Captain America: The Winter Solider is in theaters now — catch up in iTunes or Netflix!

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a sequel to both Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers, and a quasi tie-in to ABC's ongoing Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D television series. It also riffs on Ed Brubaker's classic comic book arc of the same name and that it manages to weave all those threads together into a pretty entertaining movie is a testament to just how well Marvel/Disney has planned their cinematic universe. If you haven't watched the previous films and shows, however, you can still catch up on all of them via iTunes and a fair chunk via Netflix as well (depending on what country you live in, because, ugh.)

I liked Winter Soldier quite a bit. Captain America, Black Widow, Falcon, and Nick Fury all got a good amount of screen and character time, and the Winter Solider himself was well realized. No spoilers, but if you liked the previous films, you'll love this. Heck, 5 minutes in and I was wishing Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D could be more like it!

Captain America/S.H.I.E.L.D movies

• Captain America: The First Avenger
  
• The Avengers
  
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
  

Captain America comics

• Captain America: The Winter Solider I
  
• [Captain America: The Winter Solider II](https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/captain-america-winter-soldier/id503206200?mt=11&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im
  

If you've been watching the Marvel movies and shows, let me know what you think of them. If you want to discuss Captain America: The Winter Soldier with your spoilers all alerted, just head on over to the iMore movie forums.

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