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X-Men Days of Future Past

X-Men: Dark Phoenix movie review: dark matter, done way too light

Wed, Jun 05, 2019
108 comments

A lazy treadmill of a sci-fi morality play that wastes a terrific cast. A numbingly dull game of mutant checkers that has no idea how to tell a woman’s story except filtered through the eyes of men.

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curated: everything that’s wrong with Hollywood today.

Sun, Jun 25, 2017
3 comments

This is ridiculous.

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X-Men: Apocalypse movie review: everyone knows the third movie is always the worst

Thu, May 19, 2016
23 comments

About precisely nothing other than pure pulp comic-book soap-opera rigmarole, overshadowed by clichés, implausibilities, and missed opportunities.

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87th Academy Awards: the Oscar nominees (and winners) for 2015

Mon, Feb 23, 2015
4 comments

Now with winners indicated.

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Where Are the Women? X-Men: Days of Future Past

Sun, Feb 08, 2015
5 comments

Jennifer Lawrence’s complex antagonist and lots of female mutants make for a respectable showing, particularly for the genre. [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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X-Men: Days of Future Past movie review: time for hope

Mon, May 19, 2014
45 comments

With its time-twisting plot, sci-fi soapiness, powerful humanism, and to-die-for cast, this is the summer blockbuster done with elegance and heart.

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London photo: a gathering of mutants

Tue, May 13, 2014
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Mutants gathering in Leicester Square yesterday afternoon, preparing to honor X-Men: Days of Future Past at its premiere last night.

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London photo: geeksplosion in Leicester Square

Tue, May 13, 2014
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Breaking down the bling from last night’s Godzilla premiere while putting up the decorations for tonight’s “blue carpet” for X-Men: Days of Future Past…

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Hugh Jackman sings Les Mis’s “Who Am I” as Wolverine

Sat, Mar 29, 2014
2 comments

You’re welcome.

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what movies are you most looking forward to in 2014?

Mon, Jan 06, 2014
21 comments

The calendar has turned, a new year is here, and it’s a good time to look ahead.

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