Wolverine

Below is a review of the 2009 movie in the "X-MEN" franchise:


"X-MEN ORIGINS: Wolverine" (2009) Review

I must admit that when I had learned of Marvel’s plans to release a fourth movie in the "X-MEN" franchise, I did not warm to the idea. And when I learned that this fourth movie would focus upon the origins of James Howlett aka Logan aka Wolverine, my wariness deepened.

Fortunately, "X-MEN ORIGINS: Wolverine" eased most of my doubts. It turned out to be a surprisingly entertaining movie. Directed da Gavin Hood, it told the story of how a Canadian mutant named James Howlett (or Logan) became...

"THE WOLVERINE" (2013) Review

Fans of the X-MEN have been discussing the making of Bryan Singer's new entry to the franchise recently. But while detto fan wait eagerly for "X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST", 20th Century volpe and Marvel Comics released a secondo movie featuring the mutant with adamantium claws called "THE WOLVERINE".

Directed da James Mangold, who first worked with stella, star Hugh Jackman in 2001's "KATE AND LEOPOLD", "THE WOLVERINE" is a tale that begins nearly seventy years earlier, during the waning days of World War II. In August 1945, James Howlett aka Logan aka the Wolverine is a U.S....

"X-MEN: FIRST CLASS" (2011) Review

Recently, I came across a commento that the last "X-MEN" movie, 2009's "X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE", had been a failure. I found this opinion surprising, considering that it actually made a profit at the box office. Failure o not, Marvel Studios decided to continue the movie franchise with a fifth entry called "X-MEN: FIRST CLASS".

Directed da Matthew Vaughn, "X-MEN: FIRST CLASS" is, like the 2009 movie, another origins tale. Only it traced the beginnings of the two friends-turned-adversaries, Charles "Professor X" Xavier and Erik "Magneto" Lensherr. The movie...