Angel Manuel Soto

Film Review: Blue Beetle succeeds as a film about family first and being a superhero second

It’s rare these days for the “superhero origin story” to deviate from a familiar path.  It’s what is done within and around said path that manages to make even the most tested of narratives somewhat exciting. Blue Beetle is another case of been there, done that, with its story centring around a symbiote that transforms…

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Interview: Blue Beetle director Ángel Manuel Soto on seeing his vision come to life on the big screen; “It’s very nice just to see a different flavour of superhero.”

An origin story 5 years in the making, Puerto Rican filmmaker Ángel Manuel Soto is finally seeing his vision of the Mexican-American superhero Blue Beetle brought to life in DC Studios’ Blue Beetle. Starring Xolo Maridueña in the lead role, the film tells of recent college graduate Jaime Reyes and his return home full of…

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