When we last left Peter Parker, our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, he’d just watched footage of his battle in London with Quentin Beck, a.k.a. the charlatan savior Mysterio, being broadcast throughout the greater Manhattan area. Then J. Jonah Jameson, a man who never met a webslinger he didn’t want to string …
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Vince Staples‘ “Home” doesn’t feature mentions of Christmas, Santa, sleigh bells, snow or anything remotely holiday-esque. The distorted and thumping Take A Daytrip-produced track is somber, defiant and moody — not cheerful or bright. There are no reindeers. However, consider the transitive property. The song is on the Spider-Man: Into …
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What a year it’s been: Black Panther and BlacKkKlansman, First Reformed and First Man, Gotti and … well, Gotti. And now we finish 2018 nice ‘n’ strong this month with a last gasp of award contenders (Natalie Portman goes pop; Christian Bale bulks up; Steve Carell plays with dolls) and …
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Stan Lee, the writer, editor, and former publisher and president of Marvel Comics who co-invented Spider-Man and was responsible for turning superhero comic books into a phenomenon, died Monday at the age of 95. Lee was taken to Los Angeles’ Cedars Sinai Medical Center on Monday after suffering a medical …
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