Ever since Marvel started doing their thing to much fanfare and mountains of box office greenbacks, every other studio in Hollywood with superhero rights suddenly started coming down with a very contagious case of “shared universe-itis”. Fox was no exception, with veteran comic book writer Mark Millar being brought in 2012 to turn their X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises into a cohesive whole. …
The posters may not have been up to snuff when 20th Century Fox first began to show signs of the mutant gene for mass marketing, but the later versions have certainly evolved to be better than the usua; assortment of teal on orange assortments. X-Men: Days of Future Past is out soon, and that means that its time for a …
I like to think of X-Men: First Class as a solid new direction for the species known as Homo Cinematicus. It was a damn good movie, filled with new energy, a great cast and the swinging seventies. Fast forward a few years later, and the future looks rather crap. But hell, at least something has survived from the First Class …
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I must confess, that seeing how a film is made is sometimes even more fascinating to me than the end result. X-Men: Days of Future Past features a pretty diverse cast and filming locations, with numerous green screens lots being filled with all kinds of X-gadgets and sentinels. And fortunately, there’s a ton of new backstage passes being handed out …
We’ve already had one trailer for the upcoming mutant-palooza X-Men: Days of Future Past leave us slack-jawed, but since then we’ve had annoying Instagram teasers, magazine covers showing off bad costumes and a flood of onset pics from director Bryan Singer, none of which came close to getting us as excited as that first trailer did. But I think your raging nerd-ons …
The next X-Men movie that stars first and second graduating classes of mutants living in a world that hates and fears them isn’t even out yet, and already a sequel is being planned. Bryan Singer will return to direct X-Men: Apocalypse, which will take place after Days of Future Past. And get your ozone-layer killing deodarants, ladies shoulder pads and …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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