Movie review: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

Wakanda Forever movie poster
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Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsIn 2018, “Black Panther” became the biggest hit of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It even made more at the domestic box office than that year’s “Avengers: Infinity War.” Since then, King T’challa, played by Chadwick Boseman, of the African kingdom of Wakanda died at the hand of Thanos, came back in “Avengers: Endgame” and died permanently of an unspecified illness. It of course mirrors Boseman’s real-life death in 2020. The opening of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is dedicated to T’challa – and Boseman’s – death and the celebration of his life. Yes, the Marvel logo is Boseman-centric, but it opts for a quiet, reverent tone rather than the call to cheer that was Stan Lee’s tribute at the beginning of “Captain M
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