Ryan Coogler Archives - Front Row Features

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ is a Poignant Tribute to a Star Fallen Too Soon

Film Reviews Reviews By Heather Turk|November 10, 2022 |0

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Critic Death is no stranger to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Some of the MCU’s most popular heroes have sacrificed themselves on-screen over the years for the greater good, but the shocking, real-life death of Chadwick Boseman in 2020 left the MCU with the near [...]

Chadwick Boseman Puts the Accent on Authenticity in ‘Black Panther’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 15, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After delivering dead-on performances depicting pioneering African-American icons of the 20th century—ballplayer Jackie Robinson, vocalist James Brown and justice Thurgood Marshall—actor Chadwick Boseman dons the suit of a fictional superhero in “Blac [...]

‘Black Panther’ Rooted in Empowered Females

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 12, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—While Marvel’s “Black Panther” superhero epic is being hailed as a historic achievement in popular cinema for bringing the first black superhero—the eponymous title character who also becomes the king of an under-the-radar highly advanced African coun [...]

Take a Pass on Blah ‘Black Panther’

Film Reviews Reviews By James Dawson|February 6, 2018 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Too many politically correct praise-heapers are giving Marvel’s blah “Black Panther” the same patronizing diversity pass they bestowed upon last year’s DC Comics dud “Wonder Woman,” as if movies like these automati [...]