Rihanna teases new music for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” after six years

[Image courtesy of Billboard] By Grace Koennecke, Columns Editor Yesterday, Marvel Studios posted a short clip on their social media, seemingly confirming that Rihanna will be a part of the soundtrack for the studio’s upcoming film, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”  Read more: Cloe Wilder drops new single “House By The Water” In the clip, the…

Movie Review: Thor: Love and Thunder

By: Ethan Bloomfield, Reviews Editor[Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture; 2022]Rating: 1/10 Phase four of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe is underway, the latest collection in the over ten year-long experiment into blockbuster comic book cinema. Among these million dollar titles was Thor: Love and Thunder, the fourth Thor movie in the franchise which released last month to…

Movie Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home

By: Evan Gallagher, Contributor [Columbia Pictures; 2021] Spider-Man definitely came out to play in the third installment in the MCU Spider-Man series. The movie took risks and offered a new direction for the beloved Peter Parker that was unexpected, but had great payoff. So, spoilers ahead if you somehow still haven’t seen No Way Home….

ACRN’s Top 10 Movies of 2018

1. BlacKkKlansman, [Focus Features; 2018] By Jessica Jones, Staff Writer Set in the 1970s during the middle of the civil rights movement, black police officer Ron Stallworth infiltrates a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan by posing as a white man. Based on a true story, this film depicts the real-life events of what occurred in…

Movie Review: Black Panther

By Ceara Kelly, Contributor [Marvel; 2018] Rating: 9/10 It’s official, all other superhero movies are canceled. Nothing will ever top Black Panther. Everybody else can go home. Despite being a Marvel movie, Black Panther manages to stand out and seem like a whole different genre of film. Not only is it set mostly in the fictional…

Album Review: Black Panther The Album

By Allegra Solomon, Contributor [Interscope / TDE; 2018] Rating: 7.5/10 Key Tracks: “The Ways”, “Paramedic!”, “King’s Dead” As if an all-black Marvel movie wasn’t enough to take Black History Month to new heights, the star-studded Black Panther soundtrack—curated by Kendrick Lamar and the rest of Top Dawg Entertainment—brought together every influential black music artist from…