Movie critic Mike Scott offers his Friday rundown of this week’s new arrivals.
Spider-Man is back on the big screen in the franchise reboot « Spider-Man: Homecoming » — arriving just three years after Sony Pictures pulled the plug on its short-lived « Amazing Spider-Man » experiment. A key difference this time is that Spidey is firmly established as part of the « Avengers » universe, the spoils of an unprecedented bit of mutual back-scratching by Sony’s Columbia Pictures, which holds the movie rights to Spider-Man, and Disney’s Marvel Films, which is behind the « Avengers » mega-franchise.
The result? A film that is every bit as fun as Spider-Man’s 2016 cameo in « Captain America: Civil War » — and a movie that is expected to clean up at the box office this weekend.
For those not interested in superhero fare, the highly regarded romantic comedy « The Big Sick » also arrives this week, as does the post-apocalyptic indie drama « The Survivalist. »
I talk about all three films this week in my weekly Friday-morning movies segment on WVUE-Fox 8, in which I tell you everything you really need to know about this week’s new movies in a neat and tidy three-minute package. You’ll find it in the embedded video above — and you can watch it live on Fox-8 every Friday at 8: 40 a.m.
You can also scroll down to find links to full reviews of « Spider-Man » and « The Big Sick. »
