"Black Widow" one month later

Published: Aug. 2, 2021, 10:09 p.m.

b"We are gathered, in the shadow of a potentially Hollywood-shaking lawsuit by one Scarlett Johansson, to ponder the merits of the film that inspired said lawsuit, the first feature-length release by that small independent outfit, Marvel Studios. Listen as we discuss the tonal shifts, occasionally entertaining but also occasionally jarring, in this film; the possible continuation of Marvel's villain problem; whether this movie was too little too late, given what we know of the fate of its title character; and what this all portends for the quality control process at Marvel."