Mike & Matt’s X-Cellent Adventures – Episode 20: Deadpool & Wolverine

Hey remember when we brought our regular podcasting to a close 6 months ago by returning to the original X-Men movie? Well Disney decided to mine nostalgia for engagement too so we felt compelled to review their work.

Wolverine is back! Deadpool is in the MCU now! Cameos galore! A tribute to the Fox Marvel continuity! And yes, FULL SPOILERS on all of it.

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Ranking the Wolverine Films

With a new Wolverine film (a team-up with Deadpool) unexpectedly coming out, it seemed time to properly organize a Wolverine film rankings list. We are going to do something a little different with this list. We are going to include the various write-ups we have written over the years for these films when ranking X-Men films AND include new write-ups. We will update the list as needed

Other previous X-Men Articles:
Top 10 Performances in the X-Men Films
5 Takeaways from Re-Watching X-Men [2000]
8 Takeaways from the “The X-Men Adventure” in Spider-man and his Amazing Friends
7 Takeaways from the Juggernaut Episode of Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
11 Takeaways from the Pryde of the X-Men Pilot
7 Takeaways from The New Mutants
Top 7 Villainous Sidekicks in the X-Men Cinematic Universe

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The Reel World Podcasting Finale

The Detroit Pistons: Catch the Fever!

Nearly 8 years ago Mike & Matt dropped their first ever podcast reviewing X-Men. Since then Reel World podcasting grew and added more shows and hosts, but it’s now finally time to bring things to an end… of sorts.

We wouldn’t think of a more appropriate finale than to have the original hosts re-reviewing their first movie, and looking at how dramatically different superhero movies (and just blockbuster movies in general) have changed over the years.

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The Superhero Pantheon: Top 10 Favorite Performances

Jerome and Brian are caught up on movies now, so they decided to go over their favorite performances across over 40 years of superhero films. You know you like lists, so enjoy this one. 

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The Superhero Pantheon (Archive): X-Men & Iron Man

Jerome and Brian are back for another redux. This week, listen to their thoughts on the original X-Men movie, back when black leather was all the rage. Then listen to them as they discuss the very first MCU movie, Iron Man from 2008. Enjoy!

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Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: The Prestige

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The Movie: The Prestige (2006)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Two obsessive magicians cannot help themselves but be caught up a rivalry that ends multiple lives (most notably two wives) and reveals the dangers of toxic masculinity. Continue reading Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: The Prestige

Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Logan

Logan

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The Movie: Logan (2017)

One Sentence Plot Summary: Logan goes on one last ride and makes a family along the way. Continue reading Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Logan

Mike & Matt Finish (?) Ranking The (Fox) X-Men Movies

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Three(!!!) years ago Mike & Matt celebrated the conclusion of their X-Men podcast with an aggregated ranking of the films. In that time they got a better logo, two more movies have come out and some of their opinions have changed. Matt’s anyway. Mike writes his ideas in ink.

In any event, they did it again just in time to have missed the 20th anniversary of the first X-Men film by a few days. Wouldn’t have it any other way! Continue reading Mike & Matt Finish (?) Ranking The (Fox) X-Men Movies