Movie Review: Logan's Claws Are Sharper Than Ever In "The Wolverine".

The Wolverine

Director: James Mangold
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rila Fukushima, Tao Okamoto, and Will Yun Lee.
Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, some sexuality and language.

This is Hugh Jackman's sixth time (including his cameo in X-Men: First Class) portraying the clawed rage machine from the X-Men universe, and he has never been better. Fans, including myself, were beyond excited to see Wolverine get his own movie when X-Men Origins: Wolverine was released, but that proved to be the weakest of the X-Men films and not worthy of its character nor the actor portraying him. I am happy to say that Wolverine gets a stand-alone film that redeems this awesome character in James Mangold's The Wolverine.

Movie Review: "Monsters University" Is Charming, But Really Misses Boo.

Monsters University

Director: Dan Scanlon
Cast: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Alfred Molina, Charlie Day, and Helen Mirren.
Rated G.

It has been over a decade since audiences were first introduced to the alternate universe displayed in Monsters Inc. Now, Disney/Pixar have decided to deliver a prequel to that story instead of a traditional sequel. Prequels can be sometimes really add upon the established story, but often times prequels destroy some of the mystery and intrigue of those original stories. Fortunately, Monsters University tells a different enough story to keep it fresh without destroying anything established in its predecessor.