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Week of September 28, 2012

Where did the phone booths go? First up…

The Avengers

The worst part of being on a super-team is the added expense of chipping-in for teammates birthday cakes.

Fortunately, the coworkers in this action movie are only at the preliminary stage of their squadron.

When Loki (Tom Hiddleston), the God of Mischief, bargains with an alien race, he is giving an army to conquer Earth with. In exchange, his partners desire an unimaginable power source.

The only thing stopping Loki from world domination is S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury’s (Samuel L. Jackson) Avengers Initiative, which is comprised of Earth’s mightiest beings: Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson).

With eye-popping action and fanboy playfulness, this live-action interpretation of Marvel Comics’ premiere super-team is a pop art masterpiece.

Furthermore, its message of teamwork is imperative since that’s what it takes to clean up after The Avengers.  0

***Avengers: Resemble***

The Avengers

The problem with British super-heroes is that they fly on the wrong side of the sky.

Fortunately, the righters of wrongs in this action movie are of the non-powered variety.

When Sir August De Wynter (Sean Connery), former collaborator with The Ministry, threatens to use the world’s weather for his own benefit, the heads of the spy organization (Fiona Shaw, Jim Broadbent) assemble two apt agents, John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) and Dr. Emma Peel (Uma Thurman), to thwart any meteorological manipulations.

But as the partners pick apart De Wynter’s perplexing plan, they uncover evidence suggesting someone in the agency is working alongside the weather terrorist.

While this adaptation attempts to capture the psychedelic aspect of the cult spy series, it fails to make the story accessible to newcomers unfamiliar with its surreal nature.

On the bright side, with someone controlling the world’s weather, all those inept forecaster will be unemployed.

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