Spider-Man: No Way Home (Movie)
The Spell ‘Doctor Strange’ Is Missing: Sam Raimi’s Macabre Vision
Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is sitting in a Manhattan coffee shop with the woman he’s loved since the fourth grade, the winsome Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst). He gazes at her longingly. She leans in, eyes closed, for a kiss. But just as he moves to reciprocate, he freezes, sensing danger. The camera rushes forward, […]
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The Oscars Want Crowd-Pleasers, but Where Are the Crowds?
After last year’s Oscar ceremony honored a group of small, challenging movies and tanked in the ratings, you can bet that this year, the academy is eager to nominate films that audiences can get excited about. Indeed, this year’s crop of awards movies includes several old-fashioned crowd-pleasers to choose from. There’s just one problem: The […]
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These ‘Spider-Man’ Villains Return in ‘No Way Home’
They were very good at being bad. At the dawn of the “Spider-Man” film franchise in 2002, Willem Dafoe, the acclaimed actor of movies like “Shadow of the Vampire” and “The Last Temptation of Christ,” inaugurated the superhero series with a credible, formidable villain, Norman Osborn — otherwise known as the Green Goblin. Two years […]
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Hollywood Turns Up Star Power in Search of Audiences
“Stars matter more than ever,” said Bryan Lourd, the Creative Artists superagent who orchestrated the “Knives Out” deal. “When stars meet material that is their fastball, it cuts through all the noise.” There are other explanations for the barrage. In a severely disrupted marketplace, stars are seeking safety in numbers; no one person can be […]
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The Future of ‘Spider-Man’ and the M.C.U., According to its Producers
Godzilla gave it his best, along with Shang-Chi, James Bond, Venom and the “Fast and Furious” crew. But jump-starting the box office after pandemic shutdowns — re-commandeering the culture — has taken much longer than Hollywood envisioned. It finally happened Thursday, when “Spider-Man: No Way Home” swung exclusively into theaters. “No Way Home” collected $50 […]
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