Tag: Peter Parker

Who Could Be The New Spider-Man?!

Posted: February 15, 2015 at 4:59 pm   /   Comic Books, Film, Local

Finally.  After years of speculation and two lackluster (albeit not from a money making stand point) entries into the Spider-Man mythos, Disney/Marvel and Sony Pictures have come to an agreement to share the rights to The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. This deal will bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and will allow Marvel to […]

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Massive Character Changes at Marvel Comics

Posted: July 19, 2014 at 3:33 pm   /   Comic Books, Local

Ever since the “Marvel Now” initiative went into effect, The House of Ideas has been taking risk after risk with some of their most popular characters.  They “killed” Peter Parker and replaced him with Otto Octavius, stripped Wolverine of his healing factor, brought the original 1960’s X-Men into the present time, and even did a Battle […]

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Review: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ (REEL SPOILERS)

Posted: May 2, 2014 at 6:00 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Warning: this review contains REEL SPOILERS. For the spoiler-free review, click here. It seems like just yesterday I was standing in line for the sequel to the original Spider-Man (2000) at the midnight show. Yet here we are ten years later, the franchise has been rebooted, and another sophomore installment is at hand. Spider-Man 2 […]

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The Drawing Board – Reis, Samnee, Murphy, Coipel, Scallera, Ramos (Dec. 27)

Posted: December 27, 2013 at 5:58 pm   /   Comic Books, Local

Happy Holidays to everyone!   I hope all of you fine folks had a great Holiday this week and I thought I would give a belated Christmas gift.  I (your friendly neighborhood comic nerd) am going to post a weekly article showcasing some of my favorite artists.  We will call this The Drawing Board. My […]

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First Look at Spider-Man 2099 in Superior Spider-Man #17

Posted: August 9, 2013 at 1:28 pm   /   Comic Books, Local

  With the time rip from Age of Ultron, Miguel O’Hara will make his Marvel 616 debut in Superior Spider-Man #17.  Here’s the interesting part.  Miguel O’Hara (or Spider-Man 2099) knows that Peter Parker is Spider-Man.  Does this mean that he will know that something is off when he inevitably meets the “Otto Octavius” version?  Is Spider-Man […]

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Movie Review: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ From The Perspective of a Fanboy

Posted: July 3, 2012 at 3:30 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

For as long as I can remember, Spider-Man has been one of the superheroes I had always come to love. It wasn’t just the enhanced reflexes, spider sense, increased strength and agility that always drew me in (perhaps as a kid, yes), but rather it was Peter Parker’s everyday problems that work in tandem with […]

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Never Let Me Go

Posted: October 8, 2010 at 1:29 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Make no mistake, Never Let Me Go is a science fiction film, but it is unlike any science fiction film you’ve ever seen before.  The film is one part coming of age drama and one part alternate universe sci-fi film. Based on the Kazuo Ishiguro novel of the same name, Never Let Me Go is […]

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Julie Taymor’s “Spider-Man: The Musical” Opening on Broadway December 21st!

Posted: August 11, 2010 at 12:03 pm   /   Live Theater, Local

Despite being in limbo for the past few years, and director Julie Taymor’s six years of hard work, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, will be coming to Broadway shortly before Christmas. The long awaited Broadway show directed by famed Julie Taymor and Glen Berger, with music and lyrics by The Edge and Bono of U2, […]

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Sony Pictures Announces Andrew Garfield as the Spectacular Spider-Man

Posted: July 2, 2010 at 12:23 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Just yesterday sites all over the internet were abuzz with news that Sony Pictures was close to casting the role of Peter Parker/Spider-man for their upcoming reboot. Well, the internet got half of the news right, Sony was close to casting the role, but not with Josh Hutcherson in the lead role. (Read our story […]

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“Percy Jackson” Star Logan Lerman In Talks To Play “Spider-Man” Lead Role, Peter Parker

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 4:00 pm   /   Local, Movie News

For those of you who don’t already know Sony and Marvel are going to be rebooting the successful Spider-Man series, and leave the old series to end at the trilogy mark. The new series is said be based around the popular “Ultimate Spider-Man” series, which is an alternate universe version of the popular Spider-man, who […]

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