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Gundy has up-and-down performance in first start

to start in a dif ficult situation.

Hutchens Staff Reporter

Gun nar Gundy dropped back, looked right and launched a pass down the OSU sideline.

The ball, rotating in a per fect spiral, fell neatly into John Paul Richard son’s hands. Per fect placement. 83-yard touch down. A quarter later, Gundy was benched.

It’s safe to say his debut as a starter was a mixed bag.

Oklahoma State beat Iowa State 20-14 on Saturday in Still water. Entering the game, senior Spencer Sand ers was listed as doubtful. Fresh man quarterback Garret Rangel, who started OSU’s previ ous game, also cropped up on the injury report. It cleared the way for Gundy

“I joked with him later in the week when we knew he was going to play,” coach Mike Gundy said. “I said, ‘The good news is, you get to go out there and play and have some fun.

The bad news is you’re playing a team that is a top- 10 defensive team in college football.”

Gunnar played almost three quarters, before Sanders, in a surprise move, came in to lead OSU to victory.

The Cy clone defense, which entered the game allow ing a Big 12-best 16.7 points per game, played well against Gunnar. The farthest OSU moved over its first six drives was 19 yards.

The Cowboys (7-3, 4-3 Big 12) struggled to run the ball and ISU held them to 1-for-14 on third down.

‘This was a defensive win’

For first time this season, OSU relied on its defense

quarterback Hunter Dekkers scrambled from the pocket. Oliver, a sophomore defensive end, chased him around the edge and, like Bedlam nearly a year ago, wrapped up the quarterback’s ankles for a sack.

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Collin Oliver did something OSU hasn’t done since last season.

On fourth-and-10 from the OSU 23-yard line, with the Cowboys cling ing to a six-point lead, Iowa State

For the first time this season, the Cowboys had to rely on defense to pull out a win. And for the first time in just as long, it stepped up to the task in OSU’s 20-14 win over ISU.

“This was a defensive win,” said defensive coordinator Derek Mason. “For those guys on defense, it was a total defensive performance that we

hadn’t had all year.”

It took every bit of that perfor mance, too. The offense struggled to surpass 200 yards and for nearly three quarters was led by a freshman quar terback making his first start. But the defense held steady.

On the Cyclones’ first offensive play, cornerback Jabbar Muhammad jumped a Dekker pass and narrowly missed on what would have been a pick-six. That was foreshadowing of the defensive performance to come.

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Film honors Bozeman in messy but fitting tribute

Michael Clark Staff Reporter

Editor’s note: This review con tains minor spoilers for “Black Pan ther: Wakanda Forever.”

After “Avengers: Endgame” rocked the box office in 2019 and included the first saga in the Mar vel Cinematic Universe, many fans have complained that the series lost its charm. Movies such as “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and “Thor: Love and Thunder” gained mixed reviews for their unsteady tone and pacing. The formula began to get stale and desperately needs a shakeup.

Add to the fact that the Black Panther himself, Chadwick Boseman, unexpectedly died in 2020, there were concerns for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”. Concerned fans pushed for the film to be postponed or canceled. Rumors of a rocky production and

uncertain vision for the film only led to fuel to the fire. Because of the increasingly intense superhero fatigue and the uncertainty of the film, plenty of people expected this film to be an unprecedented disaster for Marvel.

The opening scene of “Wakanda Forever” puts all these worries to rest.

If there’s one thing this film excels at, it’s the tone of the film. With significantly less quips, a tight cast, and plenty of hard hitting, genuinely heartfelt moments, “Wakanda Forever” excels at paying its respect to Boseman while telling a meaningful story, even if it has many problems.

“Wakanda Forever” follows the country of Wakanda mourning the loss of their king T’Challa, and soon spirals into a story of war, grief, and loss. It brings in plenty of new characters to the table such as Namor (Tenoch Huerta) and Riri Williams (Domi nique Thorne). Huerta excels with his portrayal of Namor. I can already see

fans excited for more of his character if Marvel decides to use him again. With a Disney+ series set to explore Wil liams’ rise to becoming Ironheart, it’s no doubt these characters will be great additions to Phase 5.

