Looking back, the year 2000 was pretty weird. Y2K paranoia aside, in 2000, Shaq and Kobe were friends, computers shrieked when you were connecting to the internet, and superhero movies were a joke – campy novelties with a thing for rubber nipples. Then Bryan Singer’s X-Men came along. Depth, wit,
Tag: X-Men
Deadpool
Amidst a cliché plot, Deadpool works best when it breaks the fourth wall and pokes fun at not only its own studio and its past mistakes, but also at the whole trend of superhero franchises in general. The movie may not exceed expectations per se, but it does meet them with its combination of
It looks like ‘Gambit’ won’t be Channing all over your Tatum
A lot of passion projects have been starting to take flight these recent years in Hollywood. From the Deadpool movie finally getting a green light after some “leaked” footage, to Neil Blomkamp’s Alien 5 reboot/sequel, even Marvel’s recent blockbuster, Ant-man, was once a passion project of Edgar Wright (you know, before he
Mutants seem to age very well in new ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ images…. and btw, Apocalypse!
I think it’s safe to say that, around the internet, a lot of naysayers arose after getting a first glimpse of the titular villain in the leaked X-Men: Apocalypse Comic-Con teaser. Albeit the footage was unfinished and was in below standard quality, that didn’t stop fanboys’ cries that the X-Men big bad
‘Apocalypse’ Now: Leaked footage of Oscar Isaac as main villain in ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’
Peanut Butter and Jelly, Batman and Robin, The April Boys, Comic Con and Leaks… In the history of the greatest things that go together, there’s nothing that can send fanboys from around the world salivating, insides tingling, better than some good cam footage from Comic Con. Our newest leak today
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Thrilling in every way but one, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” is the technically virtuous, wildly entertaining film that is to redeem its enduring franchise from its ostensible death marked by Brett Ratner’s butchered third film, “The Last Stand.” If this so-redemption hasn’t been done already in Matthew Vaughn’s 2011 prequel
