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spider-man

reviews 3.5 stars, action, comic book, jacob batalon, jon favreau, jon watts, laura harrier, marisa tomei, marvel, marvel studios, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase three, michael keaton, reviews, robert downey jr, spider-man, spider-man: homecoming, tom holland, zendaya

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

July 9, 2017

So it was, that filmmakers decided to counterweight the vast, overblown universe by telling a simple, self-contained story.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers donald glover, john watts, jon favreau, marisa tomei, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase three, michael keaton, robert downey jr, spider-man, spider-man: homecoming, tom holland, zendaya

Teenage Talk: SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING Trailer

December 13, 2016

The Webslinger makes his full entry into the MCU…but did he miss his shot?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, action, andrew garfield, b.j. novak, chris cooper, colm feore, comic book, dane dehaan, denis leary, emma stone, felicity jones, jamie foxx, marc webb, marvel, paul giamatti, sally field, spider-man, the amazing spider-man 2

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

May 5, 2014

Sometimes the human part of a superhuman story is just far more interesting.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, action, andrew garfield, comic book, dennis leary, emma stone, marc webb, martin sheen, marvel, rhys ifans, sally field, spider-man, the amazing spider-man

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

July 3, 2012

The film so many of us thought wasn’t necessary brings more to the table than we thought it could.

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Ryan McNeil
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