She’s an easy character for anybody who never got too deep into superhero comics to ignore. But when you’re monetizing your assetts at a film production company, no corner of the Spiderverse can be left unexplored.
So Sony’s piece of the Marvel pie, “Madame Web,” was a done deal as soon as that first mediocre (at best) “Venom” movie came out.
They held “Madame Web” from release until Valentine’s Day, in the generally slow month of February, and have suppressed reviews until the last minute.
But the trailers aren’t bad and Dakota Johnson is a pretty big name to shove into that part. Let’s see if it worked out. I hope, for the sake of the nation’s cinemas, it does.
(Seen it. Hated it. My review is linked here.)
Movie Nation 
Sony’s “Madame Web” does not fill the quota for a superhero film with heart and soul. Not only is the latest addition to the Marvel canon lacking a true emotional core.
In her original pulp form, Madame Web was an elderly, blind wheelchair user with uncanny psychic powers. Here, she’s an athletic Gen X ambulance driver who experiences vivid visions of terrible things that are about to happen, early enough to prevent them . She can also “be in more than one place at the same time.” Not the worst abilities to have, but hardly deserving of a standalone origin story. Her powers prove pretty boring once the pattern establishes itself. The premonitions are freaky, like “Final Destination” flashes, but Cassie’s “let’s try that again” do-overs render each situation less interesting.