“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is almost out in the world. Already seen by critics, including yours truly, the Marvel film is action-packed and fierce, yes. But as a film that comes in the wake of Chadwick Boseman’s death and the passing of his Black Panther character T’Challa worked into the film, it’s also a deeply emotional film, filled with melancholy, grief, anger, and many of the complicated feelings that come with the heartache of losing a loved one.

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Director Kate Herron and head writer Michael Waldron pulled off something quite remarkable with Marvel Studios‘ “Loki.” The Disney+ series not only set the popular character on a new and compelling narrative but did so with arguably the most gorgeous and creative aesthetic in the MCU to date (although the work on display in Chloe Zhao’s “Eternals” is right there with it).

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