Does the messenger matter more than the message? Letitia Wright seems to think so. The actress who plays Shuri, Black Panther’s sister, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is one of the producers of Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, a movie about an East Texas church that helped twenty-two fa...
Read MoreLike most people, I really enjoyed 2018’s Black Panther. It stands out in my memory as an intelligent, well-acted, meaningful film amid a sea of superhero movies that year. After the events of Endgame, T’Challa was probably my favorite surviving solo hero, alongside Spider-Man. Of course, the r...
Read MoreThe hype train for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is burning coal as fast as it can. A clip from the film has been released through Rotten Tomatoes, and it’s… not great. It involves Shuri, Okoye, and Riri Williams, and since these are the new leads, it gives good insight into how much Chadwick B...
Read MoreWith a month to go before it hits theaters, Marvel has released another dour, joyless trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The sequel to 2018’s Black Panther (and 2018’s Infinity War, and 2019’s Endgame, and kind of 2016’s Civil War, and you know the MCU drill by now), Wakanda Forever...
Read MoreBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever has mostly been lost in the shuffle when it comes to Marvel’s phase 4 – probably because Black Panther isn’t in it, so it’s hard to care. But we finally have a glimpse (albeit a microscopically small one) of what the two presumably main characters will look lik...
Read MoreDeath on the Nile is Kenneth Branagh’s sequel to his daring reimagining of Murder on the Orient Express. This film burst onto screens this weekend to lackluster critic reviews and resounding praise from fans. Murder on the Orient Express wowed audiences back in 2017, sparking a new interest in the...
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