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The Marvels’ Nia DaCosta Explains Why She Made a Family-Powered Movie
Marvel Studios is tapping into the majorly cosmic powers of Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers (Brie Larson); Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani); and Photon, Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) by fueling them with the power of family. In a sit down interview with io9, director Nia DaCosta (2021’s Candyman) discussed that above and beyond fitting into…
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Everything We Spotted in The Marvels’ Totally Cosmic Trailer
This morning we got our first look at The Marvels, and our first inkling of just how Kamala Khan, Monica Rambeau, and Carol Danvers will be thrust together. But this first trailer also gives us some very intriguing hints about the current state of the MCU’s cosmic side — at least, a little closer to…
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Nia DaCosta’s Candyman Is a Haunting Fairytale Trapped in a Horror Franchise
Though director Nia DaCosta’s Candyman is the latest chapter in an iconic, decades-long slasher franchise, the movie is also one of the many recent studio projects trying to transmute the real-world horrors of anti-Black racism into a thrilling story meant to capture imaginations. Like its contemporaries, this feature walks in the footsteps of Bernard Rose’s…