X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Wolverine is a noisy mess, full of Hugh Jackman's seriously killer snarl but utterly devoid of the borderline-subversive smarts that made Bryan Singer's X-Men films so resonant.

"...and who, exactly, should play everyone's favorite hirsute lacerator, Wolverine. Sporting an indestructible adamantium skeleton and concrete-pulverizing claws that..."

May 8, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wolverine

With perma-snarl intact, Hugh Jackman is back as the Wolverine hunts new prey in Japan.

"...The second Wolverine movie to spin off from the original X-Men film..."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: 'Wolverine Origin'

No, not the terrible movie. The groundbreaking comic, animated.

"...behind their greatest creation since Captain America thawed out, Wolverine...."

July 20, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How to Woo a 'Wolverine'

Austin's still in the running to host the Wolverine premiere, but that's not gonna happen without your vote

"...to do with the new stand-alone feature X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It doesn't open in theatres until May 1, but..."

April 14, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Logan

Hugh Jackman sports those famous mutton chops for the final time

"...the world is arguably a young man’s game, and Wolverine (né Logan) is getting a little long in the..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

X-Men

"...script wisely focuses on the X-Men's classic rebel-mold mutant Wolverine, a burly, hairy-chested fellow with sideburns who'd make Elvis..."

July 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Diverting but rarely riveting, this latest offering from the Marvel Universe kicks the can down the road some more.

"...The script (by Simon Kinberg) positions the series’ constant, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), as a potential savior of a future..."

May 23, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Deadpool

This sassy superhero movie is not your child’s comic-book origin tale

"...Wade Wilson, Deadpool’s mortal former self in X-Men Origins: Wolverine) is perfectly cast as the wisecracking Deadpool. Yet when..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

You Were Never Really Here

Joaquin Phoenix and Lynne Ramsay renew the revenger's tragedy.

"...Before Bryan Singer made Marvel's Wolverine into a tall, handsome, ripped Australian, the comic book..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Welcome to the X-Men, David Marquez: Hope You Survive the Experience!

Local artist opens run on Marvel's merry mutants today

"...my answer is a little trite," he said, "but Wolverine is a big deal for me." Like every aspiring..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Would You Rather'

Rich people are weird, but not as weird as what people do to be rich

"...review the Marvel Knights motion comic adaptation of the Wolverine: Origin collection this week. But then I saw a..."

July 16, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Boutique of the Week: Luther's

Newcomer Luther's grabs us by our shopping bags this week.

"...is twice as cool). As the exclusive carrier of Wolverine in Austin, Luther's stocks the 1000-Mile Boot in black..."

Nov. 24, 2009 Design Post

The New Mutants

The last of the X-Men finally get to the screen

"...by more mature characters like Storm and the now-ubiquituous Wolverine. For the film adaptation, directed and written by Josh..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

Get ready for anime superhero action!

"...them key into recognizable superhero stereotypes. Is that a Wolverine-esque figure, with a little bit of Raven? Absolutely. Does..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dark Phoenix

The X-Men finally leave the silver screen with a story they already told

"...of the lowest points, like the sloppy X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Now, cursed with an unfathomable continuity, which has been..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Heavy Trip

Scandinavian black metal comedy plays a familiar tune well

"...with the addition of reindeer gags, a very annoyed wolverine, corpse paint, projectile vomit, crowd-surfing coffins, and Viking re-enactors...."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pom Poko

"Lost" Studio Ghibli tale of raccoons in peril gets long-delayed release

"...raccoons here), a woodland creature that looks like a wolverine, but has the distracted amiability of a hedgehog. In..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Eye in the Sky

Helen Mirren is a British colonel engaged in modern drone warfare

"...thriller from veteran director Hood (Ender’s Game, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Tsotsi) is, alas, one of the last films from..."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The slang-slinging, sewer-dwelling, pizza-loving lot are back.

"...mayhem the robot samurai baddie from last summer’s The Wolverine and the toxin-minded ticking clock from The Amazing Spider-Man..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

SXSW: Six Things We Learned From Marvel

The House of Ideas launches new initiatives, plus a big hire

"...2) Weekly digital Infinite Comics, starting July 9 with Wolverine: Japan's Most Wanted. This will be the first of..."

March 10, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Kick-Ass

Everyone's a superhero these days, and this film based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s comic book series takes that concept to the Nth degree.

"...and immediately gets the beating of his life. Minus Wolverine's adamantium endoskeleton or Peter Parker's arachnid-enhanced abilities, Dave's just..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Anagenesis': Shaggy Goat-Bears With Rocket-Firing Power!

Anthony Garza fuses animals and man-made structures to make monumental nature paintings

"...In the simpler Pygmy Marmoset Nebula Protected by a Wolverine, a little monkey rides on the back of the..."

May 22, 2009 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

27 Dresses

We predict a happy union between 27 Dresses and cable TV, forever rerunning with commercial breaks tailor-made for laundry-loading and sandwich-making.

"...real deal), gallantly stepping aside in favor of X-Men’s Wolverine and Ryan Gosling’s sexy beast in The Notebook. Here,..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

X-Men: The Last Stand

This third outing in the franchise lays on the subtext even more heavily than its predecessors – racial, gender, and sexual politics are all over the place, as are the multiple strands of the story line.

"...including Stewart's sage Professor X; Jackman's adamantium-clawed, Glenn Danzig-coiffed Wolverine; Berry's weather-controlling Storm; and Janssen's schizophrenic shrink, Dr. Jean..."

May 26, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An American Haunting

A satanic-possession thriller set in 1817 stars Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek – to little avail.

"...that makes him look like a cross between X-Men Wolverine and Beast, but where Sutherland really excels in this..."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Van Helsing

Hugh Jackman's mysterious monster hunter is pittefd against nearly the entire pantheon of Universal’s classic monsters, including Dracula and and the Wolf-Man.

"...pits the mysterious monster hunter Van Helsing (Jackman, X-Men’s Wolverine) against nearly the entire pantheon of Universal’s classic monsters,..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Punisher

Strictly from the so-bad-it's-good school of entertainment.

"...a cathartic experience if ever there were one. Where’s Wolverine when we really need him?..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Matrix Reloaded

"...it’s unlikely anyone else in the running (even you, Wolverine) will be able to swipe a chunk out of..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

X2: X-Men United

"...lesser extent the previous quasi-love triangle between Jackman’s feral Wolverine, Janssen’s telekinetic Dr. Jean Grey, and Marsden’s straight-arrow Cyclops..."

May 2, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Austin Chronicle Guide to the Mission: Impossible Movies

Your mission, if you choose to accept it ...

"...rogue IMF agent) had to drop out of playing Wolverine in X-Men, allowing some Australian song-and-dance guy a chance..."

July 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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