Reeling loves "X-Men: Days of Future Past"

In a near future, the X-Men are battling Sentinels, machines which can mimic their powers and are all but sure to destroy them.  In order to save themselves, Professor X (Patrick Stewart) believes they must undo Mystique's (Jennifer Lawrence) assassination attempt on Sentinels creator Dr. Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage, HBO's 'Game of Thrones'), as her capture provided him with the DNA to perfect his research.  Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) is able to position consciousnesses into past selves, but only one of them has the strength to withstand decades of time travel and so Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) goes back to 1973 where he must convince the younger Xavier (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) to join forces in "X-Men: Days of Future Past."

Now *this* is how you make a summer tentpole movie.  Director Bryan Singer may be in the media spotlight for alleged sexual abuse (a charge that may flash through some minds upon the sight of Jackman's well buffed, nude backside), but his commitment to this series cannot be called into account.  This mingling of X-Men past and present, young and old, is the best outing of the series to date, its themes front and center (screenplay by "The Last Stand's" Simon Kinberg with a story by himself, Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn), its life and death mission cut with character driven comedy.

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