The Film Board finds itself in the Red Room as we discuss Cate Shortland’s new entry into the MCU, Black Widow. It’s a full house on this episode as Andy Nelson is joined by Kyle Olson from Marvel Movie Minute, Matthew Fox from the Superhero Ethics podcast, Craig Price from Matinee Heroes, as well as CJ Lindsey and Jordan Petersen. The conversation ranges all over the place. How popular was blue hair in the 90s? How great is our family of Natasha, Yelena, Alexei and Melina as played by Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, and Rachel Weisz? What do we think about how Marvel dealt with the darkness of the Red Room and Natasha Romanov’s backstory, not to mention the opening credits depicting essentially an abduction trade of young girls? What did we think of the changes from the comics with Taskmaster and the Red Room? How great is Ray Winstone as the villain, even when his accent’s a bit off? What do we think of the red dust solution? And with F9 having just opened, what’s with all these storylines right now that are all about family?

It’s a fun film to talk about and a worthy entry into the MCU, even if delayed due to COVID (not to mention feeling long overdue). Join us in the board room on this episode as we have a great, spoiler-filled conversation!

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