S16 Ep873: Spider-Man 2 (2004, W❤️M) [EXTENDED PREVIEW]

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“Folks, we’re gonna talk about the pizza here for a while…” - Eric

On this month’s We ❤️ Movies, the 2026 Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza has us chatting about one of the best comic book movies of all time, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2! 

How is this impossible pizza delivery situation even remotely Peter Parker’s fault? How incredible is J.K. Simmons in these original Raimi films? Who else was getting tired of Peter Parker pining over Mary Jane? Why does this dummy ride his little motorbike to the theater? Wouldn’t it have been cool if Man-Wolf showed up here (or in part three)? Is Alfred Molina giving one of the finest comic book villain performances ever put to film? And there are fewer scenes harder to watch than this super-sad birthday party sequence we have here, no? PLUS: How much secret drinking is Aunt May doing in this movie? 

Spider-Man 2 stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Donna Murphy, Daniel Gillies, Dylan Baker, Bill Nunn, Aasif Mandvi, Willem Dafoe, Cliff Robertson, Ted Raimi, Elizabeth Banks, and Bruce Campbell as Snooty Usher; directed by the great Sam Raimi.

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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.