Captain Marvel Movie Review: She ain’t no Hala-back girl, she’s the MCU’s best

This review contains as few spoilers for Captain Marvel as possible. In October of 2016, a full year and five months before directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck got behind cameras and lead actress Brie Larson in front of it to…

Ant-Man and the Wasp Movie Review:A Pleasing, Low-Stakes Palette Cleanser for the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Light Spoilers Ahead  What’s a franchise to do after raising the stakes as high as conceivably possible? For those keeping score, the last film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Russo’s Avengers: Infinity War, saw the combined efforts of the…

Black Panther Movie Review: A joyous celebration of Marvel’s newest superhero

From the moment that king T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) and his entourage fly through a portal into the African wonderland of Wakanda, director Ryan Coogler pulls no punches. He’s come to show us that this sprawling technological city on a Vibranium…

Marvel’s Black Panther debuts Second Trailer

Marvel’s Black Panther has debuted their second trailer ahead of the film’s release on February 16, 2018. Directed by Ryan Coogler, the film stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela…

Marvel / Netflix ‘The Defenders’ First Trailer

In spring of 2015, the premiere of Daredevil was among the most exciting things in the Marvel franchise since beginning of the MCU itself, if you ask me. It was just before the release of Avengers 2, and promised something…

DEFINE Podcast: Diversity in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Young Folks is proud to present a podcast that hopes to take part in the ongoing discussions on diversity in the film and television industry. DEFINE: Conversations on Hollywood & Diversity is a monthly podcast hosted by yours truly with…

Movie Review: Doctor Strange

Marvel isn’t playing around anymore, because Doctor Strange marks a new entry point in this current cinematic universe where they have to achieve “the unfilmable.” They played it safe with Ant-Man, but if Doctor Strange is any indication, the path…