The film really shines with show ing the citizens of Wakanda in a new light as they try to move past the death of their king. Danai Gurira is a power house as Okoye in this film, bringing a stunning and emotional spin to her usually stoic character. Letitia Wright excels as Shuri, who was normally a comedic relief character until she is forced to step up through the events of this film. It really humanizes these characters seeing them grieve and struggle, triumph and fail, it’s all incredibly fulfilling. These beats are easily the best part of the nearly 3 hour long film.

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Collin Oliver (30) recorded two sacks in OSU’s win over Iowa State, including the game-clincher with 19 seconds left.

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OSU quarterback Gunnar Gundy tossed two interceptions and a touchdown in his first start.

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The Cow boys (7-3, 4-3) forced a punt on that drive, then forced turnovers on the next three drives – an in terception and a fumble forced by freshman safety Kendal Daniels, and a make-up pick by Muham mad. Before Daniels’ forced fumble, which was recovered by Kody Walterscheid, OSU hadn’t forced a turnover since the Texas game.

“Coach Hammerschmidt (safeties coach) was just saying somebody needs to make a big play,” Daniels said. “I mean, we haven’t had a big play in three weeks.”

But the defense didn’t stop there. It made up for weeks’ worth of turnover drought all at once, forcing five on the day. Corner back Korie Black forced another fumble, recovered by defensive end Nathan Latu, and senior safety Jason Taylor II reeled in an interception.

The offense only converted those turnovers into three points, but it kept the ball away from ISU (4-6, 1-6) and gave the OSU offense a chance to get run ning. This was the defense’s game.

Mason and the rest of the defensive staff harped a message to the defense.

“Effort, technique and finish. That’s all we talked about –ETF,” Mason said. “That’s what we created this week in practice. Play ers make mistakes, but effort, tech nique and finish, that’s what showed up today.”

The rush de fense that was non existent the past month showed up in a big way. Don’t confuse the Cy clones for a great offense, but after giving up over 350 yards on the ground last week, the defense gave up just 59, and no Cyclone averaged more than 3 yards per carry.

The OSU

defense, which made its living on sacks earlier this year and all of last season, hadn’t had a sack the past two games. It didn’t through three quarters on Satur day, either. Until the fourth quarter.

“Our guys really started to show their experi ence and really exert their will in the fourth quarter, when you talk about rush and coverage working together,” Mason said. “Those guys had a chance to win some oneon-ones, and they did.”

The Cow boys sacked Dekkers four times in the final quar ter. Defensive ends Brock Martin and Ben Kopenski tagteamed a sack, Na than Latu picked up his second of the year and Oliver recorded two.

After holding ISU scoreless for 25 minutes and 30 seconds, the Cy clones had one last opportunity with 2:09 left to play. OSU had taken a three-point lead with nine minutes left, but didn’t pick up a single first down on the next three drives, scoring only a field goal. Still just a one-score game.

The defense needed to hold one more time.

In front of the black out crowd, ISU marched 49 yards to the OSU 23yard line. Mason told his defense the same thing he’d told them all week. Effort, tech nique, finish. And like Oliver had done a year before, he did just that.

“Finish. The effort in the game was there all night,” Mason said. “So, I was happy for those guys that they did exactly what they were supposed to do, which was finish.”

Sanders’ late return brings Cowboys back to winner’s circle

Sanders, who has dealt with a shoulder injury the past five weeks. But it still would have been easy for Sanders to check out when freshman quarterback Gunnar Gundy got the start.

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Spencer Sanders didn’t even throw a warmup pass.

When Sanders, OSU’s quarterback, entered the game at the end of the third quarter of OSU’s 20-14 win against Iowa State, it wasn’t just that he had been chilling mostly idle on the sideline.

He had been away from the team most of the week.

But that’s not how Sanders is wired.

“Spencer is never on cruise control,” Gundy said. “His competitive nature and willingness to fight is always pedal to the metal.”

As the third quarter wound down, OSU had only 10 points and was trailing. It was an emergency and time to break the glass protecting Sanders.

