Movie review: ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsI suppose it’s appropriate that movies starring Ant-Man aka Scott Lang, played by Paul Rudd, have always been rather “small” in the scheme of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Yes, he showed up for Captain America in 2016’s “Civil War” and played a role in saving the universe in 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” but those were parts of a team effort. In movies where he’s been the lead, the character’s contributions to the MCU have mostly been self-contained, with action localized to San Francisco and villains like the miserable Yellowjacket, played by Corey Stoll, never getting off the ground to affect other heroes. New installment “Quantumania” throws that small scale out the window in favor of a whole new world to explore and a