Dig deep into the Marvel Cinematic Universe: from Disney+’s She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel to Spider-Man and Dr. Strange in the cinema, we love the MCU!
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This is an episode about a movie. Ben and Samantha are in it. The movie is Madame Web. BUT . . . there's also some talk about the recent superhero news!!! What did you think? Email studioavery@gmail.com (audio files welcome) Call (775) 5-LEVEL-7 (775-553-8357) Comment on the shownotes Help us out! Share this post in your social networks Subscribe a…
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Jessica Jones 2×5-9 “AKA The Octopus”, “AKA Facetime”, “AKA I Want Your Cray Cray”, “AKA Ain’t We Got Fun”, and “AKA Shark in the Bathtub, Monster In the Bed” – WTL7 412
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You read the title . . . this episode covers the middle section of Jessica Jones season 2! Ben and Samantha discuss “AKA The Octopus”, “AKA Facetime”, “AKA I Want Your Cray Cray”, “AKA Ain't We Got Fun”, and “AKA Shark in the Bathtub, Monster In the Bed” – whew! Lots to cover! Also, some of what we talk about is out of date as we recorded about it!…
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It's a controversial movie. The Marvels did not set any records . . . in a positive way. Now the Agents come together to talk through the movie that people are talking about because it's a movie with Marvel characters. Also, it's a follow up to Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Secret Invasion, and Wandavision. Surely a recipe for success? Is it any good…
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LOKI 2×02 “Breaking Brad” – WTL7 410
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Behold! Loki and Mobius in all their glory in a buddy time-cop episode for the ages!!! What do YOU think about Loki so far??? What did you think? Email studioavery@gmail.com (audio files welcome) Call (775) 5-LEVEL-7 (775-553-8357) Comment on the shownotes Help us out! Share this post in your social networks Subscribe and leave a rating and review …
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Loki is back! And his show takes up RIGHT AFTER the final moments of Loki season 1!!! And Loki does what he's best at – he brings shenanigans! Time-slipping shenanigans! Speaking of time traveling shenanigans . . . we slipped past episode 408 because of some technical difficulties . . . it will arrive sometime soon! What did you think? Email studio…
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Groot is BACK! And so are Ben and Samantha! In season 2 of Groot, one more set between the main movie and the post-credit of Guardians 2, Groot is up to more misadventures as he goes about his child-like life: eating treats, meeting creatures, and just generally bringing chaos! [shownites_close]By Ben Avery
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JESSICA JONES 2×1-4 “AKA Start at the Beginning”, “AKA Freak Accident”, “AKA Sole Survivor”, & “AKA God Help the Hobo” – WTL7 406
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NETFLIX IS BACK! We're jumping into the second season of Jessica Jones, and once more we are taking on multiple episodes at a time! For this episode, we dive into the first four episodes of Jessica Jones! Join Ben and Samantha as they dissect and examine the next chapter in Jessica Jones' story! What did you think? Email studioavery@gmail.com (audi…
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SECRET INVASION 1×05 & 06 “Harvest” & “Home” – WTL7 405
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It's a REAL episode! The episode where we talk about the END of Secret Invasion. And we have FOUR hosts. Yes. Ben. Stewart. Samantha. And Daniel. The gang's all here! But did the gang LIKE Secret Invasion? And how long does Ben rant and complain and explain his issues? Find out here!!! What did you think? Email studioavery@gmail.com (audio files we…
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It started as a joke . . . And then it was created and posted as a joke. But I mean, c'mon. It's four hundred and four episodes! We had to do something!By Ben Avery
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SECRET INVASION 1×04 “Beloved” – WTL7 403
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The SECRET INVASION continues! Ben and Samantha talk about it! That is to say, Ben RANTS about it and Samantha puts up with his ranting . . . If this is how things are going in episode 4, where is this series taking us? What will episodes 5 and 6 be like? What did you think? Email studioavery@gmail.com (audio files welcome) Call (775) 5-LEVEL-7 (77…
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SECRET INVASION 1×02 & 1×03 “Promises” and “Betrayed” – WTL7 402
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The SECRET INVASION continues! And there are some wild revelations that might have been unexpected! (Like Fury's relationship with that one person… And who's a Skrull???) This episode marks the midway point of the series. Where will it go from here?By Ben Avery
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SECRET INVASION 1×01 “Resurrection” – WTL7 401
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The Secret Invasion is HERE! Nick Fury is back! Maria Hill is back! (Cue the sad trombone…) Talos is back! Talos' daughter G'iah is back! And everyone is off to a good start! (Except Maria Hill.) It's a new Disney+ series, with a lot of old faces. And now that we think about it, “old” […]By Ben Avery
