Deadpool

This sassy superhero movie is not your child’s comic-book origin tale

"...and as Wade Wilson, Deadpool’s mortal former self in X-Men Origins: Wolverine) is perfectly cast as the wisecracking Deadpool...."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Push

This sci-fi actioner about warring clairvoyants is generically incomprehensible with cyberpunk overtones.

"...incomprehensible paranoid action disaster with cyberpunk overtones, is like X-Men unhinged, minus Professor Xavier's (or Bryan Singer's) guiding hand...."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

High-concept farce crashes down pretty low: Think Fatal Attraction meets X-Men and you basically have the gist.

"...how truly crazy she is. Think Fatal Attraction meets X-Men and you basically have the gist. Some small saving..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Imaginary Heroes

Only this troubled suburbanite family knows if they are imaginary heroes or ordinary people.

"...stand before saying "enough’s enough." Directed by 24-year-old X2: X-Men United scribe Harris, this is heady stuff that, in..."

March 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Love Parade

Star-cross'd love, superhero-style

"..."I know you said that the X-Men movies constitute 'art,' but would you really put them..."

July 8, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The AggreGAYtor: April 22

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...The X-Men have a revelation, Reba McEntire shows some love, and..."

April 22, 2015 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Bedside Manner: Hell on Earth

Dark literature in dark times, plus a plea for casting sanity

"...coming in my reading habits. Hellboy is dead, the X-Men are splitting, and the press releases in my inbox..."

Sept. 6, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Developing Story

AFF honors Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz

"...(Gladiator), Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio (Shrek), Bryan Singer (X-Men), Oliver Stone (Platoon), and Chris & Paul Weitz (About..."

July 6, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AFF Lauds Matthew Weiner

‘Mad Men’ creator to receive Outstanding Television Writer Award

"...Franklin Leonard (creator of the Black List), Ashley Miller (X-Men: First Class co-writer), Neil LaBute (Some Girls writer/director), Christopher..."

June 3, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Opie on Top

AFF to honor Ron Howard's extraordinary contribution to filmmaking

"...Sunset), Doug Ellin (creator “Entourage”), David Hayter (Watchmen, X2, X-Men), Gina Prince-Bythewood (writer/director The Secret Life of Bees), and..."

July 14, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Son of the Graphics Giveaway

Just as the success of the first X-Men film has spawned a sequel, so has Free Comic Book Day, and on May 3, 2003, this promotional event for graphic literature -- or funny books, if you will -- will give away more millions of comics about everything from guys in tights trying to save the world to schlubs in offices trying to hold onto their jobs.

"...The X-Men may indeed be a strange collection of heroes, but..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...2. X-treme X-Men..."

July 6, 2001 Books Column

Riding While Female

Women athletes make their mark at X Games Austin

June 5, 2015 Sports Feature by Jessi Cape

X-Men

Not too serious and never insulting, this is a subtle superhero film that relies more on themes than special effects.

"...X-Men..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Deadpool & Wolverine

Marvel mash-up has a blast

"...on screen in a bastardized version in the execrable X-Men Origins: Wolverine. But it’s also Reynolds letting the audience..."

July 26, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...2. X-Men..."

April 27, 2001 Books Column

Hey, Dark Phoenix, Who's Your Daddy?

Why, that'd be Chris Claremont, wouldn't it?

"...than Chris Claremont. Now check this out: The longtime X-Men writer who, back in the '80s and '90s, gave..."

July 4, 2012 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

No Badge? No Sweat.

Enjoy X Games Austin in your underwear with this TV viewing guide

June 5, 2014 Sports Post by Kimberley Jones

MaXXXine

Triumphant third installment in Ti West's cinematic slasher-horror series

July 5, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Venom: The Last Dance

One last pas de deux between Tom Hardy's reporter and the hellraising symbiote he plays bodily host to

"...how he goes out, it’s a shame it’s more X-Men Origins: Wolverine than Logan...."

Oct. 25, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Argylle

Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell get into double-identity spy trouble

"...Layer Cake before heading into literary adaptations with Stardust, X-Men: First Class, and Kick-Ass (yes, comics are literature), but..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Marksman

Liam Neeson is the action man again in this border thriller

"...actioner Cold Pursuit, but then again Logan was no X-Men: Days of Future Past. Sometimes it’s best to just..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sonic the Hedgehog

The Sega speedster finally arrives with all the nostalgic fun intact

"...than enough cute here to sell the handful of X-Men: Days of Future Past-influenced chase scenes peppered through the..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Mountain

Tye Sheridan and Jeff Goldblum in an engrossing experiment in form

"...singular Jeff Goldblum, Tye Sheridan (Mud, Ready Player One, X-Men: Apocalypse), and Denis Lavant (a mainstay of Leos Carax’s..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deadpool 2

The uncanny merc with a mouth returns with paternal instincts

"...he decides he’s going to form his own knock-off X-Men, the kill-crazy X-Force, he’s a laff-riot liability...."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...1. X-Men..."

April 14, 2000 Books Column

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...3. The Uncanny X-Men..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Books Column

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission

Latest anime outing for the heroes-in-training is loud but not much fun

"...the homages to Marvel's merry band of mutants, the X-Men, has rarely been clearer...."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Once Upon a Deadpool

Deadpool is back ... and he brought Fred Savage with him

"...A-story (Wade's girlfriend Vanessa gets killed, Wade's sad, joins X-Men, Cable travels in time, Wade forms X-Force, Wade gets..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How to Woo a 'Wolverine'

Austin's still in the running to host the Wolverine premiere, but that's not gonna happen without your vote

"...Our love for X-Men was unceremoniously squashed by Brett Ratner's crap trilogy capper..."

April 14, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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