Monday Media Musings - 5/3/21

Arrowverse update: I'm currently caught up on Supergirl (to Episode 5) and have watched The Flash through Episode 6 (one episode behind as of this writing. I'm not sure how long the main storyline of Supergirl is going to hold my interest. ( Spoilers )

I enjoyed *The Flash"'s recent take on time loops -- I'm a sucker for a good time loop episode, and this one tried some new things I liked.

Soul: I've been aware of the latest Pixar movie for awhile, but T only recently heard about it, and now that we have Disney+, he wanted to watch it. So we did. Enjoyable as a sweet and funny buddy comedy, with some lovely ideas about music and creativity and finding your purpose in life. I'm not usually a jazz person, but I thought the music was wonderful - the main character is a jazz pianist, and Jon Batiste of Late Night with Steven Colbert performed his works (as well as composing most of the original jazz in the score, along with gorgeous ambient tracks by Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor). This score definitely earned its Academy Award.

In other media news:

MCU returns to the theater with stage 4

Got to admit it, this montage was pretty effective. ( Am I really cutting spoilers for a Marvel Studios promo? I guess I am. )