X-Men: First Class
Directed By: Matthew Vaughn
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 ...
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Directed By: Gavin Hood
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Durand, will.i.am, Taylor Kitsch, and Lynn Collins
"I come with you, I'm coming for blood. No law, no code of conduct. You point me in the right direction, and you get the hell out of my way."
-Logan (Hugh Jackman)
Hugh Jackman is perfect to play the Wolverine. The only better casting of a superhero in the history of comic book movies is Robert Downey, Jr... Continue reading ...
X-Men: The Last Stand
Directed By: Brett Ratner
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones, and Patrick Stewart
"Don't let it control you."
-Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart)
Between 2005 and 2007, we didn't have the greatest comic book movies hitting theaters across the globe. Admittedly, we did have Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins in '05. However, we... Continue reading ...
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X2: X-Men United
Directed By: Bryan Singer
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Bruce Davison, and Anna Paquin
"Mutants. Since the discovery of their existence they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, often hatred. Across the planet, debate rages. Are mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain or simply a new species of humanity fighting for their share of the world? Either way it is a his... Continue reading ...
X-MenDirected By: Bryan Singer
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Bruce Davison, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Ray Park, and Anna Paquin
"Mutation: it is the key to our evolution. It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, and normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward."
-Professor Charles Xavier (... Continue reading ...
