Black Panther
2018, Rated PG-13, 134 min. Directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis and Florence Kasumba.
Hard to remember, but in 2018, Marvel couldn’t miss, and Ryan Coogler was just a promising indie director coming off his first studio hit with Creed. Smash cut to 2025 and Marvel’s star has plummeted while Coogler’s Sinners is one of the year’s bright spots – and more or less for the same reason Black Panther is so great: Because Coogler knows how to make genre films feel deeply personal and how to make entertainment indistinguishable from art. Chadwick Boseman – irreplaceable – plays the newly crowned King of Wakanda; Michael B. Jordan – irresistible – is Killmonger, his cousin and challenger for the crown. When you’re talking the very best of the superhero movie canon, this one’s leading the conversation. – Kimberley Jones Read a full review of Black Panther.
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