‘Venom’ review round-up: Critics agree Sony flick is dull, unimaginative poison

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It’s Villain Week here at Mashable. In honor of the release of Venom, we’re celebrating all our favorite evildoers from film and TV all week long. Spooky, scary!

Turns out actual journalists don’t love this weird story about a journalist. Across the board, reviews for director Ruben Fleischer’s Venom are ranging from mixed to vicious. 

The Marvel-based supervillain flick chronicling the takeover of reporter Eddie Brock by alien Symbiote Venom is expected to score big at the box office this weekend — but could fail to deliver on its promise to launch Sony’s fledgling Marvel Universe.

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Tom Holland remembers Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko: ‘This guy crushed it’

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The Marvel universe lost one of its most influential craftsmen with the recent death of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange co-creator Steve Ditko at the age of 90.

Current Spider-Man Tom Holland took to Twitter to thank Ditko for his contributions to the crafting the high-swinging superhero.  

We all want to leave our mark on the world – this guy crushed it.
He made so many people so happy and changed lives – most of all, mine!
Thank you Steve – your life lives on man, thank you #SteveDitko

— Tom Holland (@TomHolland1996) July 8, 2018

Holland tweeted, “We all want to leave our mark on the world – this guy crushed it. He made so many people so happy and changed lives – most of all, mine! Thank you Steve – your life lives on man, thank you.”  Read more…

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