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Lenard (726 KP) rated Shazam! (2019) in Movies

May 8, 2019 (Updated Jun 15, 2019)

Shazam! (2019)

2019 | Action, Sci-Fi

7.4

(104 Ratings)

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Did you ever dream of becoming a superhero? Thaddeus Sivana does. Bullied by his father and older brother because they think he is weak, Thaddeus dreams of becoming the most powerful being in the world. However, Wizard, the last remaining guardian of the secrets of the universe, doesn't think he is pure of heart and worthy of being a superhero. Thaddeus decides to become a supervillain and waits for a champion of the downtrodden, Captain Marvel (I refuse to call him Shazam since he IS Captain Marvel unlike Carol Danvers who got a promotion to Captain after being Ms Marvel for decades). A couple decades later, Billy Batson who was abandoned by his mother at a state fair spends his day researching and looking for the woman who abandoned him while running away from various foster homes. That is, until he is placed in a foster home full of damaged children. He learns the value of family while learning how to be a hero. I watched the TV series every Saturday growing up and while the movie is good, the show remains a pivotal time in my life.

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David McK (3728 KP) rated Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) in Movies

Mar 20, 2021

As I write this in the Spring on 2021, the first episode of 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' has just dropped on Disney+.

Originally intended to be the first post-snap TV series to be released (before Covid hit, and the release dates were reordered so that WandaVision came first), both series are set after the events of Avengers: Endgame, which - to date - is the last appearance of Chris Evans Steve Rogers aka Captain America.

This was his first (and the 5th released, albeit earliest set, MCU film)

Essentially a retro sci-fi origin story, this is largely set during World War 2 and sees Captain America taking on Hydra and their leader The Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), aided by the Howling Mad commandos, Agent Peggy Carter (who would get her own TV show) and his best mate Bucky Barnes.

Speaking personally, I also have to say that - character wise - I don't feel that the Captain America movies really got good until The Winter Soldier, where the MCU really started exploring the 'man out of time' context of the character.

Having said that, this is perfectly pleasant.

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Show Boat (1951)

6.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairytale...

Jesters_folly (230 KP) created a poll

Sep 9, 2019 (Updated Jan 17, 2021)

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I'm on a clown binge at the mo so, who is/are your favourite clowns

Pennywise (IT)

7 votes

Art the Clown (Terrifier)

1 votes

Captain Spaulding (House of 1000 corpses, Devils Rejects, 3 From Hell)

0 votes

The Killer Klowns (Killer Klowns from Outer Space)

0 votes

Violent J & Shaggy (Insane Clown Possie)

0 votes

Joker (DC Comics)

5 votes

Twister (American Horror Story: Freak Show)

2 votes

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Ruin (2018)

7.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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The film follows a nameless ex-Nazi captain who navigates the ruins of post-WWII Germany determined...

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House of Flying Daggers (2004)

9.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her...

Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) in Movies

Jan 4, 2018

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Why Rum Gone

Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) plays our beloved pirate to love and hate in this adaption of a Disney ride. The movie from the word go is filled with action,comedy and suspense as we follow our captain take possession of a powerful boat with the help of Orlando bloom and try to rescue our damsel in distress Nightly and recover the last gold coin of a lost treasure to try and break and long time curse. This movie storyline took time and patience to make sure everything flowed right and it does. To me there is not a moment of down time and my favorite line when marooned on an island is "Why Rum Gone" Enjoy

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Erika (17789 KP) rated Captain Marvel, Vol. 2: Civil War II in Books

Feb 19, 2018 (Updated Feb 19, 2018)

I should have known to stay away from anything associated with Civil War II. I absolutely despised the first Civil War, and the second was worse. During Civil War II, Captain Marvel is against Iron Man (which is perfectly fine in my book), but it was just an awful story-line. It was boring, predictable, and I'll never get the time I took to read this back. I didn't like what they did to Carol. Everything I've liked about Carol/Captain Marvel up to this point seems to be gone. Woof. The framing of her was weak. Though, at least I don't have to endure her on again, off again relationship with her beau, since (spoiler) died in one of the issues.