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The American superhero film, Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), is based on Marvel Comics and showcases the characters of Deadpool and Wolverine. Produced by Marvel Studios, Maximum Effort, and 21 Laps Entertainment, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it marks the 34th addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and serves as a sequel to Deadpool 2 (2018). In an attempt to join the Avengers six years after using Cable’s time-traveling device to travel from his own timeline, Earth-10005, Wade Wilson is turned down by Happy Hogan. Following this rejection, he retires from his role as the masked mercenary known as Deadpool and ...

X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019), an American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters, serves as both a sequel to 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse and the twelfth installment of the overall series. However, it also marks the final chapter in the prequel films. The story begins in 1975 when eight-year-old Jean Grey loses her parents in a fatal car accident, an event that triggers her telekinetic powers for the first time. She is then taken under Professor Charles Xavier’s wing at his School for Gifted Youngsters with the promise of learning how to control her mutant abilities. Jumping ahead to 1992, we find the X-Men called upon by the president to ...

Deadpool 2 (2018) tells the story of the titular character, based on the Marvel Comics superhero. Having spent two years as the sassy mercenary Deadpool fighting organized crime, Wade Wilson fails to successfully take down one of his marks on his anniversary with his girlfriend, Vanessa. Tragically, she is killed by the target that same night and Wade seeks revenge by taking out the culprit. Despite six weeks having passed since her death, Wade is still consumed by self-loathing. Seeking solace, he turns to Blind Al for guidance but ultimately disregards her warning not to do anything rash. In a desperate attempt to end his misery, Wade tries to blow himself up but ...

Legion (2017–2019) is a superhero TV series on FX, created by Noah Hawley and based on the Marvel character David Haller. It was produced by FX Productions in association with Marvel Television and takes place in an alternate timeline of the X-Men films. From a young age, Haller has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and has been in various psychiatric hospitals since then. His adoptive sister, Amy Haller, committed him to the latest facility. However, during his stay, he meets fellow patient Syd Barrett, which leads him to question whether his mental illness is all there is to him. Unfortunately, an event ...

Logan (2017) is an American superhero film featuring Hugh Jackman in the lead role. This movie is the tenth installment in the X-Men franchise and serves as the final part of the Wolverine trilogy, which also includes X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and The Wolverine (2013). Set in 2029, Logan’s healing powers are fading and no new mutants have been born in 25 years. He now works as a limousine driver in El Paso, Texas, alongside fellow mutant Caliban. Together, they take care of Charles Xavier, the founder of the X-Men, who suffers from dementia and dangerous telepathic ...

The American superhero film, X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), was directed and produced by Bryan Singer and written by Simon Kinberg, with a story also contributed by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. In 3600 BCE, the powerful mutant En Sabah Nur ruled ancient Egypt before being buried alive. Centuries later, he is resurrected in 1983 with a belief that humanity has lost its way. To achieve his goal of destroying and rebuilding the world, he enlists four followers, including Ororo ...

Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, Deadpool (2016) is an American superhero film distributed by 20th Century Fox and serves as the eighth installment in the X-Men film series. The protagonist, Wade Wilson, works as a small-time mercenary until he meets and falls in love with Vanessa. However, their idyllic life takes a turn when Wilson is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Fortunately, a man offers him a cure that would grant him superhero powers. Despite initially declining, Wilson agrees and meets Ajax, the mastermind behind the project. During the treatment process, it becomes clear that it involves transforming into a mutant and ...

Directed and co-produced by Bryan Singer and written by Simon Kinberg, X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) is a superhero film based on the Marvel Comics team. The fifth installment in the X-Men series, it serves as both a sequel to 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand and 2011’s X-Men: First Class, as well as a follow-up to 2013’s The Wolverine. Set in a dystopian version of 2023, the film follows robot Sentinels who hunt and kill those with mutant potential or those who protect them. In Moscow, this results in an attack on ...

The film The Wolverine (2013) follows the story of the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is part of the X-Men series and specifically the second movie in a trilogy about Wolverine. After being captured during World War II, Logan finds himself in a Japanese POW camp near Nagasaki. During an atomic bombing, he saves a man named Ichirō Yashida by shielding him from the blast. In present day, Logan lives alone in the Yukon and struggles with visions of Jean Grey, who he had to kill to protect the world. He is approached by Yukio, a fellow mutant with powers to foresee death, on behalf of Ichirō who is now a successful CEO. Despite his terminal ...