“I just kind of told (quarterbacks) coach (Tim) Rattay, ‘If you want to throw me in there, I’ll go in there,’” Sanders said.

It responded even louder in the fourth quarter when the offense moved 63 yards for a go-ahead touchdown.

Sanders finished 9-for-13 for 84 yards and a touchdown. Not bad for a guy too banged up to hardly practice.

Sanders putting his battered body on the line to move the offense down the field infused Boone Pickens Stadium and the Cowboy sideline with life.

“I think sometimes when (players) know there’s a guy that’s playing that’s not 100% they’re like, ‘OK, I’ll fight for that guy,’” Mike Gundy said. “It’s just human nature.”

It showed up defen sively.

the Cowboy defense blanked the Cyclones.

Redshirt freshman Kendal Daniels, who forced a fumble and snagged an in terception, said the defense had to step up and take more pride in itself because Sand ers was playing injured.

With 2:09 remaining in the game, Iowa State got the ball back trailing by six points. The Cyclones advanced all the way to the OSU 29 before Cowboy defensive end Collin Oliver dragged down Cyclone quar terback Hunter Dekkers for a game-clinching sack.

Tuesday, Sanders tweeted his grandfather passed away, and OSU coach Mike Gundy said he was gone for most of the week. He hadn’t been practicing, nothing new for

The crowd, participat ing in a blackout on a chilly Stillwater Saturday after noon, responded to the fa miliar sight of Sanders jog ging out to lead the offense.

OSU’s defense played well all night, overcoming missed tackles by forcing five turnovers in a game for the first time since Dec. 5, 2020, against TCU. After Sanders entered the game,

“Defense played lights out,” Sanders said. “You can’t ask for a better de fense. Like I’ve been hear ing recently, a lot of people have been saying I won this game. I didn’t win this game. The defense won this game.”

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OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders entered late in the third quarter and led the Cowboys to a 20-14 win over Iowa State.

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Gunnar completed five of his 12 passing attempts for 103 yards. He had one touchdown and two interceptions.

“There are some throws I’m sure he would like to have back,” offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn said. “There were times where, if he could pull that ball back in, I’m sure he would. But overall, I thought he played well.”

Gunnar also registered seven rushing at tempts for -4 yards. While sack yardage hurts his total, Gunnar was a downgrade from Sand ers, one of the most elusive players in the Big 12.

Mike said rushing will be important to Gunnar’s success.

“In my opinion, to play quarterback at this level nowadays, you have to be able to run around a little bit,” Mike said. “It’s very difficult to protect against defensive lineman who are really active. You have to be able to run.”

Even when OSU’s defense set the Cow boys up with great field position, the Gunnar-led offense struggled to take full advantage. When junior cornerback Jabbar Muhammad intercept ed Cyclone quarterback Hunter Dekkers on the ISU 20, the Cowboys mustered only a field goal.

It was the only points OSU got from five turnovers.

“We’re getting turnovers and we’re not scoring,” Mike said. “I’m thinking, ‘this is not fun.’”

Gunnar made his best play with 6:31 remaining in the second quarter. After the Cy clones took a lead, Gunnar threw a deep ball to Richardson.

“It was a play that we practiced all week long,” Richardson said. “We knew it was going to be called. When I saw it come in from the sideline, I was kind of excited because I knew it was a shot. Gunnar couldn’t have thrown a bet ter ball. Perfect. Right on the money.”

Shortly after the dime, Gundy threw an interception that prompted a QB change. On third-and-19, Gundy forced an ill-fated throw to the sideline. Junior ISU corner T.J. Tampa intercepted the pass.

“Gunnar’s mistake was his last intercep tion,” Mike said. “Other than that, Gunnar played pretty good. Statistically, I don’t know. I’m sure he’s going to look at it and think that this was not good.”

Though Gunnar’s first start ended in a benching, Dunn said Gunnar gained valuable experience if he needs to play again.

“I thought all in all, he did pretty well,” Dunn said. “Now we got into crunch time and you’ve got to put the man (Sanders) back in there, which we did.”

