Review - Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), PG-13, 136 minutes - Those who follow this blog will probably remember that Captain America: The Winter Soldier was the film at the top of my Most Anticipated Films of 2014 list. For those that don't or haven't, here's a quick recap of why: it's a sequel film for one of my favorite comic book characters, and it's based on one of my favorite comic story arcs (written by my favorite comic author Ed Brubaker). I've been eagerly anticipating this film since it was announced shortly after the success of 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger. Probably more so than I have any other Marvel Studios film to date. Not only did it live up to my expectations - which were extremely high as one could imagine - but it may have even surpassed them. Directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the espionage thriller genre film for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In the afterm...