The Thomas Crown Affair 2026
Michael B. Jordan directs and stars in the new remake opposite Adria Arjona; Sean frames it as his 'drop your nuts' movie-star swing, closest he'll get to Bond.
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ and the Spider-Man Movie Rankings
July 31, 2026/ 128 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Van Lathan
Van Lathan joins for a spoiler-heavy 'Brand New Day,' then the three rank all eleven Spider-Man movies, animated ones included.
16 films across 3 segments.
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Movie NewsThe Thomas Crown Affair trailer + a Man of Tomorrow tangent
The Thomas Crown Affair 1999
Amanda's foundational text: McTiernan, Brosnan, Rene Russo. 'A remake, a little cheesy in just the right way.'
The Thomas Crown Affair 1968
The original; this makes the new one a reimagining 'twice before.'
Man of Tomorrow 2027
Teased near the end re: Arjona possibly playing Wonder Woman and Nicholas Hoult's Luthor war-armor looking a lot like Buzz Lightyear.
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’with Van Lathan · spoilers throughout
Spider-Man: Brand New Day 2026
Destin Daniel Cretton's fourth Holland Spider-film. Van loved it, Amanda's least favorite of the four, Sean in the middle. It's overloaded: Jon Bernthal's PG-13 Punisher, Ruffalo's Hulk, and Sadie Sink's Jean Grey, who takes over for about 40 minutes. Praised as the first faithful, grounded, solo Peter; dinged for a villain-shaped hole and a dour tone. Sean clocks debts to The Dark Knight and The Matrix.
The Spider-Man Movie Rankingsall eleven, best first
No. 1
Spider-Man 2 2004
No. 1. The Raimi peak; Sean and Amanda hold the line, elite genre filmmaking with the surgery-room Doc Ock horror. Van won't switch it.
No. 2
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018
Van's real No. 1, a 5-star movie for him, the thing that gave him the Todd McFarlane-comic feeling. Letterboxd 4.4.
No. 3
Spider-Man 2002
Raimi's first; Sean slightly prefers it to 2 for the Green Goblin, and flags it as the movie that tipped Hollywood toward franchise city.
No. 4
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023
Busy on rewatch, but the animation, music and scope carry it.
No. 5
Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021
Highs (the Garfield save) they say no future Spider-film can match, but flawed, with an ugly CGI finale.
No. 6
Spider-Man: Homecoming 2017
The Keaton door reveal; a great reinvention. Amanda's on-ramp Spider-Man.
No. 8
Spider-Man: Far From Home 2019
Least of the Holland trilogy; Amanda charmed by the Europe of it all, Sean a little lower.
No. 9
Spider-Man 3 2007
Baggy and wonky but riding the fumes of 1 and 2; better than remembered on rewatch.
No. 10
The Amazing Spider-Man 2012
R.I.P. Garfield; liked but not loved, a coin flip with Spider-Man 3.
No. 11
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014
Last. 'Not really arguable,' the fiasco that torpedoed Garfield's run and Marc Webb's career and pushed Sony toward the MCU deal.
Also mentioned raised along the way
News & programming notes Out of SightThe Matrix ReloadedThe Talented Mr. RipleyGone GirlMichael ClaytonThere Will Be BloodSinnersCreedBlack PantherTenetFather of the BrideHit ManOnslaughtSplitsville
In the Brand New Day conversation Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsThe Dark KnightThe MatrixFallenCaptain America: Civil WarIron Man 2Dark PhoenixLoganX-MenX2EternalsThe MarvelsWatchmenTaxi DriverDr. StrangeloveOppenheimerThe Fantastic Four: First StepsMaterialistsGuardians of the GalaxyCaptain America: The Winter SoldierAvengers: Infinity WarAvengers: Endgame
Careers & side quests The OdysseyCherryGhostedRed OneRed NoticeJumping Jack FlashTop Gun: MaverickMichaelMasters of the UniverseFree GuyThe ForestGhost RiderVenomMadame WebMorbiusKraven the HunterThe Punisher: One Last Kill
The taste tangent Anyone but YouChallengersPractical MagicMarie AntoinetteTerrifierFrankensteinDraculaThe ExorcistThe Silence of the Lambs
The 2002 box office Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsThe Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersMen in Black IIMy Big Fat Greek WeddingSigns8 Mile
Teased ahead Avengers: DoomsdayAvengers: Secret WarsOne Night Only
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV Wonder ManStranger ThingsThe WitcherThe PunisherDaredevilJackson's: An American Dream
Web GQ Spider-Man trivia video
Games The Witcher (game)
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