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Logan

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, and Dafne Keen Directed by: James Mangold Screenplay by: James Mangold and Scott Frank      The year is 2029, and much of the world has changed for our hero, Logan/the Wolverine (Hugh Jackman).  Many of the mutants are gone and Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) is not well.  Logan is living out his days chauffeuring bachelorette parties as well as caring for Charles Xavier.  They live in an old and run down building that looks like it was once a small factory or mill somewhere along the Mexican border.  Charles is suffering from severe seizures that impact not only his abilities, but can cause serious harm to people around him, and it is up to Logan and their mutant friend, Caliban (Stephen Merchant), to care for him and make sure he's on his meds.      One day, along comes a young girl named Laura (Dafne Keen) who can't speak.  It becomes clear that she is a mutant and needs help.  She has escap

John Wick: Chapter 2

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane, Ruby Rose, Common, and Laurence Fishburne Directed by: Chad Stahelski Screenplay by: Derek Kolstad     Do you ever feel like watching a movie where all the characters seem to do is shoot each other in high-octane, high intensity action sequences all loosely blended together by a simplistic storyline?  Well, John Wick: Chapter 2, does that even better than the first one.  And the first one does it pretty well.     This movie picks up right where the last one left off.  John Wick (Keanu Reeves) has a new dog, after his first dog is killed by the son of a Russian mob boss in New York.  A man who was once retired from the hit man life has been dragged back into it by that unforeseen incident in the wake of his wife's death.  Now, in Chapter 2, there are no signs he wants out of the life again.  But wait, there's more!     An associate of John's named Santino D'Antonio is calling in a debt that John owes him.