“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Review

As the follow-up to Into The Spider-Verse, the high expectations for Across the Spider-Verse are more than met. While the previous film was playful and experimental with the Marvel comics hero in a way that live-action films lacked, this sequel comes closer to touching a postmodern perspective on the nature of superhero canon. Suffice to say, it’s easily one of the best superhero films of the year, if not the decade.

Having established Miles Morales as the new Spider-Man of his universe, he ...