'Blue Beetle': Family over Fanfare
'Blue Beetle' is another solid addition to the superhero film canon.

Thirty-five-year-old Kateryna works in a catering shop for offices, but she doesn't like her job. She has a rude, violent temper. The protagonist has not been able to get pregnant by her husband for ten years. Kateryna wants to undergo IVF for the third time and has almost saved up the necessary amount of money for this procedure. But at this time, Katya's former lover, the priest, returns to the village and has his own secrets.
'Blue Beetle' is another solid addition to the superhero film canon.
The plot could’ve really been interesting if the elements of lycanthropy was integrated with perhaps the struggle of identity of being LGBTQ+. It's an experience for so many that as they’re starting to realizing their true selves, they feel like a monster, especially if they come from unsupportive homes or communities. Instead, the horror and transformation elements seem thrown in without contemplation of how this could deepen the narrative.
It’s fun, it’s energetic, but it’s also understated and vicarial. Zola is a modern black fairytale and future of black movies.
You'd better buckle up, pack spare underwear, & maybe lay off the drinking for a night, for a gnarly ride in New York!
"His Girl Friday" set the bar for romcoms and gave us a feminist heroine before feminism was cool.