Tag: Hugh Jackman

Movie Review: ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Michael Fassbender

Posted: May 23, 2014 at 7:16 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Based on Marvel’s “The Uncanny X-Men” issues #141-142, Days of Future Past is a time travel story that brings together the X-Men of old and new. The film bridges the gap between Bryan Singer’s original X-Men and X-2, and Matthew Vaughn’s “origin” story First Class. Throughout all of the X films, as well as the […]

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14: ‘Prisoners’ Starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano

Posted: September 23, 2013 at 3:03 pm   /   Film, Local, Reel Spoilers

This week on Reel Spoilers we take Prisoners… or take no Prisoners? Take on Prisoners? Hmmm… give me a second here. I’m trying to come up with some clever wordplay. But the movie is a gritty thriller about child abduction so all of our clever puns are pretty offensive. Even to us. And that’s saying […]

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Movie Review: ‘Prisoners’ Starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano

Posted: September 20, 2013 at 8:27 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

It’s hard to even fathom what it would be like to lose a child. One might argue that it would be even harder for one of your children to go missing, constantly battling with the thought of where they are and what is happening to them. No closure, just the never-ending struggle of living day […]

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‘Prisoners’ opens September 20! Enter to Win Passes to the Advance Screening!

Posted: September 12, 2013 at 11:49 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pass for two! From Alcon Entertainment comes “Prisoners,” a Warner Bros. Pictures’ release starring Oscar® nominees Hugh Jackman (“Les Misérables”) and Jake Gyllenhaal (“Brokeback Mountain”), under the direction of Denis Villeneuve, who helmed the Oscar®-nominated foreign language film “Incendies.” How far would you go to protect your family?  Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) […]

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Hugh Jackman as ‘The Wolverine’ – Movie vs. The Comics by Frank Miller/Chris Claremont (Review)

Posted: July 26, 2013 at 9:03 am   /   Comic Books, Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

It is sad to think that a film about Wolverine, one of the most cherished and beloved comic book creations of all time, could leave such a bad taste in your mouth. Unfortunately that was the result 2009’s X-Men Origins – Wolverine, a poorly scripted, disjointed mess of a film. After enraging practically the entire […]

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‘The Wolverine’ Opens July 26! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: July 22, 2013 at 7:13 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pass for two! Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern-day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world, he will face a host of unexpected and deadly opponents in a life-or-death battle that […]

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New Photos From X-MEN Spinoff ‘The Wolverine’ Starring Hugh Jackman

Posted: April 18, 2013 at 9:36 pm   /   Coming Soon, Film, Local

It is unfortunate that 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine was so bad. After Brian Singer’s X-MEN and X-2 reintroduced superhero movies into the mainstream, X-Men: The Last Stand ended up in Brett Ratner’s hands and was ultimately a disappointment. Origins was the chance to focus on the most popular character in the franchise, Wolverine, and also […]

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‘The Wolverine’ Domestic and International Trailer – X-Men Spinoff Starring Hugh Jackman

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 1:21 pm   /   Local, Movie Trailers

X-Men Origins: Wolverine wasn’t a complete failure. The film grossed almost $375 million worldwide, which is nothing to sniff at. However, had the film been good, it could have easily doubled that. Instead the film was critically panned, and hated by just about every fan of the source material. It wasn’t Hugh Jackman’s fault, but […]

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Movie Review: ‘Les Misérables’ Strikes the Right Chord

Posted: December 25, 2012 at 12:00 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Oh, hey there. Been a while. Took a brief hiatus, but I thought I’d poke my head in and say hi. Les Misérables is one of the most famous musical works in history. The musical on which the film’s based has enjoyed incredible success since its first performance in 1985. Panned by critics, the audiences adored […]

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‘Les Misérables’ Opens December 25! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: December 12, 2012 at 12:00 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pair of passes! LES MISÉRABLES is the motion-picture adaptation of the global stage sensation seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries and in 21 languages around the globe that is still breaking box-office records everywhere in its 28th year. Helmed by THE KING’S SPEECH Academy Award®-winning director, Tom […]

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