to use an expanded group of characters, however as there are so many, most of them (but not all) are schematic, present only for fans to recognize. There’s some heart to the story, but (this being a summer film) not a great amount of logic. Bryan Singer’s previous films in this series were thematically consistent, but […]

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