The first trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is out and, I know this is going to sound surprising/annoying, but I though it just “all right.” What I mean by this is, the movie doesn’t just look “okay,” nor does look “great,” and only potentially “good,” thus, “all right.” I don’t know, maybe it’s because I grew up…
Blockbuster franchises are hard to come by. When one comes along, studios will do all they can to hold onto their respective cash cows. The Spider-Man franchise proved to be as much in 2002 with the release of the mega-blockbuster Sam Raimi film Spider-Man. This success followed into 2004’s superior effort Spider-Man 2 (a film…
The ‘90s marked something of a revival for animated television series based on comic book characters, most notably superheroes. The more popular of these series included the like of Batman, Spider-Man, Superman and the X-Men. Growing up, my favorite was X-Men. I was too young when they originally aired so I was unfortunately only able…
The enthralling tale of Peter Parker and his conversion to Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man is ingrained in us from childhood. Whether it is through flipping the pages of a comic book, seeing the classic film starring Christopher Reeves or by viewing animated renditions of the classic story, The Amazing Spider-Man has worked its way into…
