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‘Spider Noir’ Is the Strangest Spider-Man Yet

June 5, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 1930s New York, alternate universe, Amazon Originals, Amazon Prime Video, art deco, black and white cinematography, Brendan Gleeson, comic book adaptations, comic book television, Crime Drama, Edward G Robinson, Electro, film noir, Genre Television, Humphrey Bogart, Jack Huston, James Cagney, Karen Rodriguez, Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Marvel adaptation, Nicolas Cage, Nicolas Cage performances, noir fiction, Pop Culture, Prime Video, private detectives, Pulp Fiction, Sam Fuller, Sandman, Spider Noir, Spider Verse, Spider-Man, Streaming Television, superhero television, superhero TV, Television Review, The Black Cat, The Lizard, TV criticism

Nicolas Cage does his best Humphrey Bogart as a webslinger who’s also a hardboiled 1930s private eye

Why ‘In Bruges’ Is the Ultimate, Unlikely Christmas Movie

December 22, 2025December 22, 2025 Leslie Vooris 1 Comment Brendan Gleeson, Catholic symbolism, Christmas movies, Colin Farrell, dark comedy, In Bruges, Martin McDonagh, Ralph Fiennes

Colin Farrell’s torment is a seasonal lesson

Joker

The ‘Joker’ Is On You

October 4, 2024October 9, 2024 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker: Folie A Deux, lady gaga, Todd Phillips, Zazie Beetz

The disastrous ‘Folie A Deux’ subverts all audience expectations, and all expectations of what an entertaining film should be

The Banshees of Inisherin

When Irish Guys are Crying

October 21, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell, Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

An island erupts into Civil War in Martin McDonagh’s bittersweet ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’

Whale

Whale of a TIFF

September 16, 2022September 18, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Brendan Fraser, Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell, Darren Aronofsky, Empire of Light, Joanna Hogg, Martin McDonagh, Patrick and The Whale, Sam Mendes, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Whale, Tilda Swinton

Cetaceans and cetacean-sized humans close out a great festival in Toronto

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Smoking Hot Prudes Rock for ‘One Night Only’

August 9, 2026August 12, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0

Authoritarian science fiction never looked so sexy

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BFG Podcast #312: Is Spider-Man Any Good? Plus, Summer Dragon Fights for All!

August 7, 2026August 12, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0

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‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender’ Succeeds in Spite of Its Troubled Release

August 5, 2026August 12, 2026 J. Barnes 0

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‘The Hawk’ Scores a Triple Bogey

August 2, 2026August 5, 2026 Dan Friedman 0

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