Pop Culture How Disney's Encanto Uses Clothing and Color To Tell a Story About Mental Health Why Encanto's god tier use of clothing, color, animation, music, and more is so good it defies description.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Hawkeye: So This Is Christmas? What made Hawkeye one of the best of the MCU Disney+ shows as well as, of course, more about Rogers: The Musical.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Hawkeye: Ronin The good and bad of the fifth episode of Hawkeye and more discussion about filming Deaf characters and actors.
Pop Culture Why Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the Best Movie Ever A look back on just some of the things that made Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse set all new standards for how good a movie could be.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Hawkeye: Partners, Am I Right? Why Hawkeye's fourth episode worked so well, how MCU Clint compares to his comics counterparts, and still more about Rogers: The Musical.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Hawkeye: Echoes Hawkeye's third episode is the best so far and not just because of that car scene. Also we talk about its handling of Deaf characters.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: Hawkeye Never Meet Your Heroes / Hide and Seek A deep dive into the first two episodes of Hawkeye, their comics counterparts, and of course Rogers the Musical.
Pop Culture How Does Shang-Chi Compare to Marvel Movies Like Black Panther? Now that Shang-Chi is available for viewing via streaming, how does the movie hold up compared to the best of its MCU companions?
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath? The first season finale of What If...? ties everything together and shows how stories like this can be done.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: What If... Ultron Won? Episode 8 of What If...? begins to tie the season together but raises questions about how it fits into the larger MCU.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: What if... Thor Were An Only Child? Why the seventh episode of What if...? isn't the worst but neither is it the best, and why Thor loses to MODOK.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark? How does the sixth episode of What If...? handle the balance of Black Panther and the first Iron Man movie? And what is going on with the marketing for the show?
Pop Culture Rogers: The Musical In which your author loses her entire mind talking about a fictional musical inside of a fictional show.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: What If... Zombies!? The fifth episode of What If..? is one of the better ones, highlighting what can happen when script and animation are at their best (and worst).
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: What If... Dr Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands? The fourth episode brings an interesting story concept but weak execution for anyone looking for insight into Dr Strange's character.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: What If...The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes? The third What If...? episode gives great characterization but overloads on plot in a muddled mystery.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: What If... T'Challa Became A Star-Lord? The second episode of What If...? raises the bar, though not quite as high as its source material.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis: What If... Captain Carter Was the First Avenger? The Disney+ show brings alternate universes and the challenges of voice acting into the MCU. Find out how it fared as a concept, as a show, and as a recap of WWII history.
Current Events Why Does Scarlett Johansson Suing Disney Over Black Widow Matter to Disabled People? Scarlett Johansson's lawsuit over the money she is owed due to Black Widow's release on Disney+ has implications beyond her own personal paycheck, especially for those who rely on streaming movies for accessibility.
Pop Culture Loki Episode 6 Analysis: For All Time Always How did Loki episode 6 do as an episode and as a finale to the first season? Is it a must watch or a not so much?
Pop Culture Black Widow Movie Review: Excellent. Has Exactly Zero Shots of Her Boobs Why Black Widow's movie works so well for her as a character and why Taskmaster was the perfect antagonist for her to face.
Pop Culture Loki Episode 5 Analysis: Journey Into Mystery Loki's fifth episode brings a great mix of action and story, but also shows a worrying trend of the series' handling of sexuality and gender.
Pop Culture Loki Episode 4 Analysis: The Nexus Event Loki's fourth episode raises the bar for quality in the series, but also raises the question of whether the show's director lies more than Loki does.
Pop Culture Loki Episode 3 Analysis: Lamentis Episode 3 of Loki gives Loki fans what they've been craving but is that enough of a meal for everyone else?
Pop Culture Loki Episode 2 Analysis: The Variant Who is the intended audience for Loki the series and whether episode 2 reveals plans for both the show and the MCU.
