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Avengers disassemble CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR

Release Date: 31/08/16 Format:

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Audio Commentary with directors Anthony and Joe Russo and screenwriters Deleted & Extended Scenes United We Stand, Divided We Fall – The Making of Captain America The Road To War Open Your Mind: Marvel’s Doctor Strange – Exclusive Sneak Peek Gag Reel Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans described the dynamic between Iron Man/Tony Stark and Captain America/Steve Rogers as a marriage, saying, “We love each other, but it’s explosive. You’re working toward the same goal, but you have very different approaches to it. No one’s right, no one’s wrong.”

The collateral damage caused by the Avengers’ past attempts to save the planet leads the world’s governments to demand the UN regulate the team. Tony Stark agrees to sign the new accord but the Cap refuses, fearing that being kept on a leash will hinder the Avengers’ ability to respond to future threats. When

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Cap’s old army buddy – now an assassin known as the Winter Soldier – reappears and gains his Avenger pal’s support, a face-off between the Captain and Iron Man looms large. While technically a Captain America movie, the Avengers ensemble all play a major part here, sans Thor and the Hulk, which leaves room for Ant-Man and a certain young webslinger from Queens. Returning directors Joe and Anthony Russo never lose

control of this massive Marvel juggernaut, alternating the hyperactive action scenes with comic relief, and effortlessly introducing Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and the new Spidey (Tom Holland). A mighty movie whose whole is as awesome as the sum of its parts, Captain America: Civil War sets a new benchmark for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Scott Hocking

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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Disney’s animated classic comes to life THE JUNGLE BOOK

Release Date: 17/08/16

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The Jungle Book Reimagined I Am Mowgli King Louie’s Temple: Layer by Layer Audio Commentary by Director Jon Favreau Limited Edition Steelbook Blu- ray featuring both 2D and 3D versions is also available The animal characters were both motion-captured and performed live on set by puppeteers from the Jim Henson Company. For the on-set performances, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop built elaborate life-sized puppets to act alongside Mowgli and serve as eye-lines.

Iron Man director Jon Favreau isn’t the first name that would spring to mind when a live-action meets CGI version of Rudyard Kipling’s beloved The Jungle Book is mooted. Ah, but he puts his well-rounded skill set to great use here, launching the career of young Neel Sethi as the story’s hero, Mowgli, and gathering numerous Hollywood heavyweights to voice various jungle inhabitants. We’re talking

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animated 1967 release of the same name. Wolf pack adoptee Mowgli is threatened by big bad tiger Shere Khan (Elba) and flees the jungle, aided by friends Baloo the bear (Murray) and Bagheera the panther (Kingsley). It’s often quite intense, so isn’t for younger kids, but if they’ve braved primary school for a couple of years then they’ll be well prepared for jungle life . Amy Flower

the likes of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Walken, Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba and Giancarlo Esposito, plus there’s the final movie appearance of the inimitable Garry Shandling, who was lost to the world due to a heart attack earlier this year. If you’re wondering about the story, it adheres fairly faithfully to Disney’s fully-

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The Jungle Book (1967)

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