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This post contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Check out our last review here. Story pacing is important. So, when you create something that's meant to be a "six hour movie" and present it in six individual parts, you're already damaging what you've created. Solving their pacing problem wouldn't have made the sins of episodes three or four an...
Looks like there's no taking these boys down. The Nielsen numbers are in, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier remains at the top of the charts. These numbers do come with a small grain of salt, as Nielsen only reports numbers streamed on televisions in the US. But it's still a win for Disney+ that backs up the reported claims of the premiere hype at the beginning of the season. The Fal...
This post contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. When Steve Rogers first gave Sam Wilson the shield, Sam said that it felt "Like it’s someone else’s". At the time, this felt like a touching tribute to his dear friend. But now, it can also seem like a comment on why being an American hero still feels out of reach for Black Americans like Sam. In episod...
This post contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Check out our last review here. "They will never let a Black man be Captain America. And even if they did, no self-respecting Black man would ever want to be." The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has had a very rough couple of episodes. This week, however, feels like a completely new series. There's no erasing th...
This post contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Check out our last review here. New Netflix docuseries Worn Stories explores the meaning behind certain items of clothing and how this shapes identity. One episode focuses on uniforms and the role they play, from a Met Museum security guard to politician Frederica Wilson. Symbolic garments are central to the conflic...
This post contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has spent a lot of time talking about legacy. Both in the MCU and out of it, Steve Rogers represents a lot of things to a lot of people. Like all symbols, that legacy can be twisted and turned until it fits the closed-minded perspective of anyone who chooses to wield it. We see the Punisher logo wi...
This post contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Check out our last review here. Welp. This week’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier started off very strong. Seeing Bucky back in Wakanda with Ayo — someone we were unaware was a part of his healing process prior — was an exciting tidbit. Sebastian Stan gave the scene of his career in that moment without ...
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier may have been rougher than expected last week, but it did give us the gem of Baron Zemo dancing in the club. Series star Daniel Brühl had a chat with Entertainment Weekly, and it seems he knows we've been making memes of him and his dance! "It's so hysterical. [That moment] was improvised when I saw the crowd dancing, going loco. I felt t...
This post contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Check out our reviews here. With the recent drop of the third episode of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, I was left with a lot of questions — mainly with the appearance of Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp). After the events of Captain America: Civil War in 2016, Sharon was on the run from the feds after aiding then-fugit...
This post contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Check out our last review here. A.K.A the one where Bucky makes a lot of unilateral decisions! There's no real sugar coating it, this episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was rough. We're halfway through the series and so far it's really good at acknowledging problems and terrible at reckoning with them...
