Captain America's superpowers are the least super—and the least powerful—thing about him. These superpowers—snazzy shield aside—basically amount to being stronger, faster, and better. (Yawn...

Wait—I'm Not the Headliner?Tony Stark's story ain't a rags-to-riches one. In fact, it's not even a riches-to-rags tale. It's simply the story of a former playboy, narcissist and super-genius weap...

Of all the Avengers, Thor has the most personal stake in the fight…both because he's pitted against his evil bro and because he still isn't quote the hero he should be. Sure, he did a lot of grow...

We're just going to say it: scruffy Mark Ruffalo (Mark Scruffalo?) makes the best Hulk. Sure, Edward "Tyler Dirden" Norton was good. And Eric Bana was a-okay. But Mark Ruffalo—a dude who exudes a...

You'd think that seven heroes pitted against one villain would make for a super short movie. Usually when there are seven heroes doing their hero thing—like, for example, when there are Seven Sam...

Hollywood's getting better when it comes to the whole women-in-action-movies thing. A woman was front and center in The Force Awakens. Wonder Woman finally got her own flick. Mad Max: Fury Road sho...

Actor Jeremy Renner famously wasn't hugely happy with his comparatively small role in The Avengers…and we can't say as we blame him. He gets zombified in the first scene, spends Acts I and II as...

"[Nick Fury's] secrets have secrets," Tony Stark claims…and it's hard to argue with him. This is a universe full of gods and aliens who can level cities in the blink of an eye. Nick Fury's the gu...

Coulson, like the Black Widow, is a loyal SHIELD operative, a guy who routinely does his job without a lot of fuss. He's meek and calm and almost preternaturally bland: in short, he's the last guy...

Pepper is Tony's executive stand-in and girlfriend. She basically runs his company for him while he's off saving the universe. Their relationship was covered pretty thoroughly in the first two Iron...