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Beyond the Screen #2: Loki’s Variant is a Crisis for the Establishment
In a new weekly column called Beyond the Screen, author A. J. Black unpacks what we’re all discussing from the world of cinema and television. This time, he consider’s Marvel’s Loki two episodes in and what it might be saying about order and chaos… There was a moment watching Loki’s second episode where he was described […] More
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Loki S1E2: Joyful Destruction in “The Variant”
Loki S1E2, bluntly titled “The Variant,” rolls with the new show’s Loki-esque brand of misdirection and easter eggs. Mostly. Jumping right in: the biggest twist came (massive spoiler) in the form of Lady Loki, played by British actress Sophia Di Martino. While many fans knew this was coming—if for nothing but the egregious and obvious […] More
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in PotpourriThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier Finale: A Special Marvel Roundtable
The Falcon and Winter Soldier went out with a bang. Join Rachel Stewart, Will Johnson, JP Nunez, and Don Shanahan as they team up once again to discuss how the Disney+ six-part series wrapped up, and how the finale will impact the MCU’s Phase 4. Rachel Stewart: A lot has happened since we last talked, and it feels […] More
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1E6: One World, One People, Two Americas
As we experience the end of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in S1E6, it becomes increasingly apparent that, as audience, we entered the series asking entirely the wrong question. While Steve Rogers, having given up his life as Captain America, bequeathed his shield to his close friend Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) at the end […] More
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1E5: ‘Truth’ (and Consequences)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier structures its penultimate episode (S1E5, ‘Truth’) akin to the calm before the storm—the pause for breath to consider and contextualise—as all of our characters attempt to discover their own personal truth. ‘Truth’ is a perfect summation of Malcolm Spellman’s series to date, which has existed in the shadow of […] More
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1E4: The Whole World Is Watching
What is supremacy? Is it a Nietzschean object of literal physical superiority or an ideology, a state of mind? The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1E4 suggests both in the Marvel Cinematic Universe might be part of the same formula. ‘The Whole World Is Watching’ is a title that knows just how provocative it is. […] More
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in EpisodesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1E3: Power Brokers and Consequences
Power, and the use of power, beget consequences. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has grappled with consequences across many of the interconnected lattice of films it boasts, and those of Avengers: Age of Ultron have lingered among the longest. Both The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision before it are as haunted by Joss Whedon’s […] More
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in EpisodesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1E2: Star-Spangled Men without Plans
Symbols are growing ever more central to superhero fiction as the power and meaning of modern and classical images, heroes and structures continue to bedevil commentators and audiences in reality. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier contributes to this discourse as it continues in S1E2 to frame the entire series around not just Captain America’s […] More
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in PotpourriThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier Premieres: A Special Marvel Roundtable
WandaVision may have wrapped up, but The Falcon and Winter Soldier has just begun. Join Rachel Stewart, Will Johnson, JP Nunez, and Don Shanahan as they sit down and discuss what may lie ahead for Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes, and Sharon Carter. Rachel: Well, “Please Stand By” lasted all of two weeks, thanks to Disney+ […] More
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in PremieresThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1E1: New World Order(s)
Later this year, Marvel debut their animated series What If…? which explores alternate universe takes on classic Marvel universe stories, but one unlikely to appear is this: what if The Falcon and the Winter Soldier had been the first Disney+ MCU series released? Thanks to Covid-19, like with much else in the world of culture […] More
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in SeriesMCU Primer: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Originally intended for release back in August of 2020 (shortly after what would have been Black Widow’s big-screen premiere in May of 2020), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is finally entering the fold this Friday, March 19th on Disney+ as the second entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s much-anticipated Phase 4, which began with […] More
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WandaVision and the Future of the MCU: The Craziness Has Just Begun
**This article features spoilers to many MCU films and WandaVision** Despite an ongoing discourse to the contrary, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is an ever-evolving art project with twists, turns, switcheroos, what-have-yous, and WTFs. I’m not here to argue the merits of the cinematic value of the MCU (or, at least, not in this article. Anyone […] More