“Luke Cage” has many influences. The Black Lives Matter movement, the Wu-Tang Clan, HBO’s “The Wire.” Sometimes it’s easy to forget how big a hand 1970s Blaxploitation films have in this show, and the ...

In the last week there’s been a social media post that went viral, in which a Marvel Netflix fan made the ‘observation’ that the hero vs. villain conflicts in Marvel’s version of Harlem were all black ...

If you’re looking for a happy ending for “Luke Cage,” rewatch Episode 6. The first season’s conclusion, while hopeful, is mostly kind of a bummer. Luke (Mike Colter) defeats Diamondback (Erik LaRay ...

In the last few minutes of Netflix’s latest Marvel series Luke Cage, just as the dust settles over Harlem, the show’s titular hero and Marvel’s first African-American protagonist delivers what is ...

Gregory Mysogland is a freelance writer living in New York City. He is a passionate, lifelong fan of film and television and currently works as a Senior Movie and Television Features Writer for ...