Comedy Tragedy Marriage

Maude and I continue their deep dive into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with “Captain America: Civil War.”

A marriage at its end is looked back on via the music highlighting significant events in 1941’s “Penny Serenade” starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant.

The hubris of Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) leads to the near destruction of humanity in Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”

Elizabeth Taylor won an Oscar for her performance in the over cooked melodrama “BUtterfield 8.”

If you’re looking for a quick staycation, take a trip to outer space with the “Guardians of the Galaxy” as Maude continues her Marvel Cinematic Universe catch up.

Jimmy Stewart plays a wide-eyed idealist who is appointed to fill the term of a deceased senator in Frank Capra’s “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.”

Maude’s continuing MCU education continues with “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”

The life and times of a Texas original, Ann Richards, is the subject of the Tony Award nominated play “Ann,” available to watch on the PBS streaming app.

When the world needs saving you call the only team that can get the job done, assuming they don’t kill each other first, “The Avengers.”

Anna Mae Bullock lived a life of abuse and abandonment before she met Ike Turner who changed her name, married her and began to physically abuse her. Despite this, she found the courage to strike out on her own and become the icon we all know as Tina Turner. Her life is the subject of the HBO Max documentary “Tina.”