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REVIEW: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

April 22, 2022 Grant Watson

It has long become clear that Marvel Studios’ specific brand of shared universe feature films really work under their own rules. Fans of the comic book-inspired franchise may have bristled when Martin Scorsese famously noted ‘that’s not cinema’, but to … Continue reading REVIEW: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

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REVIEW: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

January 16, 2022 Grant Watson

There has been a weird rise in Internet chatter lately from Spider-Man fans demanding that Sony – in addition to continuing their hugely successful films with Marvel Studios – jump back in time and commission a third Amazing Spider-Man movie starring Andrew Garfield. To … Continue reading REVIEW: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

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REVIEW: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

July 23, 2019April 7, 2021 Grant Watson

The life of New York high schooler Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is thrown into disarray when he is stung by a radioactive spider and whipped up into an inter-dimensional conflict involving not one but six alternative iterations of Spider-Man. Together … Continue reading REVIEW: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

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REVIEW: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

July 2, 2019January 16, 2022 Grant Watson

In the aftermath of the events of Avengers: Endgame, a grieving Peter Parker (Tom Holland) must cope with the death of his mentor as well as a gap of five years between dying along with half of the Earth’s population … Continue reading REVIEW: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

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REVIEW: Spider-Man 2 (2004)

September 18, 2018April 7, 2021 Grant Watson

Two years after his fight against the Green Goblin, Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) struggles to balance his part-time job and university studies with his secret life as Spider-Man. Things look up when he meets the scientific genius Otto Octavius (Alfred … Continue reading REVIEW: Spider-Man 2 (2004)

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REVIEW: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

July 18, 2017January 16, 2022 Grant Watson

After helping Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr) fight Captain America during the superhero ‘civil war’, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) returns to his life of high school and crime-fighting as Spider-Man. When he crosses paths with the illegal arms merchant Adrian … Continue reading REVIEW: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

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