Fan theories can be extremely dumb. Many encourage a bad brand of viewership in which every unstated detail in every piece of narrative art is a mystery to be solved, and never merely appreciated as a piece of economical storytelling. This category tends to be very thinly sourced, putting far too much weight on…
Ryan Gosling slugging it out with Harrison Ford in a ballroom of holograms. Saoirse Ronan defiantly rolling out of a moving vehicle. Soldiers sitting like ducks on a beach as a German fighter plane dives menacingly out of the sky. All of the above moments—and a couple dozen more besides—would have made fine additions…
Of all the exciting and entertaining moments in Spider-Man: Homecoming, the one that has probably garnered the most discussion is a brief phrase that flashes across the screen following the opening introduction of Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes: “8 years later.” Wait, what?
Though this weekend was a harrowing time in several parts of the country, the Teen Choice Awards unfolded undeterred last night, so that at the start of the next Civil War, we’ll at least know who the last breakout film, TV, and music stars were. Riverdale was the big winner, picking up nods for best—sorry, Choice—TV…
Sam Raimi directed three Spider-Man movies and Marc Webb directed two Spider-Man movies, so it’s a bit of a tradition to let the guy who made one Spider-Man movie do at least one other Spider-Man movie—even if the first one wasn’t that great. Now, having helped revitalize the Spider-brand with his refreshing …
In Podmass, The A.V. Club sifts through the ever-expanding world of podcasts and recommends the previous week’s best episodes. Have your own favorite? Let us know in the comments or at podmass@avclub.com.
In a post-apocalyptic mid-June weekend, as big studio tentpoles fall slightly below projections, intelligent (but not that intelligent) apes rule the box office. Matt Reeves’ War For The Planet Of The Apes took the No. 1 spot this weekend with an estimated $56.5 million, almost $16 million less than its predecessor in…
Spider-Man: Homecoming was the No. 1 movie in America this past weekend, no surprise there given the film’s positive critical reception and impressive numbers in early screenings Thursday night. Sony’s newest installment in the continually rebooted adventures of Peter Parker swung in to No. 1 with $117 million, just…
So many movies, so little time. Every week brings a new crop of them, opening in multiplexes and arthouse theaters across the nation, and arriving in increasingly high volumes on streaming platforms like Netflix. How’s a voracious moviegoer to keep up? That’s where The A.V. Club comes in. The first week of every…
Rest easy, continuity crusaders: Marvel Studios knows exactly where the inevitable Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel fits into its overall narrative plan. This is per producer Amy Pascal, who recently told Fandom that the second MCU stand-alone Spider-Man movie will begin “minutes” after the upcoming Avengers movie, …
At no point in Spider-Man: Homecoming is anyone bitten by a radioactive spider. That’s already happened—not just in two prior Spider-Man movies, but also in the world of this new one, populated by an ever-growing roster of Avengers. The fateful encounter between a teenage egghead and a genetically enhanced arachnid is…
Hannibal Buress just initiated a little Clone Saga of his own, with the stand-up comic and Broad City co-star apparently sending a stand-in to walk the red carpet at the Spider-Man: Homecoming premiere tonight. Per Entertainment Weekly, Buress put out the call for a lookalike on social media earlier tonight,…
Tonight marks the world premiere of Spider-Man: Homecoming, Sony’s latest shot at breathing new life into the Spider-Man movie franchise. But while stars like Tom Holland and the film’s director, Jon Watts, are all busy on the red (and blue, and gold) carpet tonight, fans in one particular New York City Starbucks got…
Due to Sony’s control of the character’s movie rights, Marvel probably never expected that it would be allowed to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now that he’s been seen slinging webs in Captain America: Civil War, though, people have begun to wonder what Peter Parker was up to while the other …
There’s a lot riding on Peter Parker’s shoulders right now (as per usual). As played by Tom Holland, Peter’s about to face his biggest challenge yet: anchoring a brand new superhero franchise, in the form of the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming. Can Spidey beat Michael Keaton as the villainous Vulture? Will he earn…
Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark has been a huge part of the marketing for Spider-Man: Homecoming (especially on one particular poster), but he’s not going to become a regular part of the new Spider-Man movies. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Iron Man won’t appear in the Homecoming sequel, but Sony has worked out a…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe seems like a tightly controlled machine, with every part working in accordance with every other part, but that is absolutely not the case when you factor in anything that is tangentially connected to the MCU, like the Netflix shows or the new Spider-Man universe that Sony is launching…
Although he also happens to be Spider-Man, Peter Parker is still beset with the usual battery of adolescent woes. The superpowered geek has trouble fitting in at school (and in the Avengers), and he pines for girls who might never notice him. Tom Holland, the latest actor to take on the web-slinger’s mantle, will…
You may recall that a couple of weeks ago, Marvel debuted a pretty crappy-looking poster for Spider-Man: Homecoming, full of embarrassingly amateur Photoshop work and featuring the looming, disembodied head of Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark. Now, one internet dweller has amended that one-sheet by simply adding more…
[Note: Marvel’s been keeping this character’s identity under pretty tight wraps, so it’s worth noting that this will probably spoil a major-ish plot reveal for Spider-Man Homecoming.]
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