Tag: Hugh Jackman

The Son is director and writer Florian Zeller’s follow up to The Father (2020) which starred Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. The Father was a poignant story about family dynamics as Hopkins’ character suffers from dementia and his daughter grapples with how to take care of him. The Son attempts to do the same deep…
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Bad Education is based on the true story of Frank Tassone (Hugh Jackman), a superintendent who is determined to lead the Roslyn school district to academic excellence. His right hand man is actually a woman named Pam (Allison Janney) who oversees the budget and bookkeeping for the school district. Frank is well respected by the…
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X-Men: Days of Future Past is the 7th movie in the X-Men franchise. At this point in the franchise the only X-Men who has scored their own movie is Wolverine. Days of Future Past sees the reunion of the entire cast. This plot (like many of the X-Men narratives) is a little involved and a…
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The Wolverine storyline was undoubtedly the most successful of the X-Men plots, except for maybe Deadpool. Logan gets three movies all to himself as well as his appearance in a few of the other movies. This doesn’t really upset me because I enjoy these movies immensely. For some reason Logan interests me the most. I…
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Logan is one of my favorite of the X-Men movies. It’s directed by James Mangold who has helmed other films like Girl, Interrupted and Walk the Line as well as 2013’s The Wolverine. Mangold’s tendency for a dark, brooding style is definitely present in Logan. The film opens showing Logan (Hugh Jackman) as a limo…
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The second X-Men movie came in 2003, three years after the first one. The same cast of characters is back in action. The villain in this one is Colonel William Stryker (Brian Cox). After a mutant named Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming) tries to attack the President, Stryker suggests they attack Xavier’s school. Stryker has been interrogating…
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The very first X-Men movie. This was released way back in 2000. I can’t believe it’s been that long. I also can’t believe some actors reprised their roles for almost 20 years (cough, cough, Hugh Jackman). I vaguely remember watching this many, many years ago. But I have to say it was awesome to watch…
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