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'Deadpool & Wolverine' review: Guffaws, gore and guests galore

'Deadpool & Wolverine' review: Guffaws, gore and guests galore

Fred Hawson

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Six years after the events of "Deadpool 2", Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) had separated from his fiance Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), retired from being Deadpool and was working as a used-care salesman instead. 

One night, Wade was celebrating his birthday when he was abducted by Time Variance Authority (TVA) agent Mr. Paradox (Matthew MacFadyen) and sent on a mission to find Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to restore order to his timeline. 

This is a highly-anticipated film because it welcomes two popular Marvel characters from 20th Century Fox into the Marvel Cinematic Universe under Disney Studios. 

It is also notable that Disney maintained the R rating of "Deadpool," so the "strong violence and language throughout" which audiences enjoyed before will definitely stay. And stay they did, as blood and guts were already splattering around right at the opening credits!

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Along with Deadpool, also making their MCU debuts are his friends from the last movie -- co-worker Peter (Rob Delaney), elderly roommate Blind Al (Leslie Uggams), and X-force members: Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), her girlfriend Yukio (Shioli Kutsuna), steel-bodied giant Colossus (Stefan Kapičić) among others.

 Many more stellar superhero characters will show up, but those you just have to see for yourself, and cheer!

Deadpool's hilarious signature "breaking of the fourth wall" went way into overdrive here than before. He would literally stop in the middle of a scene, and step away to talk to the audience, even grabbing the camera at one point. There was a scene where he called Hugh (Jackman) by his real name and mocked his Australian accent. He even talked about the downfall of 20th Century Fox and the fatigue over 'Multiverse"-themed superhero movies.  

The main driving force of this Shawn Levy film is the terrific interaction between the two title characters who both have the power of regenerative healing, which meant that they can slash, stab, impale, shred through each other with their Adamantium blades and survive to inflict more. On a more humorous vein, there was a generous dose of gay bromance gags between the two guys, peaking in that climactic costume-popping "Time Ripper" scene. Both Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman went all out for this, and fans love them for giving their all.

The main antagonist was the telepath Cassandra Nova (Emma Corrin), who can literally get her hand in her enemy's head. 

If there was a negative, it's probably that long street fight scene with multiple iterations of one character which petered out in a weak ending. The pop music choices for the brutal fight scenes were surprising -- from Olivia Newton-John to Madonna! It is difficult to describe this film without going into spoiler territory, but it is enough to say that it was bloody fun all throughout, with exciting guest cameos to thrill Marvel fans. 9/10. 



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Vice Ganda’s MMFF movie to premiere in 20th Osaka Asian Film Festival

Vice Ganda’s MMFF movie to premiere in 20th Osaka Asian Film Festival

MJ Felipe,

ABS-CBN News

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“And The Breadwinner Is…” is on its way to Japan. 

The top-grossing 50th Metro Manila Film Festvial film has been selected by the 20th Osaka Asian Film Festival as the official representative from the Philippines. 

The movie will premiere at the Spotlight section of the film festival, that will run from March 14 to 23, 2025.

This news was shared by the movie director Jun Robles Lana. 

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Based on the schedule, the Vice Ganda movie will screen on the following dates and times: March 18, Tuesday at 3:30PM JPT and March 21, Friday 6:50PM JPT at the Theater Umeda, Cinema 4.

Coincidentally, the movie won three major awards at the Platinum Stallion Media Awards including Film of the Year, Film Director of the Year for Lana and Best Film Artist for Vice Ganda, who personally accepted the awards.

Producers of the film have yet to release the final gross of the movie after its extended three-week theatrical run in cinemas nationwide, as part of the 50th MMFF celebration.

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