Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney host This Just In, a subset of the fortnightly The 250 podcast looking at notable new arrivals on the list of the 250 best movies of all-time as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This time, Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Notes:
- Recorded 13th July 2017.
- Spider-Man: Homecoming is the second movie to drop out of the IMDb 250 before the episode could be recorded; Moonlight was the first.
- Spider-Man: Homecoming is the third movie to drop out of the IMDb 250 before the podcast was released; John Wick: Chapter II is the other.
- Andrew never named and shamed the figure mentioned in this podcast, even for the show notes.
- Spider-Man: Homecoming at The Internet Movie Database.
- Peter K. Rosenthal at The Onion reviews Spider-Man: Homecoming.
- Tatiana Siegel and Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter on the unprecedented deal between Marvel and Sony to make Spider-Man: Homecoming happen.
- David Harper at The Ringer on the challenges facing Spider-Man on page and on screen.
- Nathan Birch at Uproxx on Spider-Man as the most profitable superhero in the world.
- Bilge Ebiri at Rolling Stone on the timeless appeal of Spider-Man.
- Jen Yamato at The Los Angeles Times on diversity within Spider-Man: Homecoming.
- Hari Raj at The Guardian on Spider-Man: Homecoming as a superhero movie for millennials.
- Jen Yamato at The Los Angeles Times on how Donald Glover came to be in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
- Brian Michael Bendis talks to Newsarama about the creation of Miles Morales, the first black/latino Spider-Man.
- Paul Bond at The Hollywood Reporter on faith-based Movieguide’s objections to the profanity in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
- Dave Trumbore at Collider on the fan theory that links Iron Man II to Spider-Man: Homecoming.
- Lucinda Syson at The Hollywood Reporter on why so many superhero movies cast British actors.
- Michael Cavna at The Washington Post discusses Spider-Man: Homecoming‘s decision to avoid well-trodden ground.
- Todd VanDerWerff at Vox on Spider-Man: Homecoming‘s botched final reveal.
- Sean O’Connell at CinemaBlend on Spider-Man: Homecoming‘s use of Captain America.
- Ben Child at The Guardian on how Spider-Man: Homecoming might stave off Robert Downey Jr. fatigue.
- Jackson McHenry at Vulture on how Tony Stark is the real villain of Spider-Man: Homecoming.
- Tim Grierson at Rolling Stone on the nuances of the Vulture as the primary antagonist in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
- Abraham Riesman at Vulture on the process of adapting the Vulture for Spider-Man: Homecoming.
- Kevin Melrose at Comic Book Resources on the many failed attempts to bring the Vulture to the big screen.
- Abraham Riesman at Vulture on the story behind the creation of the Vulture by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
- Josh Weiss at The Hollywood Reporter on Michael Keaton’s career arc from Batman to Birdman to Vulture.
- Jushua Rivera at GQ on the genius of the big Vulture reveal.
- Michael Keaton in You’re a Rat Bastard, Charlie Brown.
- Brian Cronin at Comic Book Resources on that time Peter Parker killed Mary Jane with his radioactive “web fluid.”
- James Whitbrook at Gizmodo on Sony’s ambitious plans for a Spider-Man shared universe.
- Hannibal Buress talks to Vanity Fair about why he sent an imposter to the Spider-Man: Homecoming premiere.
- Darren’s review of Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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Filed under: This Just In | Tagged: jon watts, marvel comics, shared universe, spider man, spider-man: homecoming, Tom Holland |
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