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Nicolas Cage's 'Spider-Noir' Series Debuts to Mixed Reviews

The new R-rated Prime Video series 'Spider-Noir,' starring Nicolas Cage, has premiered to a range of reviews. Critics have praised Cage's performance but offered mixed opinions on the show's overall storytelling.

22 May, 06:00 — 22 May, 16:53
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The GuardianMostly Factual3d ago

Spider-Noir to Star City: the seven best shows to stream this week

Nicolas Cage plays Spidey as a 1930s private eye – and really gives it his all. Plus, an enthralling look at the Soviet space race that could well be the new Chernobyl Continue reading...

By Phil Harrison

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varietyMostly Factual3d ago

Nicolas Cage’s ‘Spider-Noir’ Is a Beautiful Bore: TV Review

Based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man Noir, and adapted for television by Oren Uziel, Prime Video’s latest superhero series, “Spider-Noir,” follows an older web-slinger living in New York City during the Great Depression. Fledgling private investigator Ben Riley (Nicholas Cage in his first lead role on a television show) has long abandoned his superhuman […]

By Aramide Tinubu

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hollywood-reporterMostly Factual3d ago

‘Spider-Noir’ Review: Nicolas Cage’s Eccentricities Boost By-the-Numbers Storytelling in Amazon’s Spider-Man-Adjacent Drama

Set in an alternate-universe version of Depression-era New York City, the eight-episode series blends web-slinging action and hard-boiled archetypes.

By Daniel Fienberg

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ignMostly Factual3d ago

Spider-Noir: Season 1 Spoiler-Free Review

Spider-Noir is a highly entertaining swing through a vividly reimagined corner of the Spider-Verse, one where private dicks and femme fatales overlap with science fiction and body horror. It’s a sharp, often funny binge-show anchored by Nicolas Cage’s go-for-broke performance as Ben Reilly, aka The Spider.

By Jim Vejvoda

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nmeMostly Factual2d ago

‘Spider-Noir’ review: Nicolas Cage’s big, campy swing for the superhero crowd

Detective Webhead's on the case in this TV spin-off The post ‘Spider-Noir’ review: Nicolas Cage’s big, campy swing for the superhero crowd appeared first on NME.

By Alex Flood

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screen-rantMixed3d ago

Prime Video's New R-Rated Spider-Man Series Debuts To Stellar Rotten Tomatoes Score

Nicolas Cage's Spider-Noir TV show, featuring the Hollywood legend as a new Spider-Man, has finally received its official Rotten Tomatoes score.

By Andy Behbakht

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