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This is Chris Shelton with the Critical Picture, movie reviews you can count on. This time we are looking at Logan, the latest in the X-Men series and last of the Wolverine movies, directed by James Mangold from his story and starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard Grant, Boyd Holbrook and Dafne Keen.

Okay, so first I’m just going to say “Wow!” This movie is not at all what anyone has come to expect from superhero movies, which have definitely been a genre unto themselves, I’d say ever since Iron Man debuted the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase I in 2007. Now the X-Men movies are not part of the MCU but because of complicated copyright issues, have been in their own universe separate from the rest of the MCU since the first X-Men in 2000. But besides this universe and that universe, here’s my actual point: this movie goes beyond a good superhero movie. Logan is just a damn good movie, period. The only other film in the superhero category that I’ve ever been able to say that about was Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, which despite some plot holes and inconsistency, was a movie experience unlike any other I’ve ever had. At least until now.Read More »Logan movie review