In Defense of Venom
Ruben Fleischer’s Venom opened Friday, and the reaction has been, well, less than glowing. As of this writing, the film’s…
Ruben Fleischer’s Venom opened Friday, and the reaction has been, well, less than glowing. As of this writing, the film’s…
With director Ruben Fleischer and star Tom Hardy’s much-anticipated Venom movie about to hit theaters, some of us are on…
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Back in the early 2000s, in the days of Jackass, Johnny Knoxville stood astride the earth as the idiot god…