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Movie Review – Venom (2018)

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Venom, 2018. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Jenny Slate, Scott Haze, Michelle Lee, Sope Aluko, Reid Scott, Sam Medina, Jared Bankens, Wayne Pére, and Woody Harrelson. SYNOPSIS: When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego “Venom” to save his life. Really, […]

Mondo unveils new Venom posters

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As Venom begins its global rollout, Mondo has unveiled two illustrated posters for the Spider-Man spinoff movie by artist Matt Ryan Tobin; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Tom Hardy clarifies comments that his favourite Venom scenes were cut from the movie SEE ALSO: Venom looking to take a $175 million bite of the worldwide box office […]

Venom looking to take a $175 million bite of the worldwide box office

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The critical consensus may not be too kind, but it seems that Sony’s first Spider-Man spinoff movie Venom is on course to take a sizeable chunk of the global box office in its opening weekend. According to estimates, the Tom Hardy-headlined blockbuster can expect to gross around $175 million around the world in its opening […]

Funko unveils Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Pop! Vinyls and more

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Funko has unveiled its range of merchandise for the upcoming animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse which includes Pop! vinyl figures for Miles Morales, Green Goblin, Prowler, Spider-Gwen, Peter Parker, Spider-Man Noir, and Spider-Ham, a new line of Mystery Minis, and Pop! Keychains for Peter Parker and Miles Morales; check them out here… SEE ALSO: It’s “Time […]

It’s “Time to Swing” in new Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse trailer

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Maybe looking to soften the blow of the impending reactions to Venom, Sony Pictures has released a brand new trailer for another extension of the Spider-Man brand, the animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which you can find below along with a new poster… Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind The Lego Movie and […]

Tom Hardy clarifies comments that his favourite Venom scenes were cut from the movie

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Out on the press tour for Venom ahead of its release this week, Tom Hardy offered some surprising words to Comics Explained when asked about his favourite moments in the Sony-produced Spider-Man film. “Things that aren’t in this movie,” replied Hardy. “There are like 30 to 40 minutes worth of scenes that aren’t in this […]

Spider-Man: Far From Home set photo offers best look yet at Spidey’s Noir-inspired new costume

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For the past few days a number of low-quality photos and video from the set of Spider-Man: Far From Home have been surfacing online showing Tom Holland’s Peter Parker wearing a new all-black costume. Speculation has suggested that this black costume could be a version of Spidey’s Stealth Suit, or even the alien symbiote; however, […]

New footage revealed in latest Venom TV spots

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Ahead of its release this week, Sony has unveiled some new TV spots for Venom which offer up some previously unseen footage and symbiote action from the Spider-Man spinoff movie; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Venom producers say movie was always PG-13, no R-rated cut exists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXwovoJTESw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORcmTNVTJm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN6O94NCRxk One of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex […]

Spider-Man: Far From Home set photos offer first look at Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio

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Following the recent images of Spider-Man in his new black suit and Peter Parker and his classmates in Italy, we now have some further spy photos from the Marvel and Sony-produced Spider-Man: Far From Home, this time offering our very first look at Jake Gyllenhaal (or his stunt double) as Mysterio! The photos and video […]

Venom producers say movie was always PG-13, no R-rated cut exists

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When it was first announced that Sony was moving ahead with its long-planned Venom solo movie, many expected the studio to follow Fox’s lead with Deadpool and Logan by going down the R-rated route. However, as we know now, Venom is rated PG-13, and according to producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach, the plan was […]