“And by the way, the women are always saving the men around here. You might want to think about changing the name to X-Women.” -Raven/Mystique, X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019) Looks like Jennifer Lawrence’s mediocre talent may have been less another flatly-delivered line and more a prognostication ...
Read MoreIt’s funny how life imitates art; in the comic books, the New Mutants were notorious for being a young group of X-Men trainees facing traumatic experiences from the very beginning, with tragedy surrounding them as much as or even more than the actual X-Men or the original X-Factor. The same th...
Read MoreX-Men was a landmark movie that showed Hollywood that superhero films could be far more than leather costumes. Thanks in part to producer Avi Arad – who, at the time, was well-known for producing the X-Men and Spider-Man animated series for Fox Kids – 20th Century Fox picked up the movie rights ...
Read MoreReminiscing about the ‘90s is nothing new to comic book readers nowadays, from people who were around at that period to younger folks who are curious about what happened that decade regarding comics. The medium itself went through a lot; from the financial successes of “The Death of Superman...
Read MoreEveryone’s favorite telepath might have looked very familiar when Marvel’s Merry Mutants made their big-screen return. While promoting the upcoming Picard TV series, Patrick Stewart told Digital Spy that he had a meeting with Marvel president Kevin Feige regarding Professor Xavier, intimatin...
Read MoreThe New Mutants trailer opens with Alice Braga’s Dr. Reyes questioning Danielle “Dani” Moonstone about what happened to her. We see flashbacks of Dani and her brother running, an explosion erupting behind them. Reyes tells her that she survived because she’s different and promises he...
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