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SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE – WTL7 400
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It's episode 400!!! And it's another movie in 2023!!! And is it MCU??? We ask! They answered! Miles Morales and Gwen Stacey take on the multiverse in what some people have called one of the best second chapters in a trilogy ever! And one of those people is Ben! Ben and Samantha also touch on: […]By Ben Avery
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RUNAWAYS 3×1-4 “Smoke and Mirrors”, “The Great Escape”, “Lord of Lies”, and “Rite of Thunder” – WTL7 399
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With Punisher season 1 out of the way and Secret Invasion a little ways off, the WTL7 crew decided to jump into the Hulu corner of the MCU and get back into Runaways! What wasn't known at the time was that this was our last chance to see it on D+! Will we ever get […]By Ben Avery
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PUNISHER 1×10-13 “Virtue of the Vicious,” “Danger Close,” “Home, ” and “Memento Mori” – WTL7 398
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Wrapping up the first season of Punisher just a few years late . . . Ben and Stewart talk about the series, the ending, the ideas, and their feelings about watching the show.By Ben Avery
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GUARDIAN OF THE GALAXY Vol. 3 – WTL7 397
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It's time to go COSMIC!!! But is it the LAST time??? Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has arrived! People seem to like it, but did Ben, Stewart, and Samantha? And how does it work as a final part in a trilogy that has three movies, a holiday special, and two other movies? For you […]By Ben Avery
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PUNISHER 1×5-9 “Gunner”, “The Judas Goat”, “Crosshairs”, “Cold Steel”, and “Front Toward Enemy” – WTL7 396
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We continue our coverage (started a few YEARS ago) of PUNISHER in a new/old format. “New” to Punisher . . . but “old” because we've used this before in some of the other series we fell behind on. Going forward – new shows will continue to be explored one episode at a time, but backlog […]By Ben Avery
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SHE-HULK 1×09 – “Whose Show Is This?” (WTL7 395)
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And so we come to the end. Is it a satisfying end? For some . . . Will we see more? Perhaps . . . Will we ever see Jen again? Probably . . . But for now, we talk about the absurd ending and the fourth wall breaking and the Bruce Banner developments and […]By Ben Avery
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Daniel Butcher officially returns to the fold as he joins Ben to talk about some of the stuff going on in the real world around the MCU, from lay offs to legal issues. For those who are unfamiliar, Daniel is the co-founder of the podcast. He and Ben started Welcome to Level Seven back when […]By Ben Avery
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IRON FIST 2×09 – April 1, 2023 with Daniel and Stewart (WTL7 393)
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On this BEAUTIFUL April 1, 2023, Dandy Daniel Butcher and Agent Le Stew continue their coverage of the LONG RUNNING Netflix series (will these Netflix series EVER STOP!) Iron Fist, and it's SECOND season is wrapping up with (say it with me, because you know what Daniel's going to say) “SO . . . MUCH […]…
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SHE-HULK 1×7 & 8 – “The Retreat” and “Ribbit and Rip It” (WTL7 392)
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In “The Retreat” Jen gets a welcome break from it all. Well, eventually she decides it's welcome. In “Ribbit and Rip It” Jen gets a welcome break in her streak of bad luck with men. In both of these, we get a welcome introduction to some well known and not so well known characters. Specifically, […]By Ben Avery
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ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA – WTL7 391
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This is the movie that's setting off Phase Five. It's also one of the least anticipated MCU movies in recent times. But even without the hype, was it good? Was it fun? Find out what we thought here!By Ben Avery
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SHE-HULK 1×05 & 06 “Mean, Green, and Straight Poured into These Jeans” & “Just Jen” – WTL7 390
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Two legal cases! A courtroom battle, a post-marital negotiation, AND a wedding fight! And for the second time in a year, one of Ben's favorite characters shows up on the screen!!! And then there's the Intelligencia website for hateful man-babies, which is fun to say but not so fun to recognize in the real world […]…
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JAMES GUNN: The Hero We Want? Or the Hero We Deserve? – WTL7 389
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James Gunn and his DC decision making partner, Peter Safran, recently announced the beginning of a DC Cinematic Universe, called the DCU for short. This slate of films takes over where Zac Snyder left off, sort of, because other people have ALSO taken over where Zac Snyder left off. And it will both continue the […]…
