Logan

Get Out Attacks The Rainbow

... says. As if. Happily, Chris’s trepidation is ill-founded. The welcome he receives from Rose’s father, a neurosurgeon named Dean (Bradley Whitford), and her mother, Missy (Catherine Keener), a psychiatrist, could not be more effusive. If anything, it is awkwardly warm, with Dean enfolding Chris in a hug on the porch, addressing him as “my man,” and hastening to claim—as Rose had predicted—that, given the chance, he would have voted for Barack Obama a third time. What we have here, in other words, is the spectacle, at once touching and comical, of good liberals falling over themselves to prove their moral credentials. With pride, Dean shows off the ethnically varied objets that he has gathered on his travels, explaining, “It’s such a privilege to be able to experience another person’s culture.”. The one quirk in this affable setup is the hired help: a groundsman named Walter (Marcus Henderson) and the housekeeper, Georgina (Betty Gabriel), whose ...

Logan

... transporting horses. After an incident, the animals escape and Logan, traveling with Laura and Professor X, helps to retrieve them. The family is grateful, gracious and gives the fugitives a place to spend the night. The very sage Professor X tells the emotionally-distant Logan that this is what a loving family is like. The encounter helps Logan bond with Laura. The significance of this passage shouldn’t be lost. The movie sets up the “ideal” family as African-American. It’s a social statement that would not have happened 30 years ago in a Hollywood movie. Don’t be put off by the slow beginning. Don’t be deterred by Logan’s incessant bitterness. At some point the film builds to a thoroughly satisfying ending. It takes you to a place where the most cantankerous mutant makes a sacrifice that ensures the existence of the next generation of his kind. The end is worth the wait. Visit NNPA News Wire Film Critic Dwight Brown at ...

The History Of The Comic That Inspired Logan And Revolutionized The Marvel Brand

... “Old Man Logan” hit stands, so Bendis took over and layout genius Andrea Sorrentino replaced Mc Niven. After that, the older Logan was shunted back in time and has lived in the contemporary Marvel universe ever since, gaining an ongoing series, also titled Old Man Logan, written by the fascinating Jeff Lemire and still drawn by Sorrentino. In fact, the usual version of Wolverine was killed off in 2014, so Old Man Logan is now the only version of Logan available in comics. Excerpt from “Old Man Logan.”. Photo: Steve Mc Niven; Dexter Vines; Morry Hollowell/Marvel Entertainment. As if that level of legacy wasn’t enough, the story is also the biggest single comics influence on the Logan film. Mangold found “Old Man Logan” fascinating, and says he based much of the movie’s aesthetic on it. The story is wildly different, in no small part because Fox owns the rights to X-Men but not to the rest of the Marvel Universe, meaning you could never get the parts about Hawkeye, Red Skull, Thor, and the rest onscreen. Nevertheless, the ...

What’s Behind Pop Culture’s Love For Silent, Violent Little Girls

... Logan, the X-Men universe has seen its abundant, multicolored glory reduced to dystopian, sparsely populated desert rubble. Nearly all the mutants have been hunted down and wiped out, and no new ones have been born. All who remain are an aged Professor X, Wolverine, and Caliban, hiding out in an abandoned bunker near the Mexican border. That is, until a little girl named Laura shows up. She’s been smuggled out of a nefarious facility south of the border, where scientists have been doing dark and mysterious experiments on children. Laura, it is soon revealed, has adamantium claws and regenerative abilities just like Wolverine, and spends an extended and bloody sequence killing mercenaries while hopping all over them like a CGI Yoda. Laura is the only female character of consequence in Logan, and she doesn’t talk for the bulk of the ...

Logan’ Slicing And Dicing Toward Year’s Biggest Debut

... Octavia Spencer and Sam Worthington star in the picture, which is leaning heavily on word-of-mouth screenings for influencers, pastors, and bishops, as well as promotions on Christian Broadcasting Network and Trinity Broadcasting Network. It will debut across roughly 2,800 locations and cost roughly $20 million to produce. Open Road and Awesomeness Films’ “ Before I Fall ” is eyeing a $5 million bow. The movie sounds like a tween version of “Groundhog Day” — it follows a high-schooler (Zoey Deutch) who discovers she may be living her last day alive in a perpetual loop until she gets it right. It cost $5 million to make. Fresh off of its surprise best picture win , “Moonlight” will expand to roughly 1,500 theaters. The coming-of-age drama is already available on home entertainment platforms. It has made nearly $23 million domestically, a handsome return on its $1.5 million budget. Even if “Logan” scores the top debut of the still-young year, it won’t hold onto the honor for ...

