MCU

Bloated “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” proves that bigger is not always better — and often, small-scale stories carry just as much value as phase-jumping films.

Like its predecessor, “Wakanda Forever” centers around Black liberation and joy, creativity and community — while grief frames this sequel, it’s love that appears on-screen in full force.

Overproduced and uninspired, “Thor: Love and Thunder” isn’t unseating anyone’s favorite Marvel movie any time soon.

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” restricts its scope, dismaying as one of Marvel’s most disenchanting projects.

I think of Marvel and Disney’s ever-growing cinematic empire almost as a form of cultural stagnation brought on by the commercialization of art.

Besides being a well-executed, riveting superhero movie, a huge factor in what makes “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” so amazing and necessary is the fact that it unapologetically tells an Asian and Asian American story.

For a character so widely beloved in the MCU, “Loki” has surpassed expectations, keeping audiences on their toes while they simultaneously distrust and empathize with the god of mischief.

There was such a lack of queer representation in these superhero franchises that I could only relate to a character’s grief and agony. I was grasping at straws to find the faintest connection between my life and that of a hero.

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One can’t help but wonder: What would the villains of the Marvel Cinematic Universe do if immersed in our world of college stress, exams and papers?