The Wolverine sequel tease with Hugh Jackman

I really enjoyed the The Wolverine film, and have always been a (real) huge Marvel comic Wolverine fan- Weapom X (and sequel to Weapon X) series/storyline was always my favorite.
So needless to say that I am excited to hear the possibility of a sequel, which I hope they can keep going darker and deeper into Logan's past.
Hugh Jackman recently sat down with Entertainment Weekly for an interview where he hints at a possible sequel,
From the interview:

"Hugh Jackman has neither confirmed nor denied whether he’ll sign on to play muttonchopped mutant Logan for an eighth time… but the odds are looking good. “I was on the phone with Jim Mangold last night,” Jackman told EW. “There are some really cool ideas that I’m dying to tell you, but that would be giving away a secret that is not even [fully] formed yet.”

He goes on to say

"“I love the character, he’s kind of like a best friend to me, and I don’t ever want to take [him] or the fans for granted. … I think we’ve got a great opportunity to make something really cool, but it has to be great. That’s what we’re all working toward.”

X-Men & Avengers CROSSOVER news and Marvel Avengers: Age of Ultron casting news

Joss Whedon was recently asked about his thoughts about the possibility of an  X-Men and Avengers crossover movie.
Anyone who has read the comics will know that it has happened and that both teams share on many occasions the same nemesis
When asked about a possible crossover Whedon states "“That’s not the plan. It would be cool but I think right now I already have a ton of very talented actors in my movie playing a ton of characters, and I’m about to add a few more. So I’m not like, ‘How can we get more licensed characters because I want to kill myself and make a nine-hour movie."

For all you Avengers fans out there, the casting of Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch has to be a pretty interesting announcement.
Not because Elizabeth Olsen is cast, but because the famed comic book villain-ess  Scarlet Witch will be in the film.
Best known for her association with The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants,  Scarlet Witch is twin-sister to Quicksilver and (in the comics) she is a well known nemesis to the X-Men more-so than The Avengers...

I for one, would certainly not bet against studios working together to bring you a crossover film in the future.

Review of: The Prisoner

The Prisoner, starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal is a suspenseful kidnapping thriller director by Quebec's own Oscar nominee, Denis Villeneuve (Incendies)
It is an ambitious film, that combines a similar story-line as Taken (Liam Neeson), with some twists and turns along the lines of No Country For Old Man. Be warned that this film is quite long, roughly 2hrs 30minutes and it feels it. The Prisoner has a strong script and great acting by Gyllenhaal and Jackman, it is also a very original take on a kidnapping movie.  The only issue I had with The Prisoner is that it tries relentlessly hard to make the audience ask themselves how far would we also go to protect the ones we care for.
I wanted to love The Prisoner, the same way I  loved The Place Beyond the Pines & No Country for Old Men, and at times it did flirt with greatness...I did however feel like it tried to hard to please the audience.
The Prisoner is good, solid and a thrill ride, there is a feeling that some scenes do drag on, but I as sum,e this is done on purpose to create a sense of unnerving-ness . Good job by Denis Villeneuve and the entire cast.
7/10

X-Men: Days of Future Past teaser with Peter Dinklage from Game of Thrones

The highly anticipated X-Men: Days of Future has recently revealed it's first trailer and it is a good one.

For the Game of Thrones fan, you can spot Peter Dinklage in the new trailer at the 1:45 mark here:

Here is also a brand new image of Micheal Fassbender as a young Magneto

X-Men: Days of Future Past (w/Trailer)

X-Men: Days of Future Past...

Growing up reading Marvel comics, The Uncanny X-Men was one of my favorite reads. Back in 1999 when I heard that Bryan Singer was going to direct the adaption I was excited because this was one of the first Marvel comics made into a big budget feature film (Trivia Time- Captain America 1944, Howard The Duck and Blade have the honers of being the first 3). Anyways, the first X-Men was good and subsequent Marvel movies have been more terrible than good, some have been borderline insulting (Ghost Rider, SpiderMan, Elektra,DareDevil).
X-Men: Days of Future Past  trailer has just been released and it looks way better than I had expected.
Good on Bryan Singer for being able to get Ian McKellen & Patrick Stewart back.

Back on track....What to watch if you haven't done so already.

This summer has had many fandom-centric films, from Wolverine to RIPD to World War Z, Iron Man, Star Trek etc

Of the bunch, I surprisingly enjoyed The Wolverine the most, despite it steering away from some true elements of the story of our Canadian superhero.
From someone who read Wolverine comic books as a child, this particular story-line is important in telling the story of Logan...and this may be the one reason I gravitated more towards a like than a a dislike.
Violence level:acceptable, cinematography: visually good, script/dialogue:
average.
If you like Superhero films, you will enjoy this.
It is not quite Chris Nolan -Batman like...It fits more in the mold of the latest Man of Steel film.
6.5/10

Review on: The Wolverine

The Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman...
Judging from the trailer, this will be something worth watching.
As a fan of the original Marvel comic book series, I am excited to see a storyline that somewhat relates to the original comic book.
Wolverine, the comic book series,  has never been a cheerful story of good  versus  evil, therefore its appeal isn't relate-able to a clean cut jovial superhero, but rather to a darker, complex, vengeful, borderline sociopath, likable hard ass.
Are we going to see some weapon X ..perhaps not
However, undoubtedly there will be blood

Review on: Movie 43

Movie 43 is in reality a bunch of short comedy sketches wrapped up in a nonsensical storyline.
The tagline for this film is half true "The biggest cast ever assembled for the most outrageous comedy ever made" Try to guess what half is what.
There are a multitude of directors, writers and actors. some famous.some not so much.
From Seth MacFarlane to Bob Odenkirk, you are bound to find at least one of these sketches funny.

The movie as a whole isn't great, however, it does offer such a wide variety of gags and humor that it does have a little something for everybody.
Some of the humour is outright ridiculous, but if you can stomach the bad, you may enjoy the rest of this ambitious project.

IF you are looking for a different kind of comedy...and truthfully what's currently available out there now is pretty bad, you may want to give this one a chance. 5/10 ( take into account that I rarely find comedy films funny).