Incredibly…Underwhelming | Review of ‘Glass’

Unfortunately underwhelming film that under utilizes such great characters and actors. Continue reading Incredibly…Underwhelming | Review of ‘Glass’

Shyamalan Does it Again | Review of ‘Split’

By Cynthia Ayala

Split starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley & Haley Lu Richardson
Universal Pictures
Image Credit: IMDB

“Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities, they must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.”

—IMDB

Shyamalan does it again. Split is such an amazing film that takes the scientific basis of dissociative identity disorder and expands upon it in an extreme way. Enter James McAvoy with a breathtaking performance. McAvoy plays a variety of personas within this film, creating a different identity for each, well, identity. He’s amazing. Not once does he break character, but he creates and moves between the characters, between the personalities so effortless it’s scary. What makes it scary is how good he is at switching between the personas when he brings them to life.
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An Exciting Action Packed Film | Review of ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’

By Cynthia Ayala

X-Men: Apocalypse starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Oscar Isaac
20th Century Fox
Image Credit: Fandango

When an ancient mutant with tremendous powers awakens from a deep sleep to find the humans have taken over, he vows, with his four horsemen—Magneto, Storm, Psylocke, and Angel—to reshape the world and bring everyone—humans and mutants—to their knees.

X-Men: Apocalypse is the third film in the prequel X-Men franchise that has a stunning cast, amazing special effects, and a story worth viewing.
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Anna Paquin’s Rogue Has Been Cut Out Of X-Men: Days Of Future Past

By: Eric Eisenberg Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past promises to bring together multiple generations of the mutant superhero team, with the worlds of the original X-Men trilogy and Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class colliding, but today it has been sadly announced that one fan-favorite character has been axed from the final cut of the film. During a recently interview with Entertainment Weekly, the … Continue reading Anna Paquin’s Rogue Has Been Cut Out Of X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Zac Efron And Amber Heard To Flee Turkish Thugs In Autobahn

By: Kristy Puchko Backpacking across Europe is a time-honored tradition for many, but for Zac Efron and Amber Heard it will be a journey plagued by peril. The Wrap reports the pair have signed on to star in an original feature called Autobahn. Named for the German highway system, this thriller has Efron on board to play an American backpacker whose holiday becomes horrific after he joins a scam … Continue reading Zac Efron And Amber Heard To Flee Turkish Thugs In Autobahn

Nightcrawler Actually WON’T Be Back For X-Men: Days Of Future Past

By:  Sean O’Connell Get ready for more of the back-and-forth, he-said/she-said rumors and hearsay surrounding Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, which has become a steady manufacturer of half-truths, misdirections and unstable confirmations over the past few days. The latest involves actor Alan Cumming and his willingness to return to Singer’s mutant franchise as Nightcrawler, the teleporting blue demon who makes an amazing “Bampf” sound when … Continue reading Nightcrawler Actually WON’T Be Back For X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Alan Cumming Back As Nightcrawler For X-Men: Days Of Future Past

By:  Kristy Puchko With a plotline poised to have the worlds of the X-Men trilogy and the ’60s-set X-Men: First Class collide, X-Men: Days of Future Past plans to incorporate cast members from both chronologies. Many have already been attached to the project, and now Alan Cumming can be added to that list! Cumming memorably played the shy teleporter Nightcrawler in X2, and according to X-Men: First Class‘s Professor X, James McAvoy, he’ll be … Continue reading Alan Cumming Back As Nightcrawler For X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Bryan Singer Reveals Professor X’s Wheelchairs In X-Men: Days Of Future Past

By:  Eric Eisenberg Bryan Singer has revealed quite a lot about the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past through his Twitter page. As the film has moved through pre-production the director has regularly updated fans about the progress of the new superhero film, and has even used the social networking platform to make big casting announcements. It was thanks to his feed that we learned that Patrick Stewart, … Continue reading Bryan Singer Reveals Professor X’s Wheelchairs In X-Men: Days Of Future Past