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Keeping in the galactic side of the MCU, we join the Guardians of the Galaxy as they leave Groot unattended and let him murder a civilization, airlock an alien, and shave a bird like creature. Yes, it's the IAM GROOT shorts!!! Also . . . is it MCU??? Some say yes, some say no . […]By Ben Avery
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THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL – WTL7 387
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Let's head back to the spacey side of the MCU…Let's gather round the yuletide fire or something…Let's bask the the peace and goodwill and joy that only KIDNAPPING KEVIN BACON can grant us!!! Yes, it's another special presentation from Marvel Studios! Join Ben, Stewart, and Samantha as they talk about this Holiday special and argue […]…
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BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – WTL7 386
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It's time to return to Wakanda! (But only for a few hours, not forever!) With a new legacy for the title character, we take a look at what we think about: The new “villain” and his comic book roots The new Black Panther The new allies The new armors And the artistic expression of grief […]By Ben Avery
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MS. MARVEL 1×06: “No Normal” – WTL7 385
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MS. MARVEL finishes her first season with: A cliffhanger ending that'll be resolved . . . in a movie! A scene with a mutant stinger that will be resolved . . . in Deadpool? The longest, mot elaborate Home Alone reference in TV history! More touching family moments! A perfect ending . . . that spins […]…
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Ben and Stewart take a look at WEREWOLF BY NIGHT, a Disney+ Special Presentation that came just in time for Ben's birthday! This special has it all: evocative music; black and white cinematography; cool bad guys; a werewolf; and MAN-THING!!! He's here in the MCU now! Also, Ben reused this episode on his other podcasts […]…
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SHE-HULK 1×03 & 04 “The People vs. Emil Blonsky” & “Is This Not Real Magic?” – WTL7 383
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Do you believe in magic? Especially the magic of gust stars??? We do! There's superhero battles, there's lawyering, there's Abomination, there's Wong, there's magicians who shouldn't be, and there's Madisynn with two N's and a Y . . . but it's not where you think!!!By Ben Avery
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Stewart, Samantha, and Ben talk about the Marvel related news coming from Disney's D23.By Ben Avery
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Ms. Marvel 1×04 & 1×05 “Seeing Red” & “Time and Again” – WTL7 381
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MS. MARVEL episodes 4 and 5 are Ms. Marvel's adventures in Pakistan . . .FIRST as a young woman navigating family and social scenarios and as a young hero navigating superheroing with the world hanging in the balance . . .THEN traveling back in time to the 1940s to SEE part of her family history and […]…
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SHE-HULK 1×01 & 02 “A Normal Amount of Rage” & “Superhuman Law” – WTL7 380
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Ben and Samantha cover the first two episodes of SHE-HULK! She-Hulk debuts! Hulk returns! Law is practiced! Bad guys are fought! And a new show is born . . . Next episode: WEREWOLF BY NIGHT! Spooky!By Ben Avery
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Ms. Marvel 1×02 & 1×03 “Crushed” & “Destined” – WTL7 379
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MS. MARVEL episodes 2 and 3 feature a superhero learning to be a superhero. A daughter learning to be a daughter. A young woman learning to navigate young adulthood. The team reunites to talk about it . . . Ben, Samantha, and Stewart have opinions . . . But we want to know what you think!!! […]By Ben Avery
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San Diego ComicCon 2022 News – WTL7 378
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There was a LOT of news coming out of SDCC 2022. And there will be MORE coming soon from D23. For now, though, Ben and Samantha run through the announced movies and TV from the Marvel side of things. Post-credit, we talk about DC. It's a much shorter conversation.By Ben Avery
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It's time for the first MCU character to have a 4th movie to have his 4th movie. It's time for us to talk about it. It's all here: Thor Mighty Thor Many other gods Guardians Korg Rock music Goats Jokes…so many jokes… Ben's second most anticipated MCU appearance of a comic book favorite character As […]…
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MS. MARVEL 1×01 “Generation Why” – WTL7 376
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We're back with another Disney+ series! This one was a lot of fun (for us – “us” being Ben and Samantha) and it got us thinking both about how things were when we were kids . . . and how things are for Ben, as a parent of teenagers! There was a real energetic vibe […]By Ben Avery
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DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS – WTL7 375