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OSU backup quarterback Gunnar Gundy produced mixed results in his first start.

OSU begins Hunger Awareness Week

Kennedy Thomason Staff Reporter

Hunger Aware ness Week is here.

Leadership and Campus Life will hold events throughout the week to familiarize OSU students with the issue at hand.

On Monday, the basic needs fair will be held in the Plaza Amphitheatre of the Student Union from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair will feature organiza tions on campus and from the Stillwater community that pro vide resources to OSU students in need. Some resources that will be shared include those for housing, health and food insecurity.

A hunger simu lation will happen in the Sequoyah Room of the Student Union on Tuesday from 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. This simulation, hosted by Pete’s Pantry, will allow students to understand the per spective of someone facing food insecu rity. Students will be provided a budget and will have to plan meals within the provided constraints.

On Wednesday, a SNAP Q&A will occur via Instagram on the @osucampuslife story.

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) is a program run by the U.S. De partment of Agricul ture. A SNAP repre sentative will answer all questions about benefits and how to use the program.

All of these

events are in place to address the serious issue of hunger that Oklahomans face.

“Twenty-five percent of Oklaho mans receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,” according to OSU Extension.

This percentage of Oklahomans that receive benefits from SNAP indicate the se verity of the situation.

Hunger and Homelessness Aware ness Week is a national event. The National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Cam paign Against Hunger and Homelessness sponsor the week.

This campaign brings national aware ness to the issue, but OSU’s Hunger Aware ness Week focuses on the student body. The resources that this event highlights allows students to be success ful.

“Oklahoma is one of the hungri est states in the na tion. One in six (17%) Oklahoman adults and seniors are food inse cure, and 1 in 4 (25%) Oklahoma children are food insecure,” accord ing to OSU Extension.

This demon strates a need for the resources that Hun ger Awareness Week shares.

For more in formation regarding Hunger Awareness Week, what you can do to donate and events taking place, please visit lcl.okstate.edu.

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Student Government Association sponsors Pete’s Pantry Network with locations in the Student Union, Bennett Hall, Nancy Randolph Davis West and Edmon Low Library.

Cowboy Racing begins season with Fall Frenzy

Bella Casey Staff Reporter

The opportunity to watch a race unites all.

Cowboy Racing wel comed spectators to its Fall Frenzy race for the first time on Sunday.

The Cowboys faced off against Sooner OffRoad, Renegade Racing and Wichita State in a one-hour endurance race. Teams were required to switch drivers at least twice during the race and faced penalties for every obstacle they skipped.

Each team is respon sible for building, racing and repairing their own car.

Drew Milligan, a mechanical engineering student, spent 60 hours this week alone preparing the car and course for the Fall Frenzy.

“Basically, from the ground up, these cars are made by us,” Milligan said.

Each year, Cowboy Racing welcomes other Baja SAE teams to race their cars on OSU’s course to gage their car’s racing ability before taking on larger com petitions.

Although the teams competed for only brag ging rights, the race set the tone for upcoming races by simulating the obstacles the teams may face in the future.

Mason Jernigan, a mechanical aerospace major, explained why the Fall Frenzy is a valuable experi ence for each team.

“It’s kind of just giv ing other teams a chance to use the track, plus you get the chance to share ideas,” Jernigan said.

The race was off to a rough start as the rear left suspension of the Cowboy Racing car snapped before completing its first lap. The team was responsible for removing the car from the track and repairing it to rac ing condition.

Thirty minutes into the race, the Cowboy’s car returned to the race and continued as if nothing had happened.

Every other car on the track experienced at least one other wreck or mishap, with the Renegade car go ing up in smoke around the race’s 40-minute mark.

Cowboy Racing mem ber Adam Markiewicz said that this is “just how it goes.”

The race is consid ered a friendly competition between four teams who need experience, and no hard feelings are involved.

“Usually, we’re en emies with OU,” Markiewicz said. “But here, they’re one of our closest friends.”

Although the Cowboy’s car did not race for the whole hour, the team was still satis fied with its performance.

