X-Men: Days of Future Past is an energetic blast of summer entertainment. Smart,
engaging, and filled with eye-popping action and a surprisingly emotional story,
it’s a superhero movie done right. An all-star cast along with some clever
action and a few nifty new twists makes X-Men the most enjoyable superhero movie
of 2014 so far.

Wolverine (a buff, restrained Hugh Jackman) must go back in time to prevent
Raven/Mystique (alluring mega-star Jennifer Lawrence) from killing mutant-hating
dwarf Bolliver Traak. Her actions bring about the rise of the sentinels and the end
of mankind/mutant kind. The future is one of those desolate …

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Around the 15th of every month brings with it a new look at something old. Let us celebrate an all new Vintage Toy of the Month! Back in the 90’s, nothing could really hold a candle to the success of Toy Biz. They dominated toy shelves with their cool sculpts (for the times) of everyone’s favorite Marvel super heroes. I thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of the figures they made of some of my favorite female super heroes from the X-Men. Now this will be a bare bones look at just the figures themselves, …

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Coming to DVD November 13, 2012 is Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable, a motion comic by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday. For those who don’t know, a motion comic is somewhat like a carton, but has only limited animation if any at all. Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable has been taken from paper and print, to video with the addition of music and of course voice acting.

The X-Men are recruited by Brand; a green-haired women with major ties to the government. The heroes are sent into space to stop the Breakworld from destroying Earth.
This DVD features about an hour and 10 …

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