Alvin Sargent, Oscar winner who wrote Spider-Man films, dies at 92
Screenwriter won Oscars for Julia and Ordinary People and won praise for Spider-Man
November 2018
From X-Men to Deadpool: Stan Lee's Marvel movie cameos – in pictures
The chairman and face of Marvel Comics’ first cameo was in a Hulk TV movie in 1989. Since 2000 the Stan Lee cameo has become a feature of each film
July 2017
Now you've seen it
Is Spider-Man: Homecoming the best Spidey film since 2004? – discuss with spoilers
Marvel Studios revamps the story of the web-slinging superhero, with Tom Holland as a teen geek dream. Did you predict the killer twist finale?
May 2017
Week in geek
Tom Hardy's casting as Venom is a masterstroke for Sony's superhero universe
Week in geek
Will Spider-Man's tangled web of ownership bring him down to Earth?
March 2017
Venom, Spider-Man's arch-enemy, to get his own spin-off film
Sony Pictures announces supervillain adventure will hit cinemas in October 2018 but no word on casting
December 2016
Andrew Garfield: ‘I never compromised who I was’
The actor formerly known as Spider-Man is back with a bang, playing the spiritual lead in films by Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson
March 2016
Week in geek
Crawling back: will late entry to Marvel universe give Spider-Man a fresh start?
The excitement around Tom Holland in the new trailer for Captain America: Civil War suggests Marvel’s deal to reclaim the webslinger was a shrewd move. Is it time to believe the hype?
September 2015
Week in geek
Six reasons not to write off Drew Goddard's Spider-Man v Sinister Six movie
The Cabin in the Woods director still wants to shoot his epic supervillain smackdown - and it might just work now Spidey’s joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe
June 2015
Week in geek
Has Marvel chosen the wrong Spider-Man for its cinematic universe?
Britain’s Tom Holland will hope to usher in a new era of multi-studio superhero movies as the new Peter Parker, but should producers have plumped for mixed-race Spidey Miles Morales instead?
Stan Lee: Spider-Man should stay white and straight
Comic book icon backs endeavour to create more gay superheroes but says he agrees with Sony’s decision to keep web-slinger’s ethnicity and sexuality unchanged
James Horner: from Star Trek to Avatar - 10 of his best film scores in clips
The Oscar-winning composer James Horner, who died in a plane crash this morning, wrote the music for Star Trek II aged 28 and went on to score films such as Aliens, Iris and Braveheart. We look back over his career in clips
April 2015
Animated Spider-Man movie on the way from Lego Movie team
Sony chairman Tom Roth has announced that the web-slinger will be seen in cartoon form in 2018, with Lego Movie directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord producing
February 2015
Week in geek
Could Spider-Man’s return leave Marvel tangled in Sony’s web?
Spider-Man to join Marvel superheroes in shared movie universe
July 2012
The Amazing Spider-Man – review
Andrew Garfield feels like the definitive Spider-Man, and Rhys Ifans a striking adversary, as the series gets off the ground again in an emotionally literate new version
June 2012
Reel review
The Amazing Spider-Man - video review
The Guardian film show
The Guardian Film Show: The Amazing Spider-Man and Friends with Kids star Jon Hamm - video
Film blog
Is the Amazing Spider-Man really a superhero film 'for women'?
Marc Webb: the latest director caught in Spider-Man's web
