“The Dark Phoenix Saga” changed how I viewed comic books. Released from January to October 1980 and written by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, “The Dark Phoenix Saga” showed me that not all comics would have happy endings. Jean Grey, arguably the kindest and most empathetic X-Man, gets exposed to a solar flare which turns […]
X-Men
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Kings of the Multiplex
The summer blockbusters have arrived
Last week we took a look at some of the best indie movies of the year that you might have missed, since the giant mega-blockbusters get released all year long now instead of just in the summer. When you live in a town that doesn’t have multiple multiplexes and “Avengers: Endgame” is playing on six […]
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Superhero Fatigue
The X-Men fail to thrill
The last thing the X-Men franchise needed was another origin story. The series, which started with 2000’s “X-Men,” has circled around so many times it almost plays like an SNL sketch mocking superhero films. While “X-Men,” “X-2” and “X-Men-The Last Stand” introduced a large majority of the mutant team, “First Class” and “Days of Future […]
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Summer Movie Lineup
Mandatory Fun, Part I: May & June releases
Welcome to the Summer Movie Preview. Last weekend’s arrival of “Captain America: Civil War” was the early dawn of 2016’s summer movie season. There will be big actors, enormous explosions and the largest budgets the American film industry has ever seen this year. The following mandatory fun list includes the bigger flicks of May and […]
