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Hello, Review-Verse audience! Since it's been a month since Spider-Man: Brand New Day was released, I think it is now safe to go from my abridged review  to a more in-depth one. Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man swinging in action in Spider-Man: Brand New Day . Courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Marvel Studios, and IMDb.com. When I saw Brand New Day in 3D, it was full of surprises I didn't expect. One was Sadie Sink of Stranger Things fame was playing Jean Grey . Jean and her sister Sara Grey , who I didn't know about till I saw the movie, and their telepathic powers made them a threat to Damage Control from Homecoming.  Sadie Sink as Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day . Courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Marvel Studios, and IMDb.com. Though I wish there was a bit more of an explanation for Jean's background, even if it was the usual Professor-X-trying-to-bring-out-her-best-self-with-her-mutation trope, I did like Sink's inclusion in the film...

  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse comes out today. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures. What started off with good hard rock grooves ended with a cliffhanger that I hunger for a resolution to. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was fun in the beginning, then got heavy towards the end. It’s also very confusing with this multi-dimensional rift thing. Continuing a year from Into the Spider-Verse , Miles Morales, voiced by Shameik Moore , is still having trouble finding himself, between being Brooklyn’s newest Spider-Man and figuring out his life beyond the mask and electro-webs. But when Gwen Stacy , voiced by Hailee Steinfeld , comes from her dimension to his, Miles finds himself in a Pandora’s Box of crises that spell out how hard it is to be Spider-Man in every possible Earth. As for what I enjoyed about Across the Spider-Verse , I enjoyed hearing Gwen and Spider-Punk’s, voiced by Daniel Kaluuya, rocking music beats in the background as they dealt with the misadventures of being ...

All the different identities of Spider-Man gathered together: Peni Parker (voiced by Kimiko Glenn), Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld), Spider-Ham (voiced by John Mulaney), Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), Peter B. Parker, (voiced by Jake Johnson) and Spider-Man Noir (voiced by Nicolas Cage). Photo courtesy of gizmodo.com With tremendous humor, enrapturing action sequences, a heartfelt story, talented cast selection, and a passionate hip hop soundtrack, Sony and Marvel's  Spider-Man Into the Spider Verse  was a delightful cinematic debut of one of the newest Spider-Men, Miles Morales. It's great to see a powerful animated film that's not Warner Bros., Universal, or Pixar for a change. Given each actors' delivery in the film, I think "The Man" Stan Lee would be proud of them all. This film is both a recreation and an update of prior “Spider-Man” films, as Afro-Latino teenager Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) is bitten by ...

Photo Courtesy of Forbes In over two hours, it was astounding to see everyone back after two years. Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War was a phenomenal combination of visual effects and animation, humor, music, and heroic journeys. Directed by the Russo Brothers ( Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War ), the overall ensemble was well put together for this major box-office success. Thanos (Josh Brolin) threatens to wreak havoc on Earth and the rest of the Galaxy as he acquires the Infinity Stones. After years of strained relationships and a hiatus, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans) will have to put aside their egos and come together to save the universe, before Thanos acquires the power to rule the “suffering” world we call home. And it’s not just the Avengers; it will take them, the Mystics, the Wakandans, and the Guardians of the Galaxy to either preserve the planet or avenge it, to fight battl...

Photo Courtesy of imdb.com Spider-Man: Homecoming was literally a swing into summer excellence! Tom Holland reprised his role as the long-time Marvel superhero with comic relief and power and it was amazing and spectacular in every sense of the word! The film revolves around Peter Parker trying to balance his high school responsibilities, smile trying to save New York as friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. It doesn't take more than grappling with Adrian Toomes and many other weapons dealing criminals, while also trying to prove himself to Tony Stark, for him to shoot webs at every corruption that comes between Parker's friends and family and save the day. It was a very creative and influential summer movie and I can't wait to see what Tom Holland has to offer next year.