Ahead of the release of the much-anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron in cinemas on 23 April, we’re taking a look back at Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. First up, it’s 2013’s Iron Man 3! The story After the events of Avengers Assemble – which you’ll recall saw Iron Man selflessly sacrificing himself … >
To celebrate the release of The Judge on Blu-ray™ and DVD from 2 March, we’ve got Blu-rays to give away to our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following text: Follow @CultBoxTV and RT for a chance to win The Judge on Blu-ray #RDJCB The Judge … >
The story: Set primarily during World War 2, Captain America sees Chris Evans’ young Steve Rogers rejected in his attempts to join the war effort due to various physical ailments. Rogers just wants to do his bit and join his pal Bucky Barnes, who is much more the handsome, all-American hero than weedy little Steve, … >
The story: Thor was always going to be the trickiest to adapt, given its more overtly fantasy/science-fiction based nature, but thankfully the story by J. Michael Straczynski and Mark Protosevich embraces that rather than trying to warp it into something more grounded. The people from the far-off realm of Asgard once visited Earth to defend … >
To celebrate the release of Avengers Assemble, in UK cinemas on Thursday, we sent our reviewer to a screening of the film earlier this week.
The long-awaited The Avengers movie, Avengers Assemble – featuring iconic Marvel superheroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow – finally arrives in UK cinemas on April 26. > Read our review of the film. To celebrate, we’ve got Avengers Assemble t-shirts to give away to five of our Twitter … >
CultBox were present at the London press-conference on the day of Avengers Assemble’s European premiere last week, with most of the primary cast present.
The story: Tony Stark – now established publicly as Iron Man – grapples with personal and technological demons, as well as the son of an inventor that his father slighted who’s got a bit of a grudge. The only problem with the film is that it felt less like an Iron Man movie and more … >
The story: Interestingly, Louis Leterrier’s movie doesn’t ignore Ang Lee’s The Hulk from 2003, but at the same time gently nudges it aside in favour of a slightly revised back story. But the events of that ill-fated adaptation are taken as read, and now Bruce Banner is on the run from a military who wish … >
The story: Iron Man follows our rich, genius billionaire playboy as he gains scruples after seeing his own weapons tech used by the people it was supposed to be fighting. Unfortunately, this demonstration of his stolen weaponry also results in him getting captured by insurgents, where he’s subsequently forced to recreate further tech for them. … >