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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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Madame Web (2024) Review

TANGLED IN ITS OWN STICKY (AND DERIVATELY BORING) WEB   Sony’s Spider-Man Universe has indeed been a rocky road throughout its endeavors, electing to expand upon various Marvel Comics characters and properties that are commonly associated with web slinging hero….Spider-Man. While the initial plan was to begin this particular cinematic universe endeavor following the release of 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man

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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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Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) Review

SPIDEY’S EUROPEAN VACATION   Spider-Man: Homecoming was definitely a fun and entertaining way for the comic book character of Peter Parker (aka Spider-Man) to star in his own standalone feature film within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Of course, this wasn’t the first time that Spider-Man (played by actor Tom Holland) graced the screen as he debuted back in Captain America:

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