Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 6, X-Men: First Class, Thor, The Tempest and Grey’s Anatomy: Season 7
Stinker of the week: Private Practice: Season 4
Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 09/13/11
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X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
(PG-13)
MOVIE: **** (out of 5)
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: **** (out of 5)
X-MEN: FIRST CLASSJune 3, 2011
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James McAvoy as CHARLES XAVIER
Michael Fassbender as ERIK LEHNSHERR
Kevin Bacon as SEBASTIAN SHAW
Rose Byrne as MOIRA MACTAGGERT
Jennifer Lawrence as RAVEN
January Jones as EMMA FROST
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
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This Week: Kevin put on his Jedi robe and grabs his lightsaber, inviting Star Wars expert Chris Spears into the Magical Studio in the Sky. The two discuss the history of X-Men movies as well as the new one opening this week. Then, they delve into a discussion of The People Versus George Lucas, geek tattoos, how to spell Chewbacca’s home planet and whether George Lucas raped anything, let along our childhoods. they also lay down a Fat Guy Five about the comic book characters that deserve their own film (with Kevin admitting that this subject has definitely been covered before) and then giving out some DVD recommendations.
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Rated PG-13
Opens: June 3, 2011
Studio: Fox
Starring: James MacAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones and Oliver Platt
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Kevin says X-Men: First Class ROCKS!
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Some folks will probably disagree with me, but I thought 2011 was actually a pretty good year for films. It didn’t have a ton of fantastic movies, but it had plenty of good movies throughout. Sure, there were real stinkers (which you can check out here), but there were plenty of three- and four-star films out there to enjoy. And the beginning of 2011 treated us to some truly original content, even if none of those films made this final list. But when all is said and done, there were still some fantastic films to enjoy, and the year really ended with a bang.
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