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wolverine

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 2.5 stars, action, comic book, danny huston, dvd, hugh jackman, liev schreiber, lynn collins, marvel, ryan reynolds, taylor kitsch, will.i.am, wolverine

X MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

May 2, 2009

A middling origin story shows that a great comic book film comes down to unquantifiable alchemy.

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Ryan McNeil
visuals action, comic book, geekiness, hugh jackman, marvel, posters, wolverine

Wolf Like Me (X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE Teaser Poster)

January 30, 2009

…sometimes a gorgeous poster can be just that simple.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers action, comic book, hugh jackman, marvel, ryan reynolds, trailers, will.i.am, wolverine

Hungry Like a Wolf (X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE Trailer)

December 16, 2008

One of my favorite things about this time of year is how audiences start getting trailers for next year’s big ticket movies and get appropriately geeked out. Right on cue, we have Hugh Jackman getting his Logan on once again in the upcoming X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE. Commence geeking out in 3…2…

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Ryan McNeil
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