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Spider-Noir review – Nicolas Cage’s stylish take on the superhero as a 1940s detective is huge fun

All smoke, shady dames and black and white cinematography, Marvel’s latest Spidey offering is fast, witty and confidentAs is increasingly, wearyingly, the case as the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand/bloat/chase the dollar in an ever-more unseemly and less rewarding manner – delete according to taste – Prime Video’s new series, Spider-Noir, requires you to set aside some lore while retaining other bits. Thus I should point out that the arachno-inflected human being brought to...

Spider-Noir review – Nicolas Cage’s stylish take on the superhero as a 1940s detective is huge fun

How 'Spider-Noir' captured the multiverse in True-Hue Full Color and Authentic Black & White (interview)

How 'Spider-Noir' captured the multiverse in True-Hue Full Color and Authentic Black & White (interview) "Spider-Noir," Prime Video’s new antidote to superhero fatigue arrived on May 27 and the spirited show is currently enjoying a wave of enthusiastic reviews from both critics and fans and is now registering an impressive 91% Rotten Tomatoes aggregate score. It stars Nicholas Cage as Ben Reilly, AKA The Spider, a Depression-era multiverse version of Spider-Man in New York City which was...

'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut

This weekend was one for the box office history books. Movie theaters across the nation were jamming with Gen Z crowds, who showed up en masse for not one but two buzzy horror films. A24’s “Backrooms” collected a jaw-dropping, record-breaking $81 million from 3,442 North American theaters in its opening weekend.

I feared people would leak my addiction - Shilton

I feared people would leak my addiction - Shilton Ex-England goalkeeper Peter Shilton said he was too frightened to get help with his gambling addiction, out of fear it would leak in the press. The 76-year-old, who lives on Mersea Island in Essex, lost more than £1m betting on horseracing over 45 years, but he quit in 2015. He has now launched a charity to help other addicts, called Shiltons' Silverlining, and said using his platform was a "no-brainer".

Dmitry Bivol reclaims top spot at light heavyweigh...

Dmitry Bivol returned to the rankings after a 15-month absence, reclaiming the No. 1 spot at light heavyweight with a dominant performance against Michael Eifert . The fight was less about the opponent and more about Bivol knocking the rust off with a one-sided victory that was never in doubt. After knocking down Eifert in the opening round with a left hook, Bivol remained in control to retain the WBA and IBF light heavyweight titles by unanimous decision.

Future Power Rankings: How all 68 Power 4 college football teams stack up

Projecting a college football program's future is harder than ever. Rosters and fortunes change dramatically and championship pathways are more open than ever. The assets that make a program great in 2026 might not be there in 2027.

Passan's latest trade intel on all 30 MLB teams: B...

Major League Baseball's trade season is fast approaching, and the sport's cramped standings are providing little clarity on who's likeliest to end up where. There are too many contenders -- and too many teams whose dreams of contention remain -- to figure out how this deadline is likely to operate. At this time last year, remember, the Milwaukee Brewers, who wound up winning a major league-best 97 games, were barely above .500.

Men's Way-Too-Early Top 25: Kansas, UNC in after d...

Between the first and second editions of the Way-Too-Early Top 25 -- the night of the national championship game and April 27 -- there was massive player movement. More than 2,700 players entered the transfer portal, more than 90 of the top 100 transfers committed quickly and another 60 players entered the NBA draft. But in the month since, things have quieted -- though they're not fully settled just yet.