X-men

Review: X-Men: First Class

With Brett ‘The Hitman’ Ratner killing off half the characters in X-Men: The Last Stand, it’s no surprise that the franchise had to be rebooted, but do we really need to see a Bash Street Kids version of the mutant superheroes? And what can it tell us that we don’t already know? Well, how about the fact that Magneto used to be a globe-trotting Bond-a-like and Xavier was a beer-chugging ladies man? Admit it, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart suddenly seem much more interesting…

5 things I learned from the X-Men: First Class press conference

Last week I was afforded the opportunity to attend the X-Men: First Class press conference, allowing me to go eyeball-to-eyeball with all the stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Lenny Kravitz's daughter and the guy who makes tornados come out of his hands that can't really speak much English.

A few thoughts on X-Men: First Class

As Matt bagsied the official site review (he's always one step ahead) I thought I'd add my own demented warblings in a separate article. If Matt's review was a sitcom character, consider this feature his character's oddball cousin from out of town.

World exclusive: TheShiznit.co.uk interviews Bryan Singer

Unbelievably, we managed to secure a short but fascinating interview with X-Men and Superman legend Bryan Singer during his brief stay in the UK. And we're not even kidding this time.

X-Men First Class: a guide to sitting

Worried X-Men: First Class might be too exciting? Let Professor Xavier and his mutant brethren show you how to relax in style.

X-Men: First Class poster rejects

Why are they looking so disgruntled? Maybe it's the realisation that they are on the brink of a change in the evolution of mankind. Or maybe they're balking at the eye-wrenchingly amateurish posters that have just been released for the film.

X-Men: First Class gets a couple of second class posters

Before he was Professor X... he was Charles. Before he was Magneto... he was Erik. Before they release the proper X-Men: First Class poster... we get this bunch of arse instead.

X-Men: First Class trailer arrives

After a long day's worth of waiting, the first trailer for X-Men: Babies hit the internet so hard during the night, it woke me up just as I was getting somewhere with the Caramel Bunny. DAMN YOU XAVIER!

New feature: Recession-hit supervillains #1

A new feature showing how movie supervillains have had to adapt to the shrinking economy.

X-Men: First Class pics and posters - fanboy outrage round-up

In the past few days, new X-Men: First Class images have been bouncing around the interweb faster than Rubberman on a sugar high. Here are all the pics so far, complete with typically unreasonable fanboy outrage commentary.