Tag: Marvel
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‘Shang-Chi’ Delivers Epic Superhero Action and Positive Asian Representation
Marvel’s first Asian superhero film, ‘Shang-Chi’, deserves praise for balancing epic superhero action, a heartfelt family plot, and positive Asian representation.
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‘Free Guy’ Is the Ryan Reynolds, Disney Collab I Never Knew I Needed
‘Free Guy’ combines classic Disney (a white heteronormative love story), exploration of popular video games and the culture around them, and Ryan Reynolds adult humor in the best way to make a super fun family flick.
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Erik Was Right: Revisiting Magneto In a Post-Killmonger World
Well, I guess Marvel is back. After throwing its hat into the television ring with miniseries Wandavision, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Loki, the superhero media assembly line has returned to the silver screen with Black Widow. So is this a review of the long-overdue solo feature for the only woman in the comic…
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‘Black Widow’ Is About Yelena, Not Natasha
“Black Widow” has strong female characters but sidelines its title character and serves as a launchpad for her successor, Florence Pugh’s Yelena.
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John Walker is the Epitome of White Privilege in ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’
Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is over, but that doesn’t mean discussion about it has stopped. One of the most controversial characters on the show that’s still stirring up discourse is John Walker. Many have debated his morality online: Is he a hero, a villain, an anti-hero?
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Three Moments in “The Star-Spangled Man” That Aren’t Being Talked About Enough
This past Friday, Disney+, and Marvel released the second episode of their new original mini-series, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Directed by Kari Skogland and written by Michael Kastelein, this is the first to see Sam (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky (Sebastian Stan) battling together. With the announcement of John Walker (Wyatt Russell) as the new Captain America (ugh)…
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Review: ‘Dark Phoenix’ Failed to Present a Satisfying Finale
The final installment in the main X-Men storyline is Dark Phoenix. The film is a direct sequel to 2016’s X-Men Apocalypse and follows the same group of mutants. The story takes place in 1992, and audiences are quickly immersed in an X-Men mission in space. Now, I know what you’re thinking, “Didn’t the Avengers do this already? And weren’t…
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‘WandaVision’ Episode 5 Flips the MCU Upside Down
The following review contains major spoilers from ‘WandaVision’ Episode 5, “On a Very Special Episode…” Even though this week, both Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany were teasing a “huge cameo” in the show, I didn’t expect it to come so soon, let alone the fifth episode. What I didn’t expect was for me to jump from my bed and scream so…
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‘WandaVision’ in Color: Spoiler-Free Recap of Episode 3
“We just don’t know what to expect!” Though Disney+ dropped a two-episode premiere of Marvel’s original miniseries WandaVision last week, we didn’t learn much. Fans of the MCU were thrown head-first into this production without so much as an explanation. There’s no context as to what is going on, and the show is leaving viewers confused and questioning every little thing.…
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‘WandaVision’ Premiere: Welcome to Phase 4 of the MCU
This review of the Disney+ original series WandaVision contains minor spoilers — proceed with caution! Like millions globally, Marvel Studios was forced to delay their schedules due to the pandemic; thus, 2020 was a rather dry year for the entertainment company. However, as of today, Marvel super-fans are no longer suffering — their hunger for new content is over. On January…