New to home theaters: Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse released to rental outlets
With a sequel and an all-female casted spinoff in the works, movie buffs might just want to check out “Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse,” on DVD this week.
Posting a lifetime gross at the box office of nearly $189. 5 million, the film should be a good pick.
In fact, on the movie review aggregator website, Rotten Tomatoes, the audience score for the film is at 94 percent and the Tomotometer, which reflects the scores of critics, is at 97 percent.
“(It) matches bold storytelling with striking animation for a purely enjoyable adventure with heart, humor and plenty of superhero action,” said the Critic’s Consensus.
The film features Miles Morales, a teen from Brooklyn and the Spider-Verse.
IMDb trivia said it was announced shortly after Stan Lee’s death, at age 95, that he had recorded a cameo for the film and that it would be his final voice-acting role. Screenplay writer Phil Lord felt it was important that Lee was given a bigger moment compared to previous Marvel films because he was “so integral to the spirit of this movie,” and considered his role “extra meaningful” following his death.
The film is directed by Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey and stars the voices of Shameik Moore (“Dope” and “Get Down”) as Miles Morales, Jake Johnson (“New Girl” and “Jurassic World”) as Peter B. Parker, Hailee Steinfeld (“The Edge of Seventeen” and “Pitch Perfect 2”) as Gwen Stacy and Lily Tomlin (“Short Cuts” and “I Heart Huckabees”) as Aunt May.
The film is rated PG for frenetic sequences of animated action violence, thematic elements and mild langugage.
Other films made available for rent this week include:
n “The Mercy,” directed by James Marsh and starring Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis and Jonathan Bailey. The film captures the true story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his attempt to win the first Golden Globe singled-handed round the world yacht race in 1968.
The film has an NR rating.
n “The Quake” directed by John Andreas Andersen and starring Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp and Kathrine Thorborg Johansen. In 1904 an earthquake with a 5.4 magnitude on the Richter scale shook Oslo. Its epicenter was in the Oslo Rift which runs directly through the Norwegian capital. Arguments indicate that we can expect major future earthquakes in this area. What if a massive earthquake is looming?
The film is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of peril and destruction, injury images, and brief strong language.
The synopsis for each film is taken from rottentomatoes.com.