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

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

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

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

DVDanger: 'Wolverine Origin'

No, not the terrible movie. The groundbreaking comic, animated.

"...that way. That's why Marvel Comics called the mega-selling X-Men the children of the atom. But that still doesn't..."

July 20, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...• Marvel Comics: The Oral History of the X-Men (Connection & Culture): Marvel’s Editor in Chief C.B. Cebulski,..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW: Six Things We Learned From Marvel

The House of Ideas launches new initiatives, plus a big hire

"...No. 1s, from original Kirby/Lee/Ditko/Buscema-era classics through to Uncanny X-Men, available for download via the Marvel app until March..."

March 10, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Little

Time goes backward in this riff on Big (or maybe it just feels that way)

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Kingsman: The Secret Service

This comic-book riff on James Bond films finds fun amid the ultraviolence.

"...as the filmmaker’s budgets have grown with Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class, his films’ coherency and artistry have suffered...."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eye in the Sky

Helen Mirren is a British colonel engaged in modern drone warfare

"...new UK thriller from veteran director Hood (Ender’s Game, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Tsotsi) is, alas, one of the last..."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Marc Savlov's May 2 review of X2: X-Men United as almost exclusively an allegory for the gay..."

May 16, 2003 Column

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