Marvel doesn’t have a lot of heroines. Black Widow is a humorless super-spy who never had fun of any sort before her epic death. The Wasp tends to yield the stage to Ant-Man, however unwillingly. Now Scarlet Witch has gone full Daenerys in her irrational fury (ugh). Most of the…

Some fans had been eagerly awaiting this one more than any of the MCU shows, for a long long time. At last we got her in live action. Ms. Marvel was recognizable from the comics but different. She’s still an icon for first generation Americans with awkward immigrant families. …

Without knowing anything about Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, I had no particular expectations. Wanda and America Chavez (yay) would be main characters, and they’d hurtle through the multiverses being toyed with in the rather unsatisfying allusions and lead-ins offered in Loki and What If, then presented a…

Fantastic Beasts 3 was a pleasant return to what we were missing in movie 2. In fact, The Crimes of Grindelwald was terribly dark, with the problematic racist and sexist fridging of Nagini the show animal/sacrificed heroine. Another criticism of movie two is the muddled plot and very muddled characterization…

Fans loved Bridgerton season one. It brought a sweet joy to the pandemic and the cast was clearly having fun too. This time, the racial diversity doesn’t feel new — the Sharma sisters are from India and describe the culture there a bit, but they’re dressed as traditional English misses…