They’ve battled the villainous William Stryker, the killing machines known as Sentinels and, more often than not, each other. Now, the mutants of “X-Men: Apocalypse” are fighting their greatest enemy yet: sequelitis.
Christopher Lawrence
Christopher Lawrence is the movie critic for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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As an alternative for grown-ups looking to avoid the sequels and general noise of summer, “The Nice Guys” won’t finish last. But it had the potential to be a lot better.
Nicolas Cage may not make ’em like he used to, but he is still making ’em in Las Vegas.
Hollywood changes its Spider-Man actors almost as often as some guys change their sheets.
Well, whaddya know? You really can stuff too many superheroes into a 2½-hour movie, make them fight each other, throw in some mommy issues and, despite a muddled plot, actually leave audiences thrilled and hungry for more.
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