Tag: Marvel
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Shang-Chi: Mental Health and Healing, Marvel Universe, and Awkwafina Humor
Suppressed intergenerational family trauma and healing, warm welcome to the Marvel Cinematic Universe team, and Awkwafina’s humor really make this film the real MVP.
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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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The Falcon And The Winter Soldier: Three Moments in Episode 2 That Aren’t Being Talked About Enough
John Walker is named the new Captain America and The Flagsmashers run amok.
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‘Dark Phoenix’ Failed to Present a Satisfying Finale
The final installment in the rebooted X-Men franchise.
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‘WandaVision’ Episode 5 Flips the MCU Upside Down
Wanda and Vision are suffering under the stress of parenting their twin boys.
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‘WandaVision’ in Color: Spoiler-Free Recap of Episode 3
Episode 3, entitled “Now in Color,” brings us to the 1970s — a decade full of vibrancy, color, and total mayhem.