Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Movies I Have Seen - June 2025 (1 movie)

 

12 Movies


Mickey 17. 2025, Starring 



Crave, June 1, 2025, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "



Deadpool & Wolverine. 2024, Starring 


  • Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool:
    A wisecracking mercenary from Earth-10005 with accelerated healing but severe scarring over his body after undergoing an experimental regenerative mutation to treat terminal cancer.[6] Wade begins the film retired from being Deadpool, no longer dating Vanessa Carlysle, and working as a used car salesman.[7] Writer Rhett Reese described Deadpool as a fish-out-of water in the film, a lunatic dropped into the "sane world" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).[8] Though Reynolds said the audience did not have to take Deadpool seriously, particularly with his fourth wall breaking and unreliable narration, he wanted them to be invested in the other characters.[9] Deadpool's opening dance number was performed by Nick Pauley, who is credited as "Dancepool".[10][11] Reynolds also portrays the alternate universe "variant" Nicepool,[d] who has no scars or healing factor, for which he is credited as "Gordon Reynolds".[5][13]
  • Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine:
    A mutant and former member of the X-Men with healing abilities, retractable claws, and an adamantium-infused skeleton.[14] This Wolverine is a variant from a universe that he let down.[7][15] This, and the pairing with Deadpool, allowed Jackman to explore new aspects of the character from his appearances as a different version of Wolverine in 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series.[9][16] Jackman said Logan and Wade are opposites and have a "quarreling dynamic",[17] while director Shawn Levy said their relationship is affected by both characters being "haunted with regret".[9] They chose to depict the character's backstory, including the deaths of his fellow X-Men, through sound design only to keep the focus on Wolverine's regrets rather than on the appearances of other characters.[18] To prepare for the role, Jackman began a vigorous workout routine that included eating up to 8,000 calories a day.[19] Jackman also portrays several other Wolverine variants: one possessing the character's comic book-accurate height of 5 feet 3 inches (160 cm), with actor Luke Bennett serving as body double;[20] Wolverine's gambling alter-ego Patch, who wears an eyepatch and white tuxedo; an Old Man Logan variant; a variant being crucified on a giant X, inspired by the cover of Uncanny X-Men #251 (July 1989); a variant wearing a brown costume who fights the Hulk, referencing the cover of The Incredible Hulk #340 (October 1987); and an Age of Apocalypse (1995) variant with glam rock hair, one hand, and a black-and-red costume.[21]
  • Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova:
    A mutant with telekinetic and telepathic powers who is the twin sister of Charles Xavier. She rules over the Void, a wasteland at the end of time.[22][23] Having not played many villains before, Corrin was excited to take on the role and was inspired by Christoph Waltz's character Hans Landa from the film Inglourious Basterds (2009).[24][25] Reynolds and Levy explained Cassandra to Corrin as someone who would endear others to the point that "you are going to be best friends for life", only to realize she could easily kill them.[7] Corrin was interested in having a physical transformation for the role but was told by the studio that this was not required for the character.[26] Corrin also wanted to pay homage to Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy's performances as Xavier in previous X-Men films, and to be faithful to Cassandra's relationship with Xavier in the comics.[27]
  • Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Carlysle: Wade's former fiancée.[28][29] Baccarin noted that she has a smaller role compared to the previous Deadpool films.[30]
  • Rob Delaney as Peter Wisdom: A member of Wade's X-Force team who works with him at the car dealership. Peter encourages Wade to return to his life as Deadpool.[31]
  • Leslie Uggams as Blind Al: Wade's blind, elderly roommate[32]
  • Aaron Stanford as John Allerdyce / Pyro: A pyrokinetic mutant working for Cassandra.[22][33] Stanford wears a more comics-accurate costume than he did in Fox's X-Men films.[7]
  • Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Paradox:
    An agent of the Time Variance Authority (TVA), an organization outside of time and space that monitors the multiverse. Paradox plans to speed up the death of Earth-10005 with a "Time Ripper" machine.[5] Macfadyen said the character was untrustworthy but not a villain, though he thought Paradox would prefer to be a supervillain or superhero rather than being stuck doing "a mundane thing of monitoring the timelines in the multiverse".[34]

