First there was Alice in Wonderland (2010, USA). Then, Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016, USA). The story of Alice in Wonderland is, from a point of view, a search for true happiness. Alice is promised the hand of marriage to Hamish, who is a lord, but the nineteen-year old can’t make up her mind…

The X-Men is a film series, based on Marvel characters, about the emergence of mutants. There are two trilogies and we are currently at the end of the second trilogy with the X-Men Apocalypse (2016, USA). Though the actors in the trilogies are different, the characters are the same, as younger versions in the second…

With the release of X-Men Apocalypse next week, why not go down memory lane first. Since 20o9, the X-Men franchise has released origins films, but the franchise set up the characters and X-Men story-line nine years earlier.     Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), Magneto (Ian McKellen), Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), Cyclops (James…

    As I watch Hollywood movies, I have noticed patterns of themes and issues across films. Thematically, even family films cross over to dramas. Norm of the North (2016, USA) is a family animation so you may expect fun, which it does have, but it is also about serious issues that have propped up…

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