“The Simpsons” Will End in the Next 5 Years TV’s longest-running primetime scripted series is renewed through May 2019 (Season 30), but that may be when the iconic animated show will finally end. I’m giving it until May 2022 at the latest. A sequel after that isn’t out of the question. Hugh Jackman will return […]
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces. (20TH CENTURY FOX) Hugh Jackman has portrayed Wolverine/Logan since the first […]
It’s The End of an Era. 17 years ago, “X-Men” launched the superhero movie genre as we know it. And now, its breakout star Hugh Jackman is saying goodbye to his iconic Wolverine character in “Logan”. It’s Jackman’s third Wolverine spinoff movie, and a commendable swan song. From the opening scene, it’s obvious that “Logan” is […]
The release of “Logan” marks star Hugh Jackman’s final film as Wolverine…for now. Jackman has played the X-Men icon nine times – seven installments as the lead character and two franchise cameo appearances (“X-Men: First Class” and “X-Men: Apocalypse”). So, will Hugh be able to survive without his cinematic alter ego – and what have his roles […]
The build-up to “X-Men: Days of Future Past” has been gigantic. For the first time, the mutant characters we’ve come to care about over the past 14 years, and their younger selves we were introduced to in 2011’s “X-Men: First Class”, come together. It was promoted as an “Avengers” in the “X-Men” universe. But after […]
Most “X-Men” fans thought the franchise was over with the third film, “X-Men: The Last Stand” back in 2006. But the series continues with “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, which is sort of a “prequel.” In the movie we learn the whole back-story of Wolverine: We see him as a boy, then as one of several mutants […]