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Sep 2023
57m 58s

Logan (2017) and Evil Dead Rise (2023)

Simon Brew
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R-rated movies from major studios. R-rated comic book movies from major studios. R-rated comic book movies that don't even mention the name of the umbrella franchise in the title. These were not the norm when Hugh Jackman and writer/director James Mangold somehow talked 20th Century Fox into what became Logan. Yet ironically, as the mainline X-Men franchise ... Show More
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