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The Only Captain Marvel I Acknowledge is Monica Rambeau, So Maybe I'm Not the Best Person For This Review
Editor’s Note: semi-spoilers in this review; you’ve been warned. When the credits ended at the Captain Marvel screening there was dead silence, no applause, no whistling and no cheers. It was a good 90 seconds before I heard anybody clapping and that petered out quickly. I’ve screened just about every single superhero movie to come…
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I Expected to Hate Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Then Marvel Made It Extra Black
You know that feeling you had when you finished watching Black Panther the first time? The credits were rolling and you sat there experiencing a mix of emotions—shock, happiness and validation, all while SZA and Kendrick Lamar’s “All the Stars” flowed throughout the theater? Imagine having all of those feelings again, except this time the…
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Uncensored: Alexandra Shipp Attempts to Clarify Those Colorism Comments for Glamour Magazine
Alexandra Shipp will not be censored. The 27-year-old actress was best known for her roles in the 2014 biopic, Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B and 2015’s Oscar-nominated Straight Outta Compton before being cast as Marvel superhero Storm in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse; but Shipp sparked a storm of her own on social media last year when…
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Ant-Man and the Wasp is the Best Superhero Movie Made About Criminal Justice for White Guys
In just 10 years, the Marvel movie franchise has morphed from simple origin stories to universe-sprawling, intertwined characters and adventures, almost like Game of Thrones but with better CGI and brighter costumes. Once the exclusive playground of blonde white guys, the movies have become a lot blacker, more gender balanced and much more political. In…
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Watch: Marvel’s Luke Cage Season 2 Trailer Introduces New Supervillain
Following the success of the first season of Luke Cage, Netflix released the trailer for season 2 of its acclaimed superhero series, and it’s chock-full of tidbits for the upcoming 13-episode season. The trailer features the introduction of a new antagonist. Although his name suggests that he is the nemesis of DJ Khaled, Bushmaster is…
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20 Questions About Avengers: Infinity War From a Guy Who Just Watched It and Still Might Be Very Confused
(Sidenote: There are spoilers here. Like, literally all of the spoilers.) 1. Why Thanos’ chin like that? 2. Speaking of Thanos, did that nigga really throw a whole-ass moon at Iron Man? 3. How the fuck can you beat someone who throws whole-ass moons at niggas’ grills? 4. How were Spider-Man and Iron Man—who are…
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Watch: Black Panther’s Reign Just Won’t Let Up
Chadwick Boseman dominated Saturday Night Live this weekend in one of the highest-rated episodes this year, and the excitement surrounding Black Panther is as prominent as it was before the film’s debut. Nearly two months after Black Panther hit theaters, the film continues to shatter records and set new trends in entertainment. The movie is…
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Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Black Panther Set to Pass Wonder Woman as Film Continues Box-Office Domination
So call me a tad dramatic, but I have a feeling I won’t stop talking about Black Panther until next February, and even then, Black Panther 2 might be in the works (hint, hint, Marvel Cinematic Universe), so I’ll just keep on hyping it up. In the latest this-movie-is-so-awesome-how-have-you-not-seen-it-five-times-yet news, Black Panther has secured its…
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Black Panther Continues to Slay Box-Office Records, Nears $1,000,000,000 Worldwide
After another record-breaking weekend at the box office, the $1 billion club is in reach for Black Panther. The film raked in $108 million domestically in its second weekend, according to comScore. As far as second weekends go, it’s the second-best performance ever—only Star Wars: The Force Awakens has done better, at $149.2 million. For…
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Black Panther Beats Out Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the Biggest Monday Ever at the Box Office
Wakanda now, Wakanda FOREVER. Black Panther cleaned up on Monday at the box office, raking in a huge $40.2 million in ticket sales. That means that the superhero film just snagged the title for the biggest Monday ever and also brought its four-day box-office total to a smooth $242 million. As ABC News notes, that…