When Marvel Comics neared bankruptcy in the late nineties, it sold the movie rights to some of its characters in order to stay afloat. While that would save the company from going under, it would then undergo massive success by establishing a cinematic universe of its own. The problem now
Tag: Hugh Jackman
“THE GREATEST SHOWMAN”, how can something so wrong feel so right
As Hugh Jackman’s P.T. Barnum starts selling the idea that using exaggerations, myths, and tall-tales as thinly-disguised truths are admirable, truth be damned, I couldn’t help but think about the “meta-ness” of it all. It’s as if Barnum was directly addressing the audience, telling us to indulge in the spectacle,
Logan
“Fuck.” Those are the first words that come out of Hugh Jackman’s mouth in Logan. He then proceeds to slice, dice, and brutalize every last vato trying to jack his ride. This is the Wolverine you’ve always dreamt of seeing on screen. All previous X-Men film have had this veneer of cleanliness whenever they’ve
X-Men: Apocalypse
Looking back, the year 2000 was pretty weird. Y2K paranoia aside, in 2000, Shaq and Kobe were friends, computers shrieked when you were connecting to the internet, and superhero movies were a joke – campy novelties with a thing for rubber nipples. Then Bryan Singer’s X-Men came along. Depth, wit,
The ‘Deadpool’ Effect: Fox says ‘Wolverine 3’ will be Rated R
Fox is making sure that Wolverine 3 will get an R-rating—reports per Comic Book Source. An ironic turn of events, in that the character whose mouth they literally shut close is the one that’s giving them a run for their money. And as Ryan Reynolds so charmingly revealed—it’s the B.S. free
First trailer for Bryan Singer’s ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ debuts online
[inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”@FilmPoliceRevs” suffix=”#XMenApocalypse”]The trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse just dropped, and man is it everything you want to see![/inlinetweet] (This is what you wanted, right?) You can watch it right up here, and down below you can drop your own bombs—in the comments! The film, directed by Bryan Singer, is
Chappie
Chappie, although visually alluring is a reluctant and incoherent film that suffers from deliberately not knowing what it is trying to achieve as a story.
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Thrilling in every way but one, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” is the technically virtuous, wildly entertaining film that is to redeem its enduring franchise from its ostensible death marked by Brett Ratner’s butchered third film, “The Last Stand.” If this so-redemption hasn’t been done already in Matthew Vaughn’s 2011 prequel
