Wolfman

Not quite as much fun as Thor, not nearly as bad as Green Lantern, Captain America: The First Avenger feels less like an exciting comic-book-hero movie than required reading for a course called The Avengers, arriving in theaters next summer.

Pulling in $56 million over three days and $66 million over four, the film scored the biggest Presidents Day weekend in history.

An emphasis on character and plot over special effects usually results in a superior film. But with a horror picture, you occasionally do have to deliver the horror goods. Joe Johnston's The Wolfman fails on both grounds.

'Wolfman' had its big Los Angeles premiere Tuesday night with stars Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro. Blunt brought along her fiance, 'Office' star J...