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‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Trailer: The End Is Nigh for Marvel’s Mutants
‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Trailer: The End Is Nigh for Marvel’s Mutants
‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Trailer: The End Is Nigh for Marvel’s Mutants
I’m an old enough nerd to remember when the first X-Men movie came out in theaters. At that time, comic books were not the number one driver of all things in popular culture. Bryan Singer’s X-Men certainly featured all the comic’s beloved heroes and villains, but there did seem like there was a concerted effort to tamp down some of their comic-book-ness. Everyone dressed in black. There was no spandex. The story was grounded in weighty real-world themes like prejudice and vengeance. It was the X-Men you knew, but watered down just a bit. It was a rum and coke, not a shot of gin. X-Men: Apocalypse, in comparison, looks like a bottle of Beefeater.
Hugh Jackman Sounds Like He’s Done Playing Wolverine
Hugh Jackman Sounds Like He’s Done Playing Wolverine
Hugh Jackman Sounds Like He’s Done Playing Wolverine
Hugh Jackman has been playing the clawed, mutant superhero Wolverine since the first 'X-Men' movie back in 2000; a run that has spanned six films. Like all things that last longer than a decade, it's starting to get a little old for Jackman. Although we can still look forward to his take on the iconic superhero in 'The Wolverine' and 'X-Men: Days of Future Past,' it sounds like Jackman's days as a
Weekend Box Office: ‘X-Men: First Class’ Underwhelms, But I Still Liked It
Weekend Box Office: ‘X-Men: First Class’ Underwhelms, But I Still Liked It
Weekend Box Office: ‘X-Men: First Class’ Underwhelms, But I Still Liked It
As many predicted, 'X-Men: First Class' easily took the top spot at the box office this weekend. Beating out 'The Hangover: Part 2' by more than 20 million dollars. Still, the Marvel reboot, which traced the beginnings of the 'X-Men' characters, managed to fall well below expectations, taking in just $56.0 million. To put things in perspective: That's the lowest debut by an 'X-Men' movie since the