Madame Web Adds To The Sony Spider-Verse

Madame Web is the latest Sony Pictures installment in how to make a Spider-Man-adjacent movie without featuring Spider-Man. Please note that there are no mid-credit or post-credit scenes. You are free to leave the theater at the end of the film. Obviously, you’re more than welcome to watch the credits. After all, many people worked hard to make the film a reality. But again, there are no teases or tie-ins to the wider universe. If…

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Anyone But You: Can Faking A Relationship Save the Weekend?

Anyone But You is the latest Will Gluck film to draw inspiration from a classic play or story and does so with hysteric success. Like any romantic comedy, Anyone But You is not immune to the classic tropes. It’s what the film manages to do with it in which the film lives or dies on its own. If it’s a Will Gluck film, you can expect the filmmaker to find a way to bring Natasha…

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Tribeca 2019: Clementine

Premiering during Tribeca, Clementine might be a slowly paced film but has a lot to offer when it comes to commentary on relationships. The gist of the film is that Karen (Otmara Marrero) gets into a complicated relationship with Lana (Sydney Sweeney) after breaking into ex-girlfriend D’s (Sonya Walger) lake house.  When we first meet Karen, she’s in a very vulnerable position.  She once shared a home and dog, Ramsey, with D.  But with the…

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Sundance 2019: Big Time Adolescence

Big Time Adolescence falls into the coming-of-age genre as the film is about a high school teen under the unfortunate bad influence of his best friend. Monroe “Mo” Harris (Griffin Gluck) is a high school teenager.  In a perfect world, his best friend would be someone in his age range.  Instead, his best friend is his sister’s ex-boyfriend, Zeke Presanti (Pete Davidson).  Despite his sister, Kate (Emily Arlook), and Zeke breaking up, Mo maintained contact…

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