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The new Spiderman movie, American Born Chinese, and the future of live-action film

Culture critics Jackson Weaver, Cassie Cao and Niko Stratis join the podcast to review the new animated movie Spiderman: Across The Spider-Verse, the Disney+ series American Born Chinese and what the slew of Barbie movie trailers can tell us about the tone of the upcoming live-action film.

Culture critics Jackson Weaver, Cassie Cao and Niko Stratis review the top pop culture stories this week

Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac) and Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation’s SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS T
Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac) and Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation’s SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE. (Sony Pictures)

Summertime means it's blockbuster season, and this week's Wrap Panel is here to discuss the most buzz-worthy releases.

Culture critics Jackson Weaver, Cassie Cao and Niko Stratis weigh in on this week's new stories. 

In 2018, this animated Spiderman movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse came out. It was an instant hit among audiences, the fans loved it. Some critics even say it's the best Spider-Man movie to date.

And now there's a sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is available on June 2. 

Streaming now on Disney+ is the new coming of age comedy series American Born Chinese — adapted from the 2006 graphic novel of the same name written by Gene Luen Yang.

The new live-action version of the Barbie movie is set to be released on July 21. It stars Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu and Issa Rae. Each trailer gives viewers little hints of what to expect — and yet a lot of fans are still unsure if Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig can pull this off. 

WATCH | Official Warner Bros. Barbie movie trailer:

WATCH | Official Disney+ trailer for American Born Chinese:

WATCH | Official Sony Entertainment trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse:

You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.


Panel produced by Tyrone Callender.