“‘The Avengers’ Gave Us Marvel’s Peak, 10 Years Ago”

Pour one out for the superhero movie, which had a great moment once upon a time and has steadily lost that moment every year since. Continue reading →

“Tom Hiddleston: Charm Without Cheer”

It’s Tom Hiddleston Day here at A Constant Visual Feast! Happy Tom Hiddleston Day! I am not secretive of or abashed by my love for Hiddleston; he is, in my mind, one of the most interesting and singularly talented leading men working in film today, the kind of guy who looks like he was born … Continue reading →

Joss Whedon Is My Master Now

Alternate title: How The Avengers turned me around on one of the most beloved proprietors of genre franchisement of the modern age. Continue reading →

Review: The Avengers, 2012, dir. Joss Whedon

The Avengers didn’t have to do much to impress me. Being as honest as possible, Joss Whedon’s attempt at making a respectable entrance into the 2012 summer season with the capstone picture of Marvel Studios’ long-gestating superhero bonanza just needed to be tolerable to get a pass from me. Put bluntly, C-level material alone would … Continue reading →

Avengers, Assemble For Take 86: Behind the Scenes Avengers Images

Well, we’re almost into April, and I can only imagine that in the coming thirty days we’ll see the campaign promoting the May 2nd release of The Avengers ramp up in a big way. Marvel’s unleashed some new screen caps here and there to follow up the truly horrible poster released at the end of February and … Continue reading →

Review: Captain America: The First Avenger, 2011, dir. Joe Johnston

To call Captain America: The First Avenger “perfect” would be something of an overstatement– the opening scene serves absolutely no appreciable purpose whatsoever for the movie’s narrative, and the denouement gets a little choppy and falters in set-up and execution. The unsavory frames of film that bookend what you could call Joe Johnston’s masterpiece (with … Continue reading →