X-Men: Apocalypse buzz: Is God the villain? Is Nightcrawler no longer a...
The villain in the next X-Men movie is an ancient mutant -- thousands of years old -- who claims to have been "Ra, Krishna, Yahweh."
View ArticleTrailer watch: Star Trek Beyond destroys the Enterprise and X-Men: Apocalypse...
Both movies, of course, have a connection to the new Star Wars movie opening on Thursday.
View ArticleBox office: God’s Not Dead 2 and Batman v Superman both perform below (their...
God's Not Dead 2 made less money in its first weekend than the original film did, despite opening on three times as many screens.
View ArticleReligious motifs in the upcoming Alien and X-Men movies
A photo from one film hints at the Old Testament, while a clip from the other film introduces "cults" to the world of mutants.
View ArticleReview: X-Men: Apocalypse (dir. Bryan Singer, 2016)
As befits a film with the word “Apocalypse” in its title, there is a lot of religious terminology and symbolism here, though I’m not sure it adds up to much.
View ArticleBox office: The Angry Birds rule the weekend, while Captain America becomes...
Plus: X-Men: Apocalypse has a solid opening overseas.
View ArticleX-Men: Apocalypse and the legend of Nimrod’s arrows
A scene in the middle of the new X-Men movie explicitly references an apocryphal legend about the Tower of Babel.
View ArticleBox office: X-Men, Alice sequels top the box office but have softer openings...
Plus: a Whit Stillman film -- the Jane Austen adaptation Love & Friendship -- cracks the top ten for the first time ever.
View ArticleBox office: Mutant turtles and superheroes lead a weak week
Plus: Zootopia is now the second film this year to gross a billion dollars worldwide.
View ArticleBox office: The Shack has one of the biggest openings ever for a...
Plus a little film starring Hugh Jackman did really well, too.
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