Weekend Movie Forecast: X-Men Vs. Ice People

X-Men Origins: Wolverine opens this weekend, and most moviegoers are either inordinately pumped or utterly indifferent. But for anyone on the fence, here's a juicy pan from Robert Wilonsky at the Village Voice: "Without fail, the dullest installment in any superhero movie franchise is the origin story, during which audiences anxiously awaiting The Big Bad Guy have to suffer through, yaaaawn, scenes of childhood trauma, romantic tragedy, and other expository effluvia, by which point the closing credits are fast approaching. Alas, the X-Men franchise takes a giant leap backward and off a cliff with its fourth offering... Odd thing is, 2003âs expeditious X2 more or less covered the same ground in a matter of seconds, as opposed to 107 minutes that feel like almost as many hours. A suggestion? Wait for the bootleg." — Gothamist

John Del Signore

Published May 1, 2009

Modified May 1, 2009

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Click on the film stills above for more on this weekend's new releases and repertory screenings, which also include Ice People, The Limits of Control, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Revanche, The Merry Gentleman, Battle for Terra, I Can See You, Eldorado, and 200 Motels. And this is also the last weekend for The Tribeca Film Festival, which just announced this year's winners.

Weekend Movie Forecast: <em>X-Men</em> Vs. <em>Ice People</em>