The Avengers

The Avengers Is an Often Grand, Occasionally Frustrating B-movie With Several A+ Ingredients

Scott Mendelson | Posted 06.27.2012
Scott Mendelson

In a film like The Avengers, which brings together strands of several prior pictures into a mostly cohesive whole, it is arguably inevitable that individual pieces will end up working better than the sum of its parts.

'Avengers' Comic Crash-Course

Moviefone | Eric Larnick | Posted 04.27.2012

There's only a week left before the Marvel blockbuster "The Avengers" hits theaters, and what better way to get hyped up than taking a crash-course in...

Behind the Scenes of 'The Avengers' (VIDEO)

Posted 04.20.2012

"What we're doing here is completely unprecedented," says director Joss Whedon, in this exclusive look at "The Avengers." Fans have been eagerly an...

'The Avengers': Will It Beat 'The Hunger Games?'

Posted 04.16.2012

Thanks to its superstar power and comic-book following, there's little chance that "The Avengers" will be anything less than huge -- but is it going t...

Why Chris Hemsworth 'Feels Like Benjamin Button'

Moviefone | Sharon Knolle | Posted 04.16.2012

With "Cabin in the Woods" racking up great reviews, the eagerly anticipated "Avengers" poised to open in a few weeks and the buzzed-about "Snow White ...

'Avengers' Premiere: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson And More Hit The Red Carpet (PHOTOS)

Posted 04.12.2012

Your trusty S.H.I.E.L.D. members may save the world from time to time -- but who knew they could clean up so nice! At "The Avengers" premiere last ...

'Avengers' Star Jeremy Renner Is Bad At Archery

Posted 05.20.2012

In "The Avengers," Jeremy Renner portrays Hawkeye, the world's best archer. However, don't tell that to Wired writer and archery instructor Jim MacQua...

'Avengers' Japanese Trailer: They'll Avenge The Earth, Even In A Foreign Language

Posted 03.15.2012

The full-length trailer for "The Avengers" featured almost everything -- "Inception" horns, "Transformers" worm robots, and, y'know, the Avengers. Wha...

Joss Whedon: 'Avengers' Sequel Should Be 'Smaller'

Posted 03.09.2012

"The Avengers" doesn't open until May 4, but director Joss Whedon is already thinking of the sequel. Contrary to the usual Hollywood dictates, Whedon ...

New 'Avengers' Trailer: The Hulk Saves Iron Man

Posted 02.29.2012

The "Inception" horn + the "Terminator" theme + that worm thing in "Transformers 3" + Robin Sparkles = the new "Avengers" trailer! An extended vers...

'The Avengers' Behind The Scenes: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson Talk Action Movie

Posted 02.29.2012

With only two months to go before the much anticipated release of "The Avengers," the internet is swelling with all sorts of S.H.I.E.L.D.-y stuff. And...

New York City Gets Destroyed In New 'Avengers' Poster

Posted 02.28.2012

Your favorite S.H.I.E.L.D. members -- played by Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner and S...

The Avengers Assemble In 'Avengers' Super Bowl Trailer

Posted 02.05.2012

If 14 seconds of "The Avengers" Super Bowl trailer wasn't enough to assemble your feelings of expectation and anticipation, perhaps 30 seconds will do...

With Great Power: A Conversation with Stan Lee at Slamdance 2012

Jason Apuzzo | Posted 04.02.2012
Jason Apuzzo

The man simply doesn't know how to slow down. As Lee says in With Great Power about being the impresario of today's comic book cinema: "I'm having fun! Don't punish me by making me retire."

'Avengers' Super Bowl Trailer Teaser: 14 Lessons Learned From 14 Seconds Of Footage

Posted 01.31.2012

"John Carter" isn't the only big-budget blockbuster getting the Super Bowl commercial treatment; Marvel will unveil a brand new trailer for "The Aveng...

'Avengers' Cologne: Now You Can Smell Like The Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America and Thor

Posted 01.23.2012

Have you ever wanted to smell like a sweating green mass of anger? If so, your dreams have finally come true. The fragrance company JADS Internati...

Joss Whedon Talks 'The Avengers'

Posted 01.13.2012

While the superhero-packed film "The Avengers" has every comic book lover's heart aflutter, a concern lingers on just how the coming blockbuster will ...

Best Trailers of 2011: From 'Harry Potter' and 'The Hunger Games' to 'Arena,' the Top 11 Trailers for '11

Posted 01.12.2012

Sometimes the best part about going to the movies is the trailers. (This is especially true if you plunked down hard-earned money for something like '...