In Theaters: May 2nd, 2014

Spidey really is all alone in his next outing, because he's the only wide release this weekend!

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Let the Summer begin!  Summer is blockbuster season.  That means non-stop big movies opening from the first weekend of May to about the second weekend of August.  But Non-Stop actually came out in February this year.  If that last sentence is confusing just ignore it and read on.

The Amazing Spider-Man came out ten years after Spider-Man.  Now, ten years after Spider-Man 2 (can you believe that?), we get The Amazing Spider-Man 2!

Director Marc Webb (yes his last name is actually Webb and he actually directs Spider-Man movies) is known for almost nothing except the first Amazing Spider-Man and (500) Days of Summer.  Personally I think he's the right man for the job.

The writing team includes a slight cause for alarm.  Now legendary writing team Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci were brought on for the sequel, joining two other writers.  Kurtzman and Orci have written about half of everything you've watched since 2007.  Yes, they wrote Star Trek.  But they also wrote Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.  It's hard to say what will happen with these two.  But it could be great.

Early reviews seem to hint that Mr. Webb and his talented cast ultimately save an overcrowded story.  I just don't want a rehash of that double team nonsense from the end of Spider-Man 3 back in 2007.  As much as I don't want that the fact remains there are at least three villains in this movie.

I hope it's good.

      The one.  The only.  Big Shot Critic