Logan (Original title)Logan Noir (Alternative title)
Date: 2017 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: James Mangold
Synopsis: In the isolated borderlands of New Mexico the ageing mutant superheroes Logan and Charles Xavier hide from the world. When a young girl mutant with several similarities to Logan appears where they live they are drawn back into conflicts they thought they had escaped.
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Subjects: Mutation, Ageing
Releases
Date: 01 March 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 135 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Date: 03 March 2017Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 135 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Title: ‘Nothing else besides a father’: Logan and the paternal melodramaAuthor: Banarjee, KoelArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Argues that contemporary superhero films have helped establish a new genre of melodrama that deals with paternal sacrifice. Analyses James Mangold’s ‘Logan’ (2017), the tenth instalment of the X-Men film franchise, as an example of paternal melodrama evoked by themes of family sacrifice and the eternal search for home.
In: Science fiction film and television v12 n3 Autumn 2019 Pages: 381-389
Title: Notes on the 'formulaic'Author: Reiff, Michael C.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A review essay of 'Logan' (2017).
Date: 2017 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: James Mangold
Synopsis: In the isolated borderlands of New Mexico the ageing mutant superheroes Logan and Charles Xavier hide from the world. When a young girl mutant with several similarities to Logan appears where they live they are drawn back into conflicts they thought they had escaped.
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Subjects: Mutation, Ageing
Releases
Date: 01 March 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 135 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Date: 03 March 2017Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 135 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
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In: Screen v63 n3 Autumn 2022 Pages: 367-385Title: ‘Nothing else besides a father’: Logan and the paternal melodramaAuthor: Banarjee, KoelArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Argues that contemporary superhero films have helped establish a new genre of melodrama that deals with paternal sacrifice. Analyses James Mangold’s ‘Logan’ (2017), the tenth instalment of the X-Men film franchise, as an example of paternal melodrama evoked by themes of family sacrifice and the eternal search for home.
In: Science fiction film and television v12 n3 Autumn 2019 Pages: 381-389
Title: Notes on the 'formulaic'Author: Reiff, Michael C.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A review essay of 'Logan' (2017).