The Innocents (De uskyldige)
A telekinetic child (Alva Brynsmo Ramstad) and her little sister (Rakel Lenora Fløttum) move house in this Scandinavian chiller they should have called Carrie and Alexander. The Innocents has less […]
Tag Archives: X-Men
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
The latest and probably final film in the original Marvel cinematic universe takes place some time after they gave up trying to maintain any kind of continuity in the franchise. […]
Logan
In 2029, Logan (Hugh Jackman) and Charles (Patrick Stewart) are hiding out on the Mexican border, when the young Laura (Dafne Keen) shows up, forcing the three mutants on the run. […]
Hell or High Water
Chris Pine and Ben Foster co-star in Hell or High Water; not the first time the Star Trek and X-Men universes have converged, and it sure as hell won’t be […]
X-Men: Apocalypse
Soon after the events of Days of Future Past (or before?) a super-mutant is resurrected in Egypt. Among his powers are the ability to manipulate matter, the ability to enhance […]
Deadpool
Ryan Reynolds plays Deadpool, a disfigured mutant who sets out to do to his enemies what he did to Green Lantern. And R.I.P.D. And Blade: Trinity. When we last saw […]
Scanners
David Cronenberg, the Canadian King of Venereal Horror, writes and directs Scanners – a sci-fi/horror film about individuals with telekinetic powers, weaponised by the ConSec corporation. Let’s call it The Canadian Candidate. Released in […]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The “X-Men Origins” prefix looks a little silly now it’s not been followed up with any other characters’ backstories, which is ironically the fault of this film and its dismal […]
X-Men Days of Future Past
Beginning in a post apocalyptic world where giant robots hunt down mutants, a handful of our old friends from X-Men 1-3 fight for survival. Old feuds have been set aside […]
X-Men: First Class
I don’t know much about the Cuban missile crisis, and I certainly didn’t realise the extent of Kevin Bacon’s involvement. Obviously I knew he had something to do with it, […]
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