Spider-Man: Far From Home

In the Avenger hiatus after Endgame, the world needs a hero refresh as much as the Marvel franchise needs its ageing fanbase refreshed, so it stands to reason Far From Home delivers up a Spiderman doing a better but still far from perfect job meeting global demand for his superhero powers while the story, this time featuring a tech-enhanced villain whose tricks recall those of Batman's The Scarecrow, takes on the tone of a Spy Kids sequel.

★★★☆☆

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

The first Andrew Garfield-helmed Spiderman movie was perky and fun but this second outing wallows from start to finish - it feels like the plot was an afterthought written around the computer-generated action sequences. 

★☆☆☆☆

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Big Ass Spider (aka Mega Spider) (2013)

This creature feature about a giant marauding spider revels in its low budget b-movie-ness in the way Snakes On A Plane and "Sharknado" did but unlike those tedious films, this one has enough - just enough - humour and reasonable sfx to sustain it even through its weakest moments when it tries to develop the romance and science of its barely-even-there story.

★★☆☆☆

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Spider-Man (2002)

Unusual casting choices (Tobey McGuire in the title role and Kirsten Dunst as his love interest) pay off in this hugely successful blockbuster treatment of the Marvel superhero comicbook character, one made before the incredible superhero glut of more recent times.

★★★★☆

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The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

The credits of the three Spiderman movies starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst had barely rolled when this unnecessary but thoroughly enjoyable reboot appeared with the perkier casting of Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone and a shinier, less thoughtful take on the awkward high schooler's first outing as a superhero.

★★★☆☆

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