End Times: “Avengers: Endgame”
The culmination of Marvel’s Avengers cycle, “Endgame” gets wonky with plot but finds enough time to celebrate its beloved cast.
Comic Opera: “Avengers: Infinity War”
Avengers: Infinity War (2018, Dir. Anthony and Joe Russo): Eighteen movies and
Cosmic Joke: “Thor: Ragnarok”
In “Thor: Ragnarok,” Marvel’s Thor series finally fulfills its destiny as goofy, lunk-headed entertainment — but is this destiny all that fulfilling?
Bearable Lightness: “Avengers: Age of Ultron”
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Dir. Joss Whedon): Seven years and eleven