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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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Movie Review: ‘The Wolverine’ Starring Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Svetlana Khodchenkova

Posted: July 26, 2013 at 6:22 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

The Wolverine. When mentioning a solo Wolverine movie, one can’t help but remember the atrocity that was X-Men: Origins Wolverine. Another argument could be made that all of the previous X-Men movies (with the exception of First Class) were in essence movies about Wolverine, but they just happened to have other mutants running around. With […]

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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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Comic-Con 2011: What We Have Learned

Posted: July 25, 2011 at 3:05 pm   /   Film, Local, Movie News

Aside from all the hype about Comic-Con for all of last week, we have learned quite a bit from the nerdiest meeting point on the planet! As much as I wish I could have been there (as I do every year), there were a lot of things discussed and leaked over the Internet that we […]

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Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wolverine” To Be Stand Alone Film

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 2:31 am   /   Local, Movie News

It probably won’t come as a surprise to a lot of people who saw X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but Aronofsky and Marvel will be taking a different approach with the latest Wolverine film. Aronofsky has told press that the film will be “very different” from the original, and will be a one off story titled, The […]

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