Episode #48 – The New Mutants

With all the delays and reshoots, Josh Boone’s New Mutants may be the most cursed superhero movie to date. But now that it’s finally on VOD, we gave it a watch and found it to be better than we expected, though not without its flaws. On the good, there’s the cast of young actors (particularly Anya Taylor-Joy) and on the bad, there are some questionable story choices and the baffling decision to use Cecilia Reyes as someone the character never looked or acted like. Plus: why we’re over Christopher Nolan.

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Directed by Josh Boone
Written by Josh Boone and Knate Gwaltney
Based on characters and comics by Chris Claremont, Bob McLeod, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave Cockrum, Len Wein, Scott Lobdell, and Chris Pacheco

Cast

Blu Hunt – Danielle Moonstar / Mirage
Maisie Williams – Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane
Anya Taylor-Joy – Illyana Rasputin / Magik
Charlie Heaton – Sam Guthrie / Cannonball
Henry Zaga – Robert da Costa / Sunspot
Alice Braga – Dr. Cecilia Reyes
Adam Beach – Dani’s father
Thomas Kee – Thomas Guthrie
Happy Anderson – Reverend Craig
Colbi Gannett – Young Illyana
Dustin Ceithamer – Smiling Man
Marilyn Manson – Smiling Man (voice)

The New Mutants – Superhero Cinephiles

With all the delays and reshoots, Josh Boone's New Mutants may be the most cursed superhero movie to date. But now that it's finally on VOD, we gave it a watch and found it to be better than we expected, though not without its flaws. On the good, there's the cast of young actors (particularly Anya Taylor-Joy) and on the bad, there are some questionable story choices and the baffling decision to use Cecilia Reyes as someone the character never looked or acted like. Plus: why we're over Christopher Nolan.