Some people will look at the premise of Venom and ask, “Why?” Others of us will look at it and ask, “Why not?” A sci-fi split-personality comedy featuring Tom Hardy doing psychic battle with a pissy, ...

After three Spider-Man films that produced varied results, Sony Pictures now turns to Venom – a sentient alien that first appeared in the Marvel comics alongside the web-spinner in 1984. This ...

Running time: 109 minutes. Rated PG-13 (intense sequences of violence and action, bloody images and strong language). In theaters Friday. So long, “Venom.” Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.