Eagles' Howie Roseman On Bennie Logan

... March 7, when negotiations can begin, and he would be free to officially sign with another team on March 9. He was a third-round draft pick by the Eagles in 2013. Logan is one of the top defensive tackles headed for the free-agent market, but now that Kansas City Chiefs will cut loose defensive tackle Dontari Poe , Logan's price might drop. Chiefs' head coach Andy Reid gave the usual response on Poe on Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine : "We love him and would love to have him back.". What Eagles need to accomplish at NFL Combine. The six-year, $102 million deal the Eagles gave to Fletcher Cox last offseason is standing in the way of bringing Logan back. Cox will count $9.4 million against the cap in 2017, which makes a big-money deal unlikely for Logan because the Eagles would be investing a ton of money in defensive tackles. When Logan goes, the Eagles will need to address defensive tackle in the draft or free agency. ...

Old Man Logan Takes On Future Hulk As New Creative Team Announced

... motivated Bruce Banner would be an interesting fight. What if the Wasteland Banner had set a higher bar for himself? What if instead of hiding in a cave, pumping out Hulk babies and acting like a slumlord, he'd instead set his sights on ruling ALL of America? The world? He certainly had the muscle to make it a very real possibility. Maestro, on the other hand, comes from a future where he DID run everything, even without his very own army of Hulks. So, this is a chance to see how Maestro would utilize that. He's a man with a plan. From Logan's perspective, there's now a threat of Hulks from the future who're here, who shouldn't be here, which sets his own anxieties and fears off. He's only recently begun to accept that his future isn't this world's future. And now that future has landed right on his doorstep. How does he cope. For Logan, it's ...

Film Review

... Even as the film’s energy drains in the later going, much like Logan’s healing powers, and long after the fight scenes have lapsed into overkill, Jackman makes his superhero the real deal. The actor, who reportedly conceived the basic thrust of the story, takes the ever-conflicted Logan/Wolverine to full-blooded depths, and the result is a far more cohesive and gripping film than his previous collaboration with Mangold, 2013’s The Wolverine. It’s not just the valedictory aspect of the story. And only time will tell if we ever again see a Jackman-portrayed Wolverine. But with his limp, his scraggly beard and his reading glasses, this middle-aged version, caught between his humanity and the engineering that makes him an instrument of destruction, is the hero we need him to be. Ultimately, it’s not just Laura’s predicament that he understands, but his own. Production companies: 20 th Century Fox, Marvel Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Kinberg Genre, Hutch Parker Entertainment, Donners’ Company. Distributor: 20 th Century Fox. Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick ...

No Easy Solutions If Bennie Logan Departs

... linemen. If the Eagles were looking to replace Logan in free agency, the Saints' Nick Fairley, the Redskins' Chris Baker, or the Giants' Johnathan Hankins would be options. But why go in that direction when you could just keep Logan at a likely comparable price. It's difficult to project the contract numbers for Logan, but the bidding could get steep. The defensive tackle market is light, 19 teams have more than $30 million in cap space to spend, and Logan is in his prime years. The Eagles could have saved themselves the grief by extending Logan last offseason, but Roseman committed nearly $250 million to Cox, Lane Johnson, Vinny Curry, and Zach Ertz. The numbers are likely to change, but the Eagles have $34.25 million of their salary cap devoted to their top four defensive linemen (Cox, Curry, Connor Barwin, and Brandon Graham) in 2017. The importance of the line in defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz's scheme cannot be overstated, but Cox's $102.6 million contract could hamstring the Eagles in ...

Logan Ryan, Duron Harmon To Let Patriots Match Contract Offers

... working as the Patriots’ No. 2 and No. 3 cornerback — depending the styles of the opposing receivers. Cornerback Eric Rowe often took the No. 2 corner spot if the opposing receiver was taller and more physical. But Ryan’s Super Bowl performance typified the defensive back’s progress, as he finished tied for the team-high with six tackles. He was also solid in coverage while working against Julio Jones, Mohamed Sanu and Taylor Gabriel. Harmon played as New England’s third safety this season. While he was a rotational player, he still managed to get a major workload at 48 percent of snaps. His presence on the field as a coverage safety gave the Patriots a great deal of defensive flexibility, particularly when safety Patrick Chung played close to the line of scrimmage in run support. In the Super Bowl, Harmon received 59 percent of snaps, 10 th most among Patriots’ defenders. Both players ...

Logan' To Sink Claws Into $65m-plus U.s. Debut

... Mangold, Logan is the third Wolverine movie and the tenth title in the X-Men franchise. The story follows the adventure that ensues when Logan, who is caring for an ailing Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), encounters a mysterious young girl named Laura (Dafne Keen) in need of their help. Logan, a critical darling, made its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in February and currently boasts a 93 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Also opening nationwide on Friday is Lionsgate's The Shack, a faith-based movie based on the best-selling novel of the same name about a father's transformative spiritual journey. The film, starring Sam Worthington and Octavia Spencer, who is fresh off her Oscar nomination for Hidden Figures, will play in roughly 2,800 theaters and is ...