“Spider Man: Homecoming” (*** out of four) was a dynamic reboot of the Spider Man series showing Peter Parker (Tom Holland) trying to balance out being an ordinary teenager in high school with his newfound superpowers, falling in love with a new classmate (Garcelle Beauvais), and doing battle with Vulture (Michael Keaton) who is out for revenge against New York City. Third retelling of Spider Man is told in the vein of a John Hughes teenage melodrama; awkward at first but it soon gets going and is full of spectacular action scenes and visual effects and makes better use of NYC locations (the Staten Island ferry scene is a wow) than previous entries. Kudos also for incorporating other members of The Avengers and previous members of the Marvel universe into the story and for giving Keaton his best role in years. Welcome back home!

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