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The Multiverse mess begun in Spider-Man No Way Home . . . or maybe in Loki . . . come to a head here, as a young hero with universe jumping powers is threatened by a witch who wants her power. And Doctor Strange stands in the gap . . . So much going on […]By Ben Avery
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MOON KNIGHT 1×05 and 1×06: “Asylum” and “Gods and Monsters” – WTL7 374
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Moon Knight completes its limited series run with an ending that could lead into more . . . but also could very easily end right here. Either way, Ben and Samantha talk about “Asylum” and “Gods and Monsters”, following the format of our previous episode. Did we like it? Well, yes. Next: Dr Strange and […]…
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MOON KNIGHT 1×03 and 1×04: “The Friendly Type” and “The Tomb” – WTL7 373
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For the episode, because of some busy-ness and some scheduling difficulties, we combined to talk about episodes 3 and 4! In these episodes we are finally getting close to some answers. The answers we are getting close to seem to bring up more questions, but there's still two episodes to reveal everything, right? That's a […]…
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MOON KNIGHT 1×02 “Summon the Suit” – WTL7 372
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Moon Knight continues with episode two! Some mysteries are explained! Some mysteries get deeper! Some powers get revealed! Some suits get summoned! Also, we catch up on some feedback and Ben feels really bad about how long it took to get it . . .By Ben Avery
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MOON KNIGHT 1×01 “The Goldfish Problem” – WTL7 371
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A new series premieres! A new pilot episode debuts! A new hero arrives! It's MOON KNIGHT! This series is one of the most stand alone MCU entries since Iron Man! No references to events you may have missed if you weren't watching all the movies and TV series. No surprise returning characters. Just a new […]…
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MORBIUS has arrived! Finally! Ben goes solo on a spoiler-free review . . . Sort of a preview of his thoughts on the movie, Ben told Samantha and Stewart they could take this movie off and didn't need to feel the urgency of an MCU movie (even though this is technically an MCU movie). This […]By Ben Avery
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HAWKEYE 1×06 “So This Is Christmas” – WTL7 369
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HAWKEYE ends here. And yet . . . perhaps this is just the beginning? All the threads get pulled together for a Christmas party. Bad guys show up, people fight, and in the end the question is finally answered: will Hawkeye get home in time for Christmas???By Ben Avery
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The past has a habit of creating problems for people. And if you're people who are also superhero people, the complications are even worse! So Clint and Kate are going to find out, anyway, as they move toward HAWKEYE's conclusion!By Ben Avery
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HAWKEYE 1×04 “Partners, Am I Right?” – WTL7 367
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HAWKEYE's partnership with Kate continues to grow, even as Kate's mom disapproves. There are maguffins to find! And people getting in the way . . . including a Black Widow?!? (The most unsurprising surprise so far . . . but that doesn't mean it's not emotionally satisfying to see . . .) Will Clint be […]…
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“What If… The Watcher Broke His Oath?” WHAT IF 1×09 – WTL7 366
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We continue our coverage of WHAT IF…? with the SEASON FINALE . . . the Watcher is done watching! Now he's gathering a team, Avengers-style! Who does he gather? All the protagonists from the previous episodes! What are they going to do? Just take down a god-robot!By Ben Avery
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“What If… Ultron Won?” WHAT IF 1×08 – WTL7 365
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We continue our coverage of WHAT IF…? with a commentary styled episode. Sync your Disney+ account to 33 seconds in and watch along with us! If you want. It's totally not necessary. So what if Ultron won? Well, if Ultron won it would set up a cliffhanger ending that would be concluded in the next […]By Ben Avery
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HAWKEYE is here! And he brings with him . . . a new sidekick who wants to be him; Christmas cheer; fight scenes; a dog; a lot of looking back to the past; some hints to the future! Will Clint be home in time for Christmas? He'll need a Christmas miracle!By Ben Avery
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SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (re-upload) – WTL7 363
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We've moved to new servers, and the move was fairly uneventful BUT we did lose on post in doing so… SO we are re-uploading our Spider-Man: No Way Home review. Sorry if this causes any problems for you! Spider-Man: No Way Home has COME and so has a host of new conversational topics! Things like […]By Ben Avery
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