Cast and Crew:  Joss Whedon (Director, Co-Writer); Jon Favreau (Executive Producer); Alan Silvestri (Original Score); Chris Evans, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Stan Lee, Stellan Skarsgård, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, Alexis Denisof, Powers Boothe, Jenny Agutter, Harry Dean Stanton, Stan Lee

What It’s About:  Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) assembles the Earth’s most powerful heroes to battle Thor’s (Chris Hemsworth) brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston).

Why Watch it Today?: The first Avengers comic was released on this date in 1963.  I really liked this movie-read more here-or just watch it if you haven’t already!