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Elizabeth Wellington

Elizabeth Wellington: 5 ways 'Wakanda Forever' takes a new look at superheros

"Black Panther" fans will feel all the feels Friday when Marvel and Ryan Coogler's highly anticipated sequel to the 2018 blockbuster, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," is released in theaters.

As expected the movie starring Angela Bassett as King T'Challa's mother, Queen Romonda; Letitia Wright as his sister Shuri; and Lupita Nyong'o as his partner, Nakia, is a cinematic wonder. The fight scenes — especially between Namor (Tenoch Huerta), king and protector of underwater civilization Talokan, and Wakanda's powerful woman army, the Dora Milaje — were so thunderous, my teeth rattled with each punch and fall.

The film is replete with M'Baku's (Winston Duke) foreshadowing quips. The fate of Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) is revealed. And a series of montages eulogizing Chadwick Boseman's skill, swag and style were so touching I cried.

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