Tag Archives: Chris Claremont

X-Men Original Trilogy review

This review was assembled just before the release of Dark Phoenix.  I recall reading the studio was planning three films to tell the story of Jean Grey's transformation into the cosmic power of Phoenix, an operatic tale of good and evil—previously attempted in the third X-Men film, X-Men: The Last Stand—but I guess those plans were… Read More

The Wolverine review

Directed by James MangoldWritten by Mark Bomback and Scott Frank (and Christopher McQuarrie worked on early drafts)Well, it'll surprise no Marvel Comics fan that The Wolverine doesn't come close to being as good as its source, the four issue Wolverine miniseries from the early 1980s it's based on, the one written by Chris Claremont and… Read More