The bigger question — to me, at least — was, “Hey, what about those two equally terrible but highly amusing made-for-TV movies CBS aired in the late ’70s?” The good people at Shout! Factory must have heard my cries, piggybacking off the summer hit’s home-vid release with a two-fer DVD of 1979’s “Captain America” and […]
Captain America: The First Avenger
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Captain America / Captain America II: Death Too Soon
The bigger question — to me, at least — was, “Hey, what about those two equally terrible but highly amusing made-for-TV movies CBS aired in the late ’70s?” The good people at Shout! Factory must have heard my cries, piggybacking off the summer hit’s home-vid release with a two-fer DVD of 1979’s “Captain America” and […]
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Captain America
As you know by now, it didn’t. If you managed not to catch it in its long-delayed VHS debut in 1993, the MGM Limited Edition Collection finally has issued the thing on DVD to tag along to interest on this summer’s big-budget, blockbuster “Captain America: The First Avenger.” Why didn’t it come out before now? […]
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Captain America: The First Avenger
That would be bad, however, because Marvel has saved the best for last. It’s miles better than that Norse god with the magic hammer, and just a hair below the greatness of Robert Downey Jr.’s first go-round in his iron armor, both of whom will team with Cap in next summer’s guaranteed nerdgasm, “The Avengers.” […]