Harrison Abbott ranks the X-Men franchise from worst to best… With Dark Phoenix ostensibly serving as the last foray into the X-Men universe (pending The New Mutants ever getting released), now feels like an appropriate time to look back on everything the series has given us over the past 19 years. Granted, there have been […]
In Defense of Fox’s X-Men Franchise
With Dark Phoenix set for release this week, EJ Moreno looks back on Fox’s X-Men franchise… During the start of the Fox/Disney merger, the Internet took a sharp turn when it came to discussing the X-Men films. While it was never universally loved, the long-running comic book series never had such negativity surrounding it. With […]
The Four-Color Film Podcast #117 – X-Men: First Class
Allen Christian, Gerald James, and Lacey Day bring you a weekly podcast chronicling the ups and downs of comic-book-to-film adaptations from the very beginning. Every single one of them, as in-depth as each deserves… Allen, Gerald, Lacey, and John Hall join forces to talk about X-Men: First Class and… fetish gear. Gerald wants to wear leather pants […]
A Year To Forget: Will Greatness Elude Michael Fassbender?
Tom Jolliffe on a year to forget for Michael Fassbender, which leaves him at a potential career crossroads… For years, Michael Fassbender proved a live-wire. An actor of fierce intensity, devotion and depth, unafraid to put himself into the most extreme roles. Whether it was Hunger or Shame, he bared everything (in every sense of […]
UPDATE: Matthew Vaughn wanted to make a young Wolverine movie before X-Men: Days of Future Past
Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class breathed new life into a franchise in dire need of resuscitation after the fiasco that was Brett Ratner’s X-Men: The Last Stand. By going back to where it all started, Vaughn was able to flesh out the stories of the series’ two cornerstone characters: Charles Xavier and Magneto. What resulted […]
Making Sense Of The X-Men Movie Timeline(s)
Eric Bay-Andersen on making sense of the X-Men movie timeline(s)… To say that the X-Men movies are convoluted and confusing would be an understatement – over the past 17 years the franchise has seen multiple spin-offs, re-boots and re-castings, making any hope of coherence impossible. But there is a way to make (partial) sense out […]
How to fix the X-Men Cinematic Universe
Anghus Houvouras on how Fox can fix the X-Men: Cinematic Universe… Fox has been cultivating the X-Men cinematic universe for nearly two decades. It’s been that long since fans were first treated to Marvel’s most magnanimous mutants on the big screen. The first X-Men movie wasn’t perfect, but it was a solid first entry into […]
X-Men: The real Apocalypse is its continuity!
Tony Black attempts to make sense of the continuity of the X-Men franchise… Have you ever attempted to make sense of the X-Men movie continuity? As in pick apart the entire timeline of events across the eight, soon to be nine films in the franchise? Of course not, you all have lives. You have friends […]
The Week in Spandex – Jessica Jones, Captain America: Civil War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, X-Men: Apocalypse, Gambit, Wonder Woman, Justice League Dark, Justice League Mortal, The Flash, Arrow and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Jessica Jones, Captain Marvel, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Doctor Strange, Captain America: Civil War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Ant-Man, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: First Class, Gambit, Wonder Woman, Justice League Mortal, Justice […]
James McAvoy details a ridiculous deleted scene from X-Men: First Class
During an interview with IGN to promote the release of his new film Victor Frankenstein, James McAvoy has detailed what would surely have been a rather horrendous scene from X-Men: First Class. “There was actually a scene in X-Men: First Class where we come up against somebody so dumb that I can’t mind bend him,” […]