Tag: The Wolverine
-
How Fox Stopped The Wolverine From Being The First R-Rated X-Men Film
How did we get from the hot mess that is director Gavin Hood’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” to the soulful elegy that is director James Mangold’s “Logan?” The answer is Mangold’s second entry in the “Wolverine” trilogy, “The Wolverine.” Loosely based on Chris Claremont and Frank Miller’s limited 1982 comic book arc about Wolvie’s adventures in…
-
‘Snake Eyes’ Review: Henry Golding’s ‘G.I. Joe’ Origin Story Is Fun Enough to Survive Unforgivably Bad Fight Scenes
Japan: Where undead Hollywood franchises go to get a new lease on life. It worked for “The Fast and the Furious” with “Tokyo Drift.” It worked for “X-Men” with “The Wolverine.” It even worked for “3 Ninjas” with “3 Ninjas: Kick Back,” at least so far as that movie paved the way for Hulk Hogan…
-
James Mangold Urges Hollywood to Boycott Fox Amid U.S. Capitol Attack: ‘Fox Created This President’
James Mangold, best known as the director of “Walk the Line,” “The Wolverine,” and “Ford vs Ferrari,” is calling on fellow content makers in Hollywood to boycott Murdoch-owned Fox in the wake of the attack on the U.S. capitol. Pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the Capitol on Wednesday to protest the Electoral College’s voting to certify president-elect…