Many fans loved Letitia Wright’s wisecracking, genius princess since the first Black Panther film. But I didn’t expect Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to transform Shuri into one of the best characters in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, complete with a poignant arc that both mirrors and contrasts the development of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa. Shuri has endured an incredible amount of tragedy
Read MoreIn this podcast episode, The Cosmic Circus writers Uday, Julia, Brian, and Drew review and discuss the latest Marvel movie – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Along with discussion about the movie as a whole and its lead character Doctor Stephen Strange played by Benedict Cumberbatch, there’s significant discussion about Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff. This includes the film’s handling of
Read MoreAs a psychologist, mental health and proper representation in media are important. Shining light on mental health struggles and how people deal with them every day is essential to eliminating the stigma. However, film and television have not told stories where mental health is properly portrayed. Many times mental health is glamorized or dramatized, feeding into a macabre fascination of the
Read MoreAfter the incredibly long wait, the highly anticipated Thor: Love and Thunder teaser trailer finally dropped last week! With one of the smallest promotional windows for a Marvel Studios project, I was beyond excited to get a first look at the Taika Waititi-directed film and I wasn’t the only one. In the first 24 hours, the trailer was seen a whopping
Read MoreFor a movie entitled The Secrets of Dumbledore, the third installment in the Fantastic Beasts franchise has very little to do with Albus Dumbledore’s secrets. When the film does delve into Dumbledore, it simply confirms very obvious things about his life or outright ruins him as a character. The film routinely contradicts both itself and the Harry Potter franchise, simply because
Read MoreThe exploration of Batman as an icon is one of the most compelling elements of Matt Reeves‘ The Batman. The narrative mystery is so hefty and takes up such a large portion of the 3-hour runtime that the characterization in The Batman does take a bit of a back seat, but it’s really all Reeves and co-writer Peter Craig needed to
Read MoreMarvel Studios has just released the trailer for their brand new Disney+ series releasing on March 30th: Moon Knight. The series features Marc Spector (played by Oscar Isaac), an ex-soldier with Dissociative Identity Disorder, who clearly exhibits lapses in his ability to remain in the moment and be aware of what is happening in his life. Here is the trailer, and
Read MoreWith Marvel’s 2021 slate over and done with their Disney+ shows have left audiences with a lot of questions. Marvel’s second Disney+ show The Falcon and the Winter Soldier left us with a big loose thread: Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp) being the Power Broker. Sharon Carter: The Lost Years In Captain America: Civil War, Sharon stole Steve’s shield in then ran after
Read MoreAs 2021 came to a close, Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin decided to make his return to the Marvel Universe, intervening in the final 2 episodes of Hawkeye. It appears he’s has been a major force behind many criminal activities that have taken place in New York City following the Blip. His character appears largely unchanged from the previous iteration (in
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