"Captain Marvel" - the superhero as grunge icon (with spoilers)

Pop Culture Double Date

It's only taken 11 years, but Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios have finally given us a movie led by a female superhero, and comparisons with "Wonder Woman" are inevitable. But before we get there, we have to ask whether "Captain Marvel" is any good on its own; whether it does a credible job of explaining where Carol Danvers has been for the last 10 years as the world has faced annihilation time and time again (you'll want to stay for Anuja's answer to this question); whether the 90s soundtrack for this movie hits the spot the way that the "Guardians of the Galaxy" mix tape did; and what the story of Carol Danvers discovering herself has to say about gaslighting by male authority figures.