PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
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Film review: X-Men — Days of Future Past (12A)
JEFF SAWTELL reads a note of resistance in X-Men
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
The latest in the X-Men franchise begins some time in the future.
There Sentinel robots are waging war on mutants — metaphors for human minorities — as we witness sinister scientist Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage) creating a super anti-mutant weapon. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), is despatched by X-Men Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellan) back to 1973 in an attempt to alter the course of history.
The desperate hope is that the course of events will be changed and doom for both mutants and humans can be averted. By destroying their murderous forbears Armageddon can be zapped too, the logic runs.
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