The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition) (2014)

April 15, 2020

The concluding chapter in The Hobbit Trilogy.

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**Directed by: Peter Jackson**
**Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, John Callen, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry**
**Rated: PG-13 for Extended Sequences of Intense Fantasy Action Violence, and Frightening Images**
**Running Time: 3 h 7 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Action, Cinematography, Score, Smaug**
**WEAKNESSES: Tauriel and Legolas, Convoluted Side Plots, Overlong, Too Much CGI**

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Extended Edition) (2013)

April 14, 2020

Bilbo Baggins and the Dwarves of Erebor continue their journey.

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**Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo**
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillian, Tessa Thompson, Bradley Cooper
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Science-Fi Violence and Action, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 3 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Subversion of Expectations, Character Development, Humor, Special Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing, Fan Service**

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

April 26, 2019

The remaining Avengers fight to undo the events at the end of “Avengers: Infinity War”.

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

July 9, 2018

With the revelation that people can return from the quantum zone, Hope's eyes turn to Scott to help her rescue her mother. If only Scott wasn't under house arrest.

Marvel's_Ant-Man_poster.jpg — Ant-Man (2015)

**Directed by: Peyton Reed**
**Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1h 57m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Humorous Moments**
**WEAKNESSES: Uninteresting, Not Heisty Enough**

Ant-Man (2015)

July 6, 2018

Ex-Con, Scott Lang can't find work, pay his child support, or get his own apartment. When a rich inventor approaches him with the opportunity to restore his life and family, Scott dons the inventor's advanced battle suit to become Ant-Man and safeguard the world from another guy, bad guy, in another battle suit, bad battle suit.

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