Tag Archives: Sony

Kraven the Hunter (2024) Review

ANOTHER DISMAL SUPERHERO FAILURE   Sony’s Spider-Man Universe has certainly had a rocky journey, aiming to expand upon various Marvel Comics characters tied to the iconic web-slinging hero—Spider-Man—without actually including him in these features. It’s an ambitious concept: building a cinematic universe centered around Spider-Man’s villains and side characters, while leaving out the hero himself. Given Marvel Studios’ immense success

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Gran Turismo (2023) Review

A SOLID “UNDERDOG” TALE THAT RACES TO THE FINISH   Adaptations of popular video games continues to be a hot commodity with studios and moviegoers alike, spreading to the masses in translating what made gamers hyped up and bringing it to both the big and small screen. While there have been many projects that have made the jump from “console

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) Review

A SPECTACULAR “CANNON” SEQUEL EVENT   In 2018, Sony Pictures Animation jumped into the superhero blockbuster realm with the release of the animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, the movie, which starred the voices of Shameik Moore, Jake Johnston, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Nicolas Cage, and Liev Schreiber, follows

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Morbius (2022) Review

A MESSY AND UTTERLY BLAND SUPERHERO ORIGIN TALE   While the Marvel Cinematic Universe has flourished into the expansive shared universe of most of Marvel Comics “best and brightest” arsenal of heroes and villains, one mustn’t forget that Sony / Columbia Pictures Spider-Man’s Universe, which consists of all things Spider-Man. Of course, the studio has seeing various franchise appear in

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