Spider-Man

[2002, Movie]

Spider-Man: Review

It's in his kiss: Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst

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It took Spider-Man 40 years to make his movie debut, but this fast-paced entertainment is a surprisingly successful mix of spectacle and human-scale drama. Orphaned high-school senior Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) lives in Queens with his elderly aunt (Rosemary Harris) and uncle (Cliff Robertson), and nurses a hopeless crush on the girl-next-door (Kirsten Dunst). Then comes the moment that changes everything: Peter is bitten by a genetically rejiggered super spider and undergoes a painful but exhilarating physical transformation. Read the complete review for Spider-Man

Spider-Man: Cast & Details

Year: 2002
Rated PG-13

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Cast
Tobey Maguire: Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Willem Dafoe: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin
Kirsten Dunst: Mary Jane Watson
James Franco: Harry Osborn
Cliff Robertson: Ben Parker
Rosemary Harris: Aunt May

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Spider-Man: TV Guide News

Sam Raimi Finds His Star Wizards | Today's News: Our Take | 5/21/2008
Sam Raimi, the mastermind behind the Spider-Man trilogy, has found the leads for his upcoming weekly fantasy series, Wizard's First Rule. Relative newcomers Craig Horner and Bridget Regan will star in the series, which is based on the eponymous book by Terry Goodkind, says the Reporter. Horner, who hails from Australia, will play Richard Cypher, a man who becomes a magical leader. Cypher joins the mysterious Kahlan (played by Regan) to try to put the kibosh on a tyrannical leader's who ostensibly ruining everyone's lives. Production on the show starts this month in New Zealand, of course — the only country fit for magic and wizards. Could this new series match the action of Spider-Man? Only time (and some awesome special effects) will tell how Raimi's imagination translates to the small screen. — Anna DimondCatch more of Sam Raimi's magic with our Online Video Guide.Related:• Sam Raimi Drags Three More to Hell• Sam Raimi Scares Up 13 for the CW read more
Marvel-ous News for My Sons (And Maybe Yours, Too) | Today's News: Our Take | 5/7/2008
OK, so my twin 5-year-olds these days are mad for Super Hero Squad action figures — these 2- 3-inch tall, shiny-happy versions of Wolverine, Spider-Man, Thor, Black Panther and, as more and more roll out/beckon Dad's wallet, seemingly every good or bad guy to ever inhabit the Marvel universe. Well, Marvel Entertainment is now developing a 26-episode animated series situating the same extra-cartoony characters in "Super Hero City" and throwing them into "humorous adventures" with Doctor Doom, Magneto, Loki and others.According to the Reporter, the half-hour Marvel Super Hero Squad series is targeted for a 2009 premiere on a network TBD. — MWM read more
The Joy of Sets: May the Force Be with Family Guy! | DVD News and Reviews | 1/17/2008
I feel like I should be ashamed to admit this, but I freakin' love Family Guy. Oh. My. God. What is wrong with those people?! They get away with more jaw-on-the-floor "did they really just say that?" shizz than any cartoon and every live-action network series that I can recall, and yet, every time — every time, people! — I'm stunned. While not laughing me arse off, of course.My theory is that Guy flies, much like the Millennium Falcon, under the radar. Fox doesn't promote it too much, it never became huge-huge-huge and nobody in the cast has gone to rehab for press purposes. Hence, the freedom to have a walker-bound septuagenarian pedophile, a greased-up naked deaf guy and a veritable parade of equal-opportunity slurs against every special interest group known to man, woman and Wookiee. It universally flips the bird to Standards and Practices!Which is why I greet this week's "Blue Harvest" release with such glee. Not only is it a smashing production, but I am perilously... read more
007's Moneypenny Passes, and More Short Cuts | Today's News: Our Take | 10/1/2007
Lois Maxwell, the Canadian-born actress who played Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond films, died Saturday after a bout with cancer. She was 80.... Bono, the Edge and Julie Taymor are forging ahead with their Broadway musical take on Spider-Man, says the New York Daily News, and are currently looking for a "huge theater" to host the production.... A newly remastered Spice World DVD streets Nov. 27, timed to the Girls' World Reunion Tour.... MyNetworkTV premieres Celebrity Exposé tonight at 8 pm/ET. First to be exposed: Lindsay Lohan.... CBS' Cane this Tuesday features a performance by reggae artist Daddy Yankee. read more
Short Takes: Spider-Man, Stevie Wonder and More! | Today's News: Our Take | 8/3/2007
Come Oct. 30, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 will be available on Blu-ray HD in the Spider-Man High Definition Trilogy Set. Spider-Man 3 will also be available as a stand-alone. Living legend Stevie Wonder is going to tour the U.S. for the first time in decades starting Aug. 23. At present, the Wonder Summer's Night tour is set to include 13 cities, but he may still add a few dates. TNT has OK'd a pilot for Family Man, an hour drama starring William H. Macy as an everyday dad by day, criminal mastermind by night. If he really wants to do projects this kooky, he oughta just join wife Felicity Huffman on Wisteria Lane and be done with it, already.Friday's Today's News was written by Ben Katner. read more