Also reprising their roles from the previous Deadpool films are: Karan Soni as Dopinder, a taxi driver and admirer of Wade;[32] Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, a teenage member of the X-Men with the mutant power to detonate atomic bursts from her body;[35] Shioli Kutsuna as Yukio, Negasonic Teenage Warhead's girlfriend and fellow X-Men member;[35] Stefan Kapičić as the voice of X-Men member Piotr Rasputin / Colossus;[36] Randal Reeder as Buck, a friend of Wade from his mercenary days;[37] and Lewis Tan as Rusty / Shatterstar, a member of X-Force.[22] Returning from other Marvel properties are: Tyler Mane as Victor Creed / Sabretooth from X-Men (2000);[38][39] Dafne Keen as Laura / X-23, a female clone of Logan, from Logan (2017);[39][23] Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios, a skilled fighter who uses a pair of sai weapons, from Daredevil (2003) and Elektra (2005);[40][23] Wesley Snipes as the half-vampire "daywalker" Eric Brooks / Blade from New Line Cinema's Blade film trilogy (1998–2004); and Chris Evans as Johnny Storm / Human Torch—a member of the Fantastic Four who can engulf himself in and control fire, and fly—from Tim Story's Fantastic Four duology (2005–2007).[23] Jon Favreau reprises his MCU role of Harold "Happy" Hogan,[5] while Wunmi Mosaku returns as TVA member Hunter B-15 from the MCU television series Loki (2021–2023).[41] Additionally, Channing Tatum appears as Remy LeBeau / Gambit, the character he was attached to portray in an unproduced Gambit film.[23]

New actors playing characters from previous Marvel films include: Aaron W. Reed as Cain Marko / Juggernaut, Mike Waters as Fred Dukes / Blob,[10] and the uncredited Billy Clements as the Russian,[42] Ayesha Hussain as Psylocke,[10] Chloe Kibble as Callisto,[43] Jade Lye as Lady Deathstrike, Eduardo Gago Munoz as Azazel, Daniel Medina Ramos as Toad,[10] and Curtis Small as Bullseye.[44] Actors playing Deadpool variants include: Peggy, a dog actor, as Mary Puppins / Dogpool;[45] Reynolds's wife Blake Lively as the voice of Ladypool, who was physically portrayed by stuntwoman Christiaan Bettridge;[46][47] two of Reynolds and Lively's children, Inez and Olin, as the voices of Kidpool and Babypool, respectively;[48] Nathan Fillion as the voice of Headpool, a floating severed head; Matthew McConaughey as the voice of Cowboypool;[49] Wrexham A.F.C. player Paul Mullin as Welshpool; Reynolds's stunt double Alex Kyshkovych as Canadapool;[50] Harry Holland—brother of Tom Holland, who portrays Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the MCU—as Haroldpool;[51] Kevin Fortin as the grey-hooded Zenpool; and Hung Dante Dong as Watari / Roninpool.[50] Other Deadpool variants include: the futuristic Deadpool 2099; "Wheezy Wilson" / Golden Age Deadpool, whose suit features a gas mask;[13] Iron Deadpool, a cross between Deadpool and Iron Man;[48] and one inspired by Jackman's role as P. T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman (2017).[52] Other cameo appearances include Henry Cavill as a Wolverine variant dubbed "The Cavillrine",[53] Wrexham A.F.C. player Ollie Palmer as a bar patron,[54] and Greg Hemphill as a bartender.[55] Chris Hemsworth appears as Thor through repurposed archival footage from the MCU film Thor: The Dark World (2013). 


Crave, June 7, 2025. Soundtrack: "



Trivia: 

"Nicepool" is credited to Ryan Reynolds's fictitious twin brother Gordon Reynolds.

Special thanks are given to "Truthful Timmy The Blowjob Queen of Saskatoon", named from the line Deadpool uses in the film.


