Animated Movie Review: ***Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

As Miles Spider-Man (Shameik Moore) enters the spider-verse searching to defeat Spot (Jason Schwartzman) who is a creation from the spider-verse collapsing and goes from place to place through holes or spots he makes in the universe, he is joined by Spider-Man Gwen (Hailee Steinfield).  However Spider-Man Miguel (Oscar Isaac) is upset as they have disrupted the spider-verse.  He also informs him all captains in whatever universe must die to keep the balance.  Miles' father has just been made captain.  Miles is determined to go home to protect his father, and 100s of other Spider-Men are determined to stop him.  This movie creates lots of chaos with confused universes.  Miles wasn't meant to be a Spider-Man as his spider came form a different universe.  In the mist of all the confusion from the different universes, each with its own pattern and colors, the show ends with a "to be continued."

Not my favorite Spider-Man and sometimes it is overwhelming to the senses.

TV Review: Disney+ Hawkeye

 Hawkeye is available on Disney+.  It is a post End Game show, and Hawkeye/ Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) is drawn into the action when a sort of self-proclaimed super hero, archer wantobe, Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) comes across the Ronin suit, which Clint Barton used to work evil when his family had been blipped away.  This leads to their becoming the targets of a New York gang, as Ronin killed their leader and the leader's niece, Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) is now intent on revenge.  Turns out Bishop's mother is working for King Pin (Vincent D'Onofrio).  She has framed her fiánce for murder.  Also muddling the picture is Black Widow's sister, Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh).  She is a highly trained assassin after Clint Barton as she has been told he killed Black Widow.

This is six episodes of super fun.  In the final episode we have the gang of thugs, King Pin, Belova, Lopez, all converging on Rockefeller Plaza and the ice skate ring in New York.  I highly recommend this show if you haven't already watched.

In Theaters ***^ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

In Theaters ***^ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

This is an animated feature.  We are given not only Peter Parker (Chris Pine), Spider Man (who actually dies at the beginning of the movie) but several versions of Spider-Man, including Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) who is newly bitten by a radioactive spider and is learning how to be Spider-Man; Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson) who is an older version, and comes from a different verse; Spider-Woman (Hailee Steinfeld) who is Gwen Stacey but Spider-Woman in her verse; Peni Parker (Kimiko Glen) a Japanese version with a robot; Spider Man Noir (Nicholas Cage); and a porky the pig version (John Mulaney).  These spidermen team up to defeat King Pin (Liev Schrieber), whose manipulations of inter-dimensional technology to bring his family back, may rip apart the universe.  Another twist is that Miles Morales' uncle (Mahershala Ali) works for the King Pin.  There is some great fun and action here, and also confrontation of your fears. 

In Theaters: ****Bumblebee (2018)

I usually don't care for the Transformers movie, so this was a pleasant surprise for me.  This is really an enjoyable Transformers movie.  It is not as loud and overbearing as most.  I think the one thing that makes this movie stand is the young woman, Charlie (Hailee Steinfield) who for her 18^th birthday takes home a junk Volkswagen Bug, and discovers Bumblebee.  Bumblebee had escaped from his home planet where the Decepticons rule.  His voice box was cut in the escape.  And so begins an adventure where Bumblebee and Charlie must save Earth.  Agent Burns (John Cena) is at first after Bumblebee, but then realizes he is fighting against the Decepticons.