The superhero film, X-Men: First Class (2011), is based on the X-Men characters from Marvel Comics. At the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944, Nazi officer Klaus Schmidt witnesses a young Erik Lehnsherr using his mind to bend a metal gate after being separated from his parents. Schmidt then takes Erik to his office and asks him to move a coin on his desk. When Erik fails, Schmidt kills his mother. In distress, Erik’s magnetic power suddenly appears and destroys the room. Meanwhile, at a mansion in Westchester County, New York, child telepath Charles Xavier meets Raven, whose natural form is blue-skinned scales and has the ability to shapeshift, and invites her ...

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) is a riveting superhero flick inspired by the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Serving as the first installment of the Wolverine trilogy and a prequel to X-Men (2000) and X2: X-Men United (2003), it takes us back to 1845 where we meet James Howlett, a young boy living in the Northwest Territories. Tragically, he witnesses his father’s murder at the hands of groundskeeper Thomas Logan, which triggers his anxiety and activates his mutation. With bone claws protruding from his knuckles, James defends himself and discovers that Thomas was actually his biological father all along. After fleeing with ...

16 Blocks (2006), an American action thriller film directed by Richard Donner, follows Jack Mosley, an alcoholic and jaded NYPD detective. Despite working a late shift the night before, his lieutenant orders him to escort Eddie Bunker, a witness in a police corruption case, from local custody to the courthouse 16 blocks away for a 10 a.m. grand jury hearing. Bunker tries to connect with Mosley by sharing his dreams of becoming a cake baker in Seattle with his sister whom he has never met. However, Mosley remains uninterested and makes a stop at a liquor store. Suddenly, they are attacked by a gunman and seek refuge in a ...

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) is a superhero film based on Marvel Entertainment Group’s comic books. In 1986, Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr invite a young Jean Grey to join their school, the X-Mansion, at her parents’ house. Ten years later in 1996, industrialist Warren Worthington II discovers his son’s mutant abilities when he tries to remove his wings. In the present day, Worthington Labs announces a ‘cure’ for mutants and offers it to those who are interested in suppressing their X-gene. This piques the interest of certain mutants such as Rogue, who struggles with her harmful touch, while others are cautious. Magneto gathers a new ...

The American superhero horror film, Constantine (2005), marked Francis Lawrence’s directorial debut. In Mexico, a scavenger discovers the tip of the spear that pierced Jesus Christ in a ruined church, but becomes possessed after taking it to Los Angeles. John Constantine, a cynical occult expert, helps exorcise a demon from a young girl and learns about a treaty between Heaven and Hell that should prevent this type of possession. With terminal lung cancer, Constantine seeks an extension to his life by working with the half-breed angel, Gabriel, to deport Hell’s forces. However, Gabriel reminds him that ...

The historical science fiction adventure film, Timeline (2003), directed by Richard Donner, follows Professor Edward Johnston and his team as they lead an archaeological study of Castlegard village in Dordogne, France. The village was where Lady Claire, sister to Arnaut de Cervole, was executed in 1357. Her death played a crucial role in France’s victory over the English in the Hundred Years War. Alongside Johnston are Scottish archaeologist André Marek, students Kate Erickson, Josh Stern, François Dontelle, and his son Chris. During their excavation of a nearby monastery, they come across a sarcophagus containing ...

X2: X-Men United (2003) is a Bryan Singer-directed American superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics’ X-Men team. At the White House, a mind-controlled Nightcrawler attacks the President, causing injuries to several agents before fleeing after being shot. Meanwhile, Logan searches for answers about his past at an abandoned military facility in Alberta, but comes up empty-handed. Jean Grey’s increasing difficulty controlling her powers leads to premonitions and distractions. After returning to Professor Xavier’s school, Logan joins forces with Cyclops and Xavier to track down Nightcrawler using ...

X-Men (2000) is an American superhero film directed by Bryan Singer from a screenplay by David Hayter and a story by Singer and Tom DeSanto, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. In 1944 Nazi-occupied Poland, 14-year-old Erik Lehnsherr is separated from his parents upon entering the Auschwitz concentration camp. While trying to reach them, ...

Directed by Oliver Stone, Any Given Sunday (1999) follows the struggles of fictional American football team, the Miami Sharks. The once-dominant team is struggling to secure a spot in the 2001 AFFA playoffs, under the leadership of long-time coach Tony D’Amato. However, tensions arise between D’Amato and young team owner Christina Pagniacci, as well as his expected successor Nick Crozier, who serves as offensive coordinator. In a pivotal game during the thirteenth week of the season, both starting quarterback Jack ‘Cap’ Rooney and backup player Tyler Cherubini are injured and unable to play. In ...