Current：Home > My'Blue Beetle' is a true-blue surprise -Aspire Capital Guides
'Blue Beetle' is a true-blue surprise
View
Date：2025-04-18 23:51:21
In the great new DC superhero film Blue Beetle, Xolo Maridueña plays Jaime Reyes, a young Mexican-American man who stumbles across a creepy bug-like alien artifact that bonds to him and gives him superpowers. It may seem like just another story about a reluctant hero, but in execution, centering the film on a Latino family changes the familiar formula in ways big and small.
Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour
veryGood！ (3)
Related
- The Super Bowl could end in a 'three
- Owner of Nepal’s largest media organization arrested over citizenship card issue
- 2024 cicada map: Latest emergence info and where to spot Brood XIX and XIII around the US
- Head of FEMA tours deadly storm damage in Houston area as more residents get power back
- Person accused of accosting Rep. Nancy Mace at Capitol pleads not guilty to assault charge
- Aaron Rodgers: I would have had to retire to be RFK Jr.'s VP but 'I wanted to keep playing'
- Asian American, Pacific Islander Latinos in the US see exponential growth, new analysis says
- Caitlin Clark back in action: How to watch Indiana Fever vs. Seattle Storm on Wednesday
- EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
- German author Jenny Erpenbeck wins International Booker Prize for tale of tangled love affair
Ranking
- McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
- Oscar-winning composer of ‘Finding Neverland’ music, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, dies at age 71
- Delaware lawmakers OK bill enabling board of political appointees to oversee hospital budgets
- The Latest | UN food aid collapses in Rafah as Israeli leaders decry war crime accusations
- John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
- Alaska man killed in moose attack was trying to take photos of newborn calves, troopers say
- Oscar-winning composer of ‘Finding Neverland’ music, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, dies at age 71
- Poland arrests sabotage suspects and warns of potential hostile acts by Russia
Recommendation
Angelina Jolie nearly fainted making Maria Callas movie: 'My body wasn’t strong enough'
Hawaii court orders drug companies to pay $916 million in Plavix blood thinner lawsuit
Sherpa guide Kami Rita climbs Mount Everest for his record 30th time, his second one this month
Severe turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight 321 from London leaves 1 dead, others injured, airline says
Questlove charts 50 years of SNL musical hits (and misses)
Israel’s block of AP transmission shows how ambiguity in law could restrict war coverage
German author Jenny Erpenbeck wins International Booker Prize for tale of tangled love affair
Savor Every Photo From Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's Blissful Wedding Weekend in Italy