
From the Great Blasket to America: The Last Memoir by an Islander
Michael J. Carney and Gerald Hayes
Book
Mike Carney, the oldest living native Blasket Islander, was born on the Great Blasket Island in...

Harmony Korine: Interviews
Book
Harmony Korine: Interviews tracks filmmaker Korine's stunning rise, fall, and rise again through his...

Wood, Whiskey and Wine: A History of Barrels
Book
For over 2,000 years barrels have been used to store and transport a diverse array of commodities...

Enlightenment is Your Nature: The Fundamental Difference Between Psychology, Therapy, and Meditation
Book
"Enlightenment" in Western cultures has long been associated with the 18th-century movement that...

British Military Jets
Book
The end of the Second World War provided little respite for the air forces, and aircraft industries...

Early Ships and Seafaring: Water Transport Beyond Europe
Book
In this volume Professor Sean McGrail introduces the reader to a relatively new branch of...

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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) in Movies
Nov 27, 2020
Once again, the huge positive is the great cast, and the chemistry they all share. The core six Avengers return, and provide the films humour (rightfully scaled back from the all out comedy tone of Guardians) and generally remind everyone why they're the solid backbone of this mammoth franchise.
There are plenty of new faces joining them, most notably Scarlet Witch (Elisabeth Olsen), Vision (Paul Bettany) and Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), and all integrate smoothly.
The villain is the titular Ultron (voiced by James Spader), a classic Marvel Comics villain that unfortunately ends up being another one-and-done MCU antagonist. This films main focus is the relationships between the Avengers, and sewing seeds for Civil War, and sadly, Ultron sort of gets pushed aside for this. It's a shame because Spader does a great job of making Ultron a sinister presence, but he ends up being little more than a CGI commander, of a CGI robot army.
Some of the set pieces are great though, particularly the Hulk vs Hulkbuster scene, and the climactic finale, and the child me who grew up reading these comics was nothing short of thrilled to see Vision in action.
Age of Ultron is somewhat underwhelming for a full blown Avengers entry, but still manages to be entertaining. Hopefully, we will see Ultron return in a future installment that has some more depth to it.

Mountain Bike Simulator: BMX Freestyle 3D
Games and Entertainment
App
Awesome freestyle BMX game in 3D. Whether you like skating mountains, or big ramps, half pipes and...