THIS
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Volume
21, No. 4
May 01, 2003 |
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X2
hits the mark 
I should preface this by saying that I’m a geek.
My obsession with games, my penchant for fantasy and
sci-fi novels, my Nintendo Gamecube sitting next to
a stack of anime DVDs, and yes, my knowledge and love
of comics: all these ingredients make up the geek that
I am.
So it shouldn’t come as a shock when I say the
following: this movie rocked.
X2: X-Men United is the continuation of the
story started in X-Men. Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick
Stewart) continues to run his school for gifted children
whose “gifts” include the ability to create
and manipulate ice, turn to steel, or teleport. Regular
humans are protesting and pressing for mutant registration
programs. A group led by William Stryker (Brian Cox),
a former Army commander and scientist, is working to
spark anti-mutant flames. Their attack on the Xavier
mansion is the start of a much more insidious plan which
the X-Men must unravel. More...
It took a few years for Hollywood filmmakers to dig
into the emotional debris of Sept. 11, 2001. This spring,
Jim Simpson introduced The Guys, his new drama
exploring the aftermath.
This profoundly moving film is an adaptation of Anne
Nelson’s play. Using her journalistic skills,
Nelson helped a fire captain after the 9/11 tragedy
write several eulogies for the men he lost in the World
Trade Center. Nine images of “the guys”
come to life piece by piece through the memories and
stories recalled by their captain.
In the film version, Sigourney Weaver plays a New York
journalist named Joan, who desperately tries to rescue
her beloved city. More...
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