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james mangold

reviews 4 stars, boyd holbrook, comic books, dafne keen, elizabeth rodriguez, eriq la salle, hugh jackman, james mangold, logan, patrick stewart, reviews, richard e. grant, stephen merchant, wolverine, x-men

LOGAN

March 5, 2017

In one of the best superhero films yet, we learn heavy is the heart that wields the claws…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, action, comic book, famke janssen, hal yamanouchi, hiroyuki sanada, hugh jackman, james mangold, marvel, rila fukushima, svetlana khodchenkova, tao okamoto, the wolverine, wolverine

THE WOLVERINE

July 28, 2013

The summer’s final comic book film arrives…and potentially signals the beginning of something great.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers action, comic book, famke janssen, hugh jackman, james mangold, marvel, the wolverine, wolverine

Tokyo Storm Warning – THE WOLVERINE Trailer

March 27, 2013

Hugh Jackman is done singing about French insurrection…and ready to resume kicking ass.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, 3:10 to yuma, action, alan tudyk, ben foster, christian bale, dallas roberts, drama, dvd, gretchen mol, james mangold, kevin durand, logan lerman, luke wilson, peter fonda, russell crowe, vinessa shaw, western

3:10 TO YUMA

October 8, 2007

Even bad men love their mamas…

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Ryan McNeil
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