What distinguishes the new DC Comics film “Blue Beetle” isn’t its place in the bug brigade but the person doing the metamorphosizing. Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) is the first Latino superhero in a leading role in a DC film. It’s not just token casting, either.
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