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X-Men First Class

X-Men: First Class (review)

Fri, May 27, 2011
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“Best. Comic Book Movie. Evah!” So my inner fangirl is screaming at the moment as she does a little happy Snoopy dance.

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inconsistent embargo ugliness rears its ugly head again with ‘X-Men: First Class’

Mon, May 23, 2011
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I have not seen X-Men: First Class yet. I’ll see it tomorrow evening. Right around 24 hours from now, I will have an unbearable urge to send a tweet out to the Net as I emerge from my screening, to let you all know what my inital reaction is. And I will have to strangle that urge in a way that other critics haven’t had to…

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question of the day: Do comic-book movies make you want to read comic books more than you already do?

Thu, May 12, 2011
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If it’s summer, it must be time for the comic-book movies. But is there something else at work besides getting butts into seats with familiar characters with built-in appeal? Could it all be a nefarious plan to turn non-comic readers into comic buyers?

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question of the day: Do hotly anticipated geek films suffer from Too Many Trailers syndrome?

Fri, Apr 29, 2011
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There’s a new trailer for X-Men: First Class out! Yes, another one. Enough already? Are are you always eager for more?

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you know what sucks? the official ‘X-Men: First Class’ posters

Fri, Apr 22, 2011
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You know what doesn’t suck? The two amazing fan posters Fox knows about and could be using instead…

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trailer break: ‘X-Men: First Class’

Tue, Mar 22, 2011
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Oh man, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender? Yum.

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‘Inception’ attacks ‘X-Men: First Class’; pushing back against 3D; Lisbeth Salander does not eat pray love; more: leftover links

Sun, Aug 08, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused…

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