The Alto Knights. 2025, Starring 



Crave, June 9, 2025. Soundtrack: "



Snowmaggedon. 2011, Starring 



Crave, June 10, 2025, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "Here We Come a-Wassailing", "Joy To The World" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" - Performed by Occidental College Glee Club; "Midday Monster" - Performed by Teaneck. 


Malibu Shark Attack. 2009 (Australian/ Canadian TV Movie), Starring 



HBO, June 11, 2025, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: 


On A Summer Breeze


Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls. 1970, Starring 


Cast notes


On Demand, June 2025. Soundtrack: "



Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. 1953, Starring 



Hollywood Suite, June 15, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "




The Beguiled. 1971, Starring 



Hollywood Suite, June 22, 2025. Soundtrack: "



Anachronisms: 

When McBurney is playing cards, the deck has both the symbols (hearts, spades, etc.) and the number in the corner. Numbers were not printed on cards until 1864 and it was extremely rare to see a deck with them until 20-30 years after the war.

Edwina sings a couple of lines from the gospel song "In the Garden", which wasn't written until 1912, more than 50 years after the time period of the story.


Earth vs. The Flying Saucers. 1956, Starring 



Hollywood Suite, June 22, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: Composed by Mischa Bakaleinikoff. Anachronism: 

When rocket 12 is being readied for launch, a Redstone rocket (state-of-the-art in 1956) is seen on the launch pad. However, after the saucer-men's attack, the rocket shown burning is an old WWII era V-2.


Killing Them Softly. 2012, Starring 



Hollywood Suite, June 26. Soundtrack: "



Not Anachronism: 

The movie is set in 2008, as evidenced by political ads, but a late model (2009 or later) white Mazda sedan can be seen on the street in one of the scenes. Model years are typically released in the prior calendar year.


Mountainhead. 2025 (HBO), Starring 



Crave, June 29, 2025. Soundtrack: Composed by Nicholas Britell. 


San Andreas. 2015, Starring 


  • Dwayne Johnson as Raymond "Ray" Gaines, a chief rescue helicopter pilot with the Los Angeles Fire Department
  • Carla Gugino as Emma Gaines, Ray's estranged wife
  • Alexandra Daddario as Blake Gaines, Ray and Emma's daughter
  • Ioan Gruffudd as Daniel Riddick, Emma's boyfriend and the owner of a civil engineering firm
  • Archie Panjabi as Serena Johnson, a news reporter
  • Paul Giamatti as Dr. Lawrence Hayes, a Caltech seismologist
  • Hugo Johnstone-Burt as Ben Taylor, Ollie's older brother, an English engineer and Blake's love interest
  • Art Parkinson as Ollie Taylor, Ben's younger brother
  • Will Yun Lee as Dr. Kim Park, a Caltech seismologist, and Lawrence's research partner and closest friend
  • Kylie Minogue as Susan Riddick, Daniel's sister
  • Alec Utgoff as Alexi, Lawrence's student
  • Todd Williams as Marcus Crowlings, a fellow Los Angeles Fire Department rescue helicopter winch operator
  • Marissa Neitling as Phoebe, Lawrence's student
  • Matt Gerald as Harrison Rhodes, a fellow Los Angeles Fire Department rescue helicopter co pilot
  • Colton Haynes as Joby O'Leary, a Los Angeles Fire Department rescue helicopter winchman
  • Arabella Morton as Mallory Gaines, Ray and Emma's other daughter and Blake's sister, who drowned in a rafting accident (flashback)
  • Morgan Griffin as Natalie
  • Breanne Hill as Larissa, a waitress
  • Julian Shaw as Stoner
  • John Reynolds as Daniel's driver
  • Hugh Francis as Daniel's assistant
  • Brad McMurry as Riddick Building Security Guard
  • Ben McIvor as Dylan, Serena's cameraman
  • Joey Vieira as a man in parking garage


Crave, June 29, 2025, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "



Trivia: 

It's been widely felt that Johnson and Daddario were too close in age to play father and daughter. Oddly, the same has also been felt with Lorne Greene and Ava Gardner in another earthquake-disaster film, Earthquake (1974).













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