The Radical Child

This Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries follows Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old Pakistani-American high schooler who loves the Avengers, specifically Captain Marvel, but has trouble fitting in with society until she discovers her inherent abilities and becomes the eponymous superheroine, with the show ultimately tying in with the MCU film The Marvels. It starts a bit human-interest-centric but gives some decent insight into Islamic society in sync with Disney’s contemporary DEI approach and intensifies in the last few episodes. In brief, I didn’t think it was an excellent series, but I don’t regret watching it and will gladly see The Marvels as my next weekly film.

This Marvel Cinematic Universe streaming television series occurs after the events of Avengers: Endgame, with actor Tom Hiddleston reprising his role as Loki from the MCU films and being brought to the Time Variance Authority, facing the choice of whether to be erased from existence due to being a “time-variant” or fixing the timeline to stop greater threats. Loki agrees to help them, and in the second season searches through a multiverse for various entities. I enjoyed the series and would continue watching it if it received more seasons. It was a nice touch seeing Ke Huy Quan (best known for childhood roles such as Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Data in The Goonies) get back into the acting game, with Hiddleston and the other performers such as Owen Wilson doing well also.

The first installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe subseries features Peter Quill, who becomes Star-Lord and head of the eponymous band of intergalactic heroes after his mother on Earth dies of terminal cancer in the late 1980s and he is abducted by a group of alien thieves known as the Ravagers. Guardians is probably one of my favorite Marvel subseries due of course to Rocket the raccoon (and there’s a reference to Ranger Rick in the film), has pretty good action, walks the balance between being serious and humorous, and has a good selection of music taken from the period Quill was abducted from.

Drax and Mantis travel to Earth to try to get the eponymous team's leader Peter Quill actor Kevin Bacon as a Christmas gift. Funny concept, and unsurprisingly, a good special overall.

The third Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man film finds the titular superhero back in New York City after his secret identity of Peter Parker is revealed in a near-death video by villain Mysterio propagated by the media, among it being Daily Bugle host J. Jonah Jameson, brilliantly portrayed by J.K. Simmons (the first live-action actor to play the same character in different film franchises), reimagined as a Rush Limbaugh-esque commentator. Spidey seeks help from Doctor Strange to make his identity secret again, although the spell is botched, unleashing a can of interdimensional whoop-ass that ties the MCU with Sony's prior Spider-Man film franchises. Could have been really bad, given the concept (which was actually Sony's idea), although the final product definitely strikes a line among being humorous, excellent fanservice, somewhat bittersweet towards the end, and an overall enjoyable movie. I definitely look forward to how the multiverse concept is further explored in the MCU.

Marvel Cinematic Universe series that focuses on the eponymous organization, primarily focusing on Phil Coulson, who occasionally appears in the films, that deals with various worldwide threats such as the antagonistic Hydra organization. I found it largely enjoyable though it steeps at some points in human interest.

  

 

The first film of Phase Four in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, long-delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, seeing the eponymous superheroine on the run and confronting her past. Definitely had a lot of good action sequences and gives backstory to the character, as well.