Tag: Jon Favreau

Fan service won't sustain Spider-Man: No Way Home long term, but it's an emotionally powerful and nuanced take on being a superhero that will last.

A scathing satire of capitalist greed in a post-Reagan world, Wolf of Wall Street is as hilarious as it is an depressing indictment of an entire system.

An engaging and witty romantic comedy about pro tennis players finding love at Wimbledon with a dramatic run to the title as background fodder.

Boh Bringing a story of self-doubt and identity to Marvel’s storyline, the second stand-alone Spider-Man has a lot of fun (too much arguably) selling action in droves, with the …

Tingles If the Marvel movie-verse is considered a single entity – one 50+ hour movie – then Spider-Man: Far From Home is effectively the post-credit sequence. It’s a little …

Tuckered Out Solo is a singular opportunity to explain everything about Han Solo. So, it does. Star Wars fans see, for the first time, what the Kessel run was …

Does Whatever a High Schooler Can Peter Parker battles high school awkwardness as much as he does his nemesis Vulture in Homecoming. The key is awkwardness – not gloom, …

Policy Cancelled Vince Vaughn spends much of Term Life scared of being seen. Supposedly, Vaughn runs from killers and criminals trying to track him down. More likely, Vaughn’s terrified …

It's bright, cheery, and dare the word “wholesome” be used for an R-rated feature – but it is.

Iron Man 3 may not be fond of risks, although it adores the chance to throw its audience off.

The bored looks on the actors faces are supposed to be funny, but the audience shares the same lack of enthusiasm.

It takes real skill to turn a sequence of projectile vomit into a momentum shifter.