The Wolverine

While a marked improvement over 2009’s forgettable X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Hugh Jackman’s latest outing—his 6th as the snarling, talon-fingered mutant Logan—is a middling picture, welcomely understated as summer action pictures go. But that doesn’t exactly make it good. Directed by James Mangold, the expert…

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The Conjuring

James Wan’s splendidly creepy, first-class haunted house picture The Conjuring is a welcome throwback to a genre all but forgotten by Hollywood’s labored, modern CGI thrillers.  Featuring expert craftsmanship that makes superlative use of light, darkness, sound and production design, The Conjuring is a high-order…

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