Current：Home > Finance'Blue Beetle' is a true-blue surprise -Secure Horizon Growth
'Blue Beetle' is a true-blue surprise
View
Date：2025-04-13 19:43:43
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！ (14)
Related
- Spooky or not? Some Choa Chu Kang residents say community garden resembles cemetery
- Colleen Ballinger faces canceled live shows and podcast after inappropriate conduct accusations
- Whose name goes first on a joint tax return? Here's what the answer says about your marriage.
- Ukraine's Elina Svitolina missed a Harry Styles show to play Wimbledon. Now, Styles has an invitation for her.
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- England will ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery for environmental reasons
- How Maksim and Val Chmerkovskiy’s Fatherhood Dreams Came True
- Indiana deputy dies after being attacked by inmate during failed escape
- All That You Wanted to Know About She’s All That
- Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months for his role in Trump Organization tax fraud
Ranking
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- As Climate Change Hits the Southeast, Communities Wrestle with Politics, Funding
- Warming Trends: Chief Heat Officers, Disappearing Cave Art and a Game of Climate Survival
- At One of America’s Most Toxic Superfund Sites, Climate Change Imperils More Than Cleanup
- 'Vanderpump Rules' star DJ James Kennedy arrested on domestic violence charges
- New tax credits for electric vehicles kicked in last week
- Southwest Airlines' holiday chaos could cost the company as much as $825 million
- Al Pacino, 83, Welcomes First Baby With Girlfriend Noor Alfallah
Recommendation
2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
Brian Austin Green Slams Bad Father Label After Defending Megan Fox
Why Nick Cannon Thought There Was No Way He’d Have 12 Kids
How the Paycheck Protection Program went from good intentions to a huge free-for-all
House passes bill to add 66 new federal judgeships, but prospects murky after Biden veto threat
Damar Hamlin's 'Did We Win?' shirts to raise money for first responders and hospital
Tesla's stock lost over $700 billion in value. Elon Musk's Twitter deal didn't help
Southwest plans on near-normal operations Friday after widespread cancellations