A few years ago I had a debate on Twitter with James Mangold (Identity, Logan, the upcoming Indiana Jones 5) about directors being artists. I said that I didn’t believe that to be the case; he took the opposite tack though after years of thought I still believe that I was right – and wrong […]
I didn’t make a habit of watching when X-Men movies in theaters because the writers didn’t seem to make any effort to understand the characters, so understandably they varied in terms of quality. Logan was released in 2017, and it’s such a somber, grim exercise that it at times feels as if it were purposely […]
The latest trailer for Fox’s Deadpool 2 dropped a few hours ago, and it’s pretty funny. As usual, Deadpool shows a wanton disregard for not only propriety, but the third wall, which he demolishes with aplomb. And while I don’t think it’s necessary for this movie–or any superhero movie for that matter–to have an R […]
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