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DVD Review: The Wolverine

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Release Date:December 3, 2013
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 126 min.
Director: James Mangold
Studio:Twentieth Century Fox Film
Genre: Action
Stars:Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hal Yamanouchi, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima, Brian Tee

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I’d like to start this review with a couple equations. X-Men Origins: Wolverine + 2 hours of my life I’ll never get back =  the pain of getting punched in the crotch. The Wolverine +  how it should’ve been handled the first time around = redemption. Hugh Jackman, once again takes up the mantle of Logan (A.K.A. Wolverine) of X-Men fame. This go round he sticks his claws in to ninjas, the Yakuza, and robots. All of this set against the backdrop of the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan. Roll that mess up, put it in a pan, let it bake for about 2 hours. What you come out with is the recipe for a comic book movie of copious carnage and ostentatious obliteration. In simpler terms it’s freaking awesome!

The film picks up after the events of X-Men Last Stand. Logan has sent himself in to a self-induced exile. Living out in the wilderness and haunted by nightmares due to his role in the death of Jean Grey he has sworn off violence. That is until a confrontation with some locals draws the attention of someone looking for him. He is summoned by this person to their deathbed in Japan. We find out it is a man he saved back in a World War 2 bombing to say thank you and goodbye. Of course that’s not all he offers him. He offers him the chance at mortality.

This film covers one of the best periods, in my opinion, in Wolverine history his time spent in Japan. In comics he’s been in ancient Japan, World War 2 Japan and in this film modern day Japan. Always, this period has been intriguing as it introduces one of his greatest love interests in Mariko Yashida. The story revolves around the Yakuza trying to assassinate Mariko as her dead grandfather has made her the most powerful woman in Japan. Logan falls in love with her and breaks his vow of non-violence to protect her. Jackman and Okamoto (as Mariko) have an awkward but good chemistry as they develop a relationship during Wolverines’ weakest moments. Jackman plays Wolvie as well as he always has. The rest of the cast is serviceable save for Yukio, Marikos’ adopted sister and Harada, the ninja sworn to protect her family are great in their roles. The action scenes are pretty well done with Wolverine taking a lot of damage and dealing out a lot of death in the process. I also thought the inclusion of The Silver Samurai was going be disappointing because of the advertisements that showed him as a robot but they actually saved that part of it for me by explaining away my fears. It ultimately made sense and didn’t bother me as much. Only real complaint is the mutant baddie they decided to use was a little weak.

All in all, The Wolverine is what X-Men Origins: Wolverine should’ve been. It had Wolverine haunted by his past, falling in love, slicing and dicing bad guys galore and no Will.i.am to be found.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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