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X-Men: The Last Stand Turns 15 – Where The X-Franchise First Went Wrong

May 29, 2021 by Ricky Church

Ricky Church revisits X-Men: The Last Stand on its 15th anniversary… Superhero films may be all the rage now, but in the early 2000s they were rarely in development with only two or maybe three produced a year compared to the several we have now. In those early years of of the superhero genre, one […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Ricky Church Tagged With: Brett Ratner, Famke Janssen, Hugh Jackman, Marvel, Patrick Stewart, X-Men, X-Men: The Last Stand

Vinnie Jones slams Brett Ratner over Juggernaut role in X-Men: The Last Stand

August 3, 2020 by Gary Collinson

During an interview with Comic Book Movie to promote the release of his new film The Big Ugly, footballer-turned-movie star Vinnie Jones was asked for his recollections working on 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand, and whether he enjoyed his experience portraying the role of the Juggernaut. Well, it turns out he didn’t – and he […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Brett Ratner, Marvel, Vinnie Jones, X-Men, X-Men: The Last Stand

In Defense of Fox’s X-Men Franchise

July 1, 2019 by EJ Moreno

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 many fans wanting to see these characters find […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Movies Tagged With: Logan, Marvel, X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: The Last Stand, X2: X-Men United

Ranking Fox’s X-Men Franchise from Worst to Best

June 1, 2019 by Harrison Abbott

Harrison Abbott ranks Fox’s X-Men franchise from worst to best… With X-Men: Dark Phoenix bringing the curtain down on the franchise, now feels like an appropriate time to look back on everything that Fox’s X-Men series gave us over the past two decades. Granted, there have been peaks and troughs. However, I maintain that the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Harrison Abbott, Movies Tagged With: Brett Ratner, Bryan Singer, David Benioff, Deadpool, Deadpool 2, Frank Miller, Ian McKellen, James Mangold, James McAvoy, Logan, Marvel, Matthew Vaughn, Patrick Stewart, Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese, Ryan Reynolds, Skip Woods, The New Mutants, The Wolverine, Tim Miller, X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: The Last Stand, X2: X-Men United

X-Men: Dark Phoenix director says The Last Stand made the mistake of not going cosmic

April 2, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Simon Kinberg, the director of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, says that X-Men: Last Stand’s‘s mistake was that it didn’t go cosmic. The latest adaptation of The Dark Phoenix Saga will soon hit our screens with Simon Kinberg’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix. This famous comic storyline has made it to cinemas once before with X-Men: The Last Stand, […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Marvel, Simon Kinberg, X-Men, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, X-Men: The Last Stand

Dark Phoenix director apologises for X-Men: The Last Stand

October 7, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

Long time X-Men writer and producer Simon Kinberg is set to bring the classic X-Men storyline The Dark Phoenix Saga to the big screen next year in X-Men: Dark Phoenix, having already taken one crack at the source material as screenwriter on X-Men: The Last Stand. The 2006 film was widely criticised by fans, particularly for […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, Simon Kinberg, X-Men, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, X-Men: The Last Stand

Making Sense Of The X-Men Movie Timeline(s)

March 9, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Eric Bay-Andersen, Movies Tagged With: Logan, Marvel, The Wolverine, Wolverine, Wolverine Origins, X-Men, X-Men 2, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: The Last Stand, X2: X-Men United

How to fix the X-Men Cinematic Universe

February 27, 2017 by Anghus Houvouras

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 […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Movies Tagged With: Deadpool, Logan, Marvel, Wolverine, X-Men, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: The Last Stand, X2: X-Men United

X-Men: The real Apocalypse is its continuity!

May 24, 2016 by Tony Black

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tony Black Tagged With: Alan Cumming, Alexandra Shipp, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Bryan Singer, Chris Claremont, Danny Huston, Deadpool, Ellen Page, Famke Janssen, Frank Miller, Gavin Hood, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, James Mangold, James Marsden, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Kelsey Grammer, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Liev Schreiber, Lucas Till, Matthew Vaughn, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Olivia Williams, Patrick Stewart, Peter Dinklage, Rebecca Romijn, Rose Byrne, Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Ashmore, Simon Kinberg, Sophie Turner, Superman Returns, Taylor Kitsch, Terminator, The Wolverine, The Wolverine 3, Tye Sheridan, Tyler Mane, X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: The Last Stand, X2: X-Men United

Simon Kinberg and Bryan Singer open to revisiting X-Men’s Dark Phoenix Saga

January 22, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Among the numerous criticisms aimed at X-Men: The Last Stand was the film’s rather poor attempt at adapting the Dark Phoenix Saga storyline. Well, now that X-Men: Days of Future Past has erased that movie from the timeline, and X-Men: Apocalypse is reintroducing Jean Grey with Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner, might we see […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Bryan Singer, Marvel, Simon Kinberg, Sophie Turner, X-Men, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: The Last Stand

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