Wanda Maximoff: The Hero We Deserve, Not The Villain We Need
If the message here is that without a support system, grieving people turn into monsters, it’s not really well-delivered and may be flawed as a message itself.

Inspector Khai and Inspector Sani return with a new mission and this time their team is accompanied by Inspector Dani, Inspector Julie and Inspector Dell who have different expertise. An explosion in Penang that has killed hundreds of victims including a police officer is now under investigation by Inspectors Sani and Khai. The situation becomes more complicated when the next target is Inspector Khai. The friendship between Inspector Khai and Inspector Sani is tested when they realize that the suspect they are hunting has a connection to Inspector Khai's past.
If the message here is that without a support system, grieving people turn into monsters, it’s not really well-delivered and may be flawed as a message itself.
Overall, Sand Castle was another lack luster war drama that will eventually fade into the many similar war dramas I have seen throughout my life.
Netflix’s Shadow and Bone has a complicated relationship with race. It has a diverse cast, but not without its problems. Based on Leigh Bardugo’s two book series, the show features characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy, which is very straight and white, and the Six of Crows duology, which is much more diverse. When bringing together a cast and writing about these characters, the team behind the show expanded upon some of the representation missing from the first trilogy, then seemed to take away representation from the duology. Shadow and Bone seems to play a bit of a push and pull game when it comes to portraying diversity onscreen.
This is a list of seven films that explore police brutality and systemic racism made by Black filmmakers. These are important movies to watch and to take in, as — through the power of cinema — they showcase what it feels like to be a Black person living in a country that is internally designed to be against you.
The problem isn’t that it’s bad. It's good. But it fails to stand out from a crowd of similar films.
This is a film that is going to leave some people bored, and some people thrilled.