A bright point of Captain America: Civil War is the introduction of Tom Holland’s fresh and nervous Spider-Man.
Spider-Man
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Deadpool offers Ryan Reynolds the role he was born to play
Free-wielding Deadpool is a super hero origin story done right.
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Sticky situation
BY ROD LOTT I still don’t know why Hollywood felt that Spider-Man, all of 10 years young, needed to be remade — I suspect it has to do with selling toys. Enough of calling The Amazing Spider-Man a “reboot,” too; this is a remake through and through. Like director Sam Raimi’s 2002 original, this “new” […]
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The Amazing Spider-Man
Like director Sam Raimi’s 2002 original, this “new” version is an origin story, depicting how mild-mannered Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield, The Social Network) transforms from high school science nerd to an arachnid-powered superhero in spandex. The major differences boil down to these: —swapping nemesis The Green Goblin for The Lizard (Rhys Ifans, The Five-Year Engagement);—swapping […]
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Superheroes
Per Michael Barnett’s entertaining documentary, “Superheroes,” a handful of people exist who believe that local police either aren’t doing their job, too corrupt to do their job or can’t do their job to the fullest needs of the neighborhood. These costumed citizens are profiled. Among them are …• Mr. Xtreme, a chubby, slovenly guy who conducts […]
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Superheroes
Per Michael Barnett’s entertaining documentary, “Superheroes,” a handful of people exist who believe that local police either aren’t doing their job, too corrupt to do their job or can’t do their job to the fullest needs of the neighborhood. These costumed citizens are profiled. Among them are …• Mr. Xtreme, a chubby, slovenly guy who conducts […]
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Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D.
Believing herself to have been “born broken,” she’s given purpose when recruited by the titular agency, whose acronym stands for Sentinent World Operation and Response Department, a secret counterterrorism and intelligency agency dealing with extraterrestrial threats. As Jessica’s told, 32 alien races exist on Earth, all of them unwelcome. It’s her job to help rid […]
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Stan Lee’s Superhumans: Season One
Stan Lee hasn’t dreamed up anything of value recently: “Stripperella,” “Condor,” “Mosaic,” anyone? (Don’t get me started on “The Governator,” which reeks of desperate failure.) Irony: Along comes the History Channel series “Stan Lee’s Superhumans,” which is reasonably entertaining, but Lee hardly has anything to do with it. Its real host is Daniel Browning Smith, […]