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Now-a-Dollar Sept 14

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Iron Man! Thor! Captain America! Hulk! Black Widow! Hawkeye! Nick Fury! What a bargain! ---

Yes, it's time for one of the biggest hits in cinema history, Marvel's The Avengers, to hit the discount theaters. Audiences swarmed to writer/director Joss Whedon's super-team epic, pitting "Earth's mightiest heroes" against the extra-dimensional threat unleashed by Loki. And they weren't disappointed by the giddy entertainment value in Whedon's storytelling and the funky camaraderie between the teammates. If you've been waiting to see it again, here's one more chance on the big-screen before the Sept. 25 DVD debut.

A bit lower down on the excitement ladder is Step Up Revolution, the latest installment in the connected-by-nothing-but-the-name franchise. It's predictably silly in its tale of a dance crew trying to flash mob itself to fame while a developer threatens to tear up an old neighborhood, but its real problem is that it fails to understand how to showcase dancing. The performances are edited into snippets so microscopic it's virtually impossible to appreciate the virtuosity.

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Scott Renshaw

Scott Renshaw
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 Scott Renshaw has been a City Weekly staff member since 1999, including assuming the role of primary film critic in 2001 and Arts & Entertainment Editor in 2003. Scott has covered the Sundance Film Festival for 25 years, and provided coverage of local arts including theater, pop-culture conventions, comedy,... more

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