William Van Dyke, a senior mechanical en gineering major, said that the team’s problem-solving skills are something to be celebrated.

“It went well, consider ing what went wrong,” Van Dyke said.

The team said Fall Frenzy is the perfect envi ronment for teams to make mistakes and recognize victories.

“We’re expecting things to go wrong, and it’s kind of about knowing how to adapt,” Van Dyke said.

Sharing the experience with the community allows teams to show off their hard work while providing specta tors with an exciting show.

Cowboy Racing hopes to expand their membership and welcomes all majors to join the team and work on the cars.

To learn more about how to become part of the team, check out @cowboy. racing on Instagram or email minibaja@okstate.edu.

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‘Scarlet and Violet trailer’ reveals Pokemon from past, future

Baylor Bryant Staff Reporter

The new Pokemon Scarlet and Violet trailer conveyed the games’ themes of freedom, exploration and finding one’s “treasure.”

The Pokemon YouTube channel recently released what looks to be the last trailer for the “Pokemon Scarlet and Violet” games. The trailer re capped a lot of what we already knew about the games, but it did give us some new information regarding Pal dea’s geography, new alternate forms of Pokemon and potentially the region’s champion.

The trailer itself is a collabora tion with musician Ed Sheeran and his new single “Celestial.” Sheeran co-wrote the song alongside Steve Mac and Johnny McDaid for “Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.” The music video for “Celestial” released Sept. 29, on Sheeran’s YouTube channel, which featured many animated scenes of Sheeran alongside Pokemon.

Sheeran’s song “Celestial” and “Scarlet and Violet” share themes of exploration and freedom. Sheeran’s song repeats the lyric “You make me feel like my troubled heart is a million miles away” multiple times throughout the song to convey a feeling of peace and freedom from troubles. “Scarlet and Violet” is all about finding your “treasure” whether that be your Poke mon, the journey or your destination. The trailer further reinforces the mis sion when it shows the vastness of the Paldea region.

Fans also received some potential information about Paldea’s champion. In previous trailers, it was hinted that Geeta, the chairwoman of the Pokemon league in Paldea, could be the possible champion, but it looks like there might be someone else that holds that title. Nemona, who was introduced as the one of the player’s rivals in Paldea, just revealed that she might be the champi on. “I guess you could say my journey to becoming a champion was the trea

sure I found… maybe?” Nemona said. This could mean one of two things. Either Nemona is already a champion and is reflecting on her journey, or she has the dream to become champion and that is her treasure.

Fans algo got their first look at Paldea’s “Paradox Pokemon.” “Poke mon Scarlet and Violet” have a theme of past and future, with Scarlet being past and Violet being future. “Para dox Pokemon” are variants of existing

Pokemon but what they were like in the past or future, depending on the game. In this trailer, fans saw the past and future paradox forms of Donphan. Regular Donphan also appeared in the trailer, so finding “Paradox Pokemon” in the game will probably be from some phenomenon. The past Donphan was slightly shown with a sketch of it also in a scarlet colored book. The past Donphan has larger tusks than regular Donphan, and its hide was jagged with

scarlet spikes on its legs. The future Donphan was slightly shown as well and has a sketch of it in a violet colored book. The future Donphan is metallic, taking on a cyborg look.

Scarlet and Violet will be released worldwide Friday.

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Pokemon’s newest video game, “Pokemon Scarlet and Violet” will release Friday.

Students travel with historical passport at Night at the Museum

Isaac Terry Staff Reporter

This is what the Student Union Activities Board and the Oklahoma State History Club hosted together at the Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar. The “Night at the Museum” featured interac tive exhibits and information speakers Thursday night.

Some of the exhibits included the American Civil War, WWI and WWII, the Cold War, the Spanish-Ameri can War and more. From hard tac to local fallout shelters, the graduate student demon strators excitedly walked the attendees of the event down the history of the U.S. and Stillwater.

