Comic book fans have been waiting for Venom for years, hoping and praying that the Spider-Man frenemy would finally get a movie worthy of his backstory and popularity. But is this Ruben Fleischer-directed, Tom Hardy-starring feature what we all had in mind? We've invited Venom expert Holc back onto the show to talk symbiotes; he's our resident The Fast and the Furious/James Bond guru as well, and he has more than a few thoughts on the present and future of what looks to be a budding Sony/Marvel franchise.

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