X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009; Rated Rated PG-13)  X-Men
Origins: Wolverine  “He slices, he dices, he has really bad
facial hair.”  -Richard Roeper  X-Men Origins: Wolverine Review
X-Men Origins: Wolverine  (2009; PG-13)  In theaters: Friday, 1
May 2009   Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller  Gavin
Hood  Hugh Jackman  "Wolverine" might have been a more
satisfying superhero escapist adventure if the bar hadn't been
raised in recent years by the Spidey franchise, "Iron Man," "The
Dark Knight" and even the Edward Norton "Hulk" movie, among
others.  Now, it just seems uninspired and predictable. The CGI
effects are pretty cool, Hugh Jackman's a bona fide movie star
and we get a couple of exciting fight scenes, but so what? This
does not feel like a franchise film. The first two "X-Men"
movies managed to give us more depth and character development
even while painting on a much broader canvas. Now we're focusing
mainly on just the one X-Man in the making, yet the story seems
thinner. We don't know much mor