Those attending were handed a “historical passport,” a piece of paper with several locations around the museum to visit and learn about dif ferent points in history. If you got all six of the locations on your card punched, you were given a ticket for a grand prize raffle. After the exhibits were complete and people finished eating their free pizza and drinks, a number was called and a lucky visitor took home an electric scooter. There were smaller toys and notebooks handed out to those who at tended as well.

Many sections of the museum featured hands-on ex hibits, with many shelves and drawers hosting “Please touch, we are interactive” stickers.

There was also an OSU-ROTC table included in the passport, where people could talk with representatives from the OSU University Office of Student

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The event was open to the public as well as OSU students, staff and faculty. They turned out in droves and packed themselves into the museum and its differ ent exhibits. Tony Dong, the outreach executive program ming director with the Student Union Activities Board, the event was a smashing success.

“There were a ton of people who came out through the pouring rain to check out the Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar,” said Dong. “My favorite part of the event was seeing all of the students and general public walk around the displays and visit a museum that some may not have been to.”

Dong is not the only person who thinks the event went well. Ren Stremel, an aerospace engineering major, was at the museum.

“I enjoyed it,” said Stremel. “I really liked the quilts and the exhibits that you could physically touch.”

When asked if the SUAB would ever host the event again, Dong said it is a possibility.

“To my knowledge, this is the first time that SUAB has had an event like this,” he said. “Every semester, SUAB has a programming partner ship form which other orga nizations fill out. Afterwards, those partnership requests are then filtered and selected with the OSU community in mind.”

Dong said it’s up to the future executive programming director whether the event will continue.

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OSU history graduate students conducted tours of the Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar during Night at the Museum.

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Today’s Birthday (11/14/22). Your work and health flourish this year. Beautiful results reward faithful domestic attention. Autumn reveals new personal powers; useful with your partner and winter changes. Health and vitality excite the spring time, before summer self-reflection illuminates adaptations. Nurture your body, mind, spirit and especially heart.

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Panther...

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Frustratingly enough, the film still has plenty of flaws.

While the tone is pitch perfect, the pacing is not. This easily could have been a 2-hour long film, and plenty of scenes and plotlines feel as if they do not add to the film at all. While Thorne is excellent, her char acter hardly serves a purpose

to the film rather than setting her up for the aforementioned series “Ironheart,” and a whole subplot with Martin Freeman doesn’t go anywhere either. Both additions simply pad out the runtime and don’t enrich the film thematically or story wise. While I normally wouldn’t mind these, the film is already unusually long and these plotlines weigh it down much more.

Because of how much these scenes slow the movie down, it’s hard to say “Wakan da Forever” truly reaches its

maximum potential. While it’s still a worthwhile film, too many cooks can spoil the broth, and this is no excep tion. The film would be greatly improved if it dedicated to its story arc of T’Challa and Namor or its story of Williams and the CIA. Because it tries to do both, neither hardly feels finished. This isn’t to say it’s bad, when this film hits, it really does hit. The final mo ments of the film are perhaps some of the most emotional in the MCU, and the movie truly feels like a love letter to

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one, and there was lots of rain. In a way, that felt

“Wakanda Forever” left me fulfilled despite its flaws and gave me plenty to think about. It’s better to have that than to have done nothing at all.

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is in theaters now. AMC Stillwater 10 offers sev eral viewings daily.

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Boseman and the Black Pan ther franchise. The walk home from the theater was a somber

quite fitting.

“Black Adam” Dwayne “The

Rock” John son stars as DC Comics’ villain Black Adam.

“Ticket to Paradise” Julia Roberts and George Clooney co-star in this romcom. A man (Clooney) and his ex-wife (Roberts) race to Indonesia in attempt to stop their daughter’s marriage.

“Smile”

A psychological horror focused on the disturbing experiences of a therapist.

“Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile”

A family comedy starring a singing crocodile.

“Prey

the Devil” A nun trains as an exorcist in this supernatural horror.

Marvel Studios Tenoch Huerta stars as Namor in Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The movie released Thursday night and AMC Stillwater 10 offers several daily showings.

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Letitia Wright stars in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The movie, which is the sequel to ‘Black Panther” focuses on Wakanda’s rise after King T’Challa’s death.