Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, January Jones, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon
"I believe that true focus lies somewhere between rage and serenity." -Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy)
Aside from Hugh Jackman's solo outing in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, there's always been a pervasive theme in the X-Men movies comparing the fight for mutant rights to the Civil Rights Movement. In my review of the original X... Continue reading ...
Posted by Zach Davis on Tuesday, February 7, 2012,
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X-Men: First Class Zach Davis
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon
X-Men: First Class is Matthew Vaughn’s fourth time out as a director. After having madeLayercake,Stardust, andKick-Ass,First Classmarks the first time he has worked with a budget of more than $100 million. The problem withFirst Classis a common one amongst comic book movies. Vaughn tries to force too much trivia into the film.
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Unknown Zach Davis
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Starring: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz, and Frank Langella
Movies are a safe haven for the unbelievable and the impossible, and this should never change. Some movies can take these two things too far, andUnknown is a guilty party in that respect. Jaume Collet-Serra’sUnknown works around an interesting premise but delivers a predictable plot that gets quite ridiculous at times. This Liam Neeson action ve... Continue reading ...
