X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

X-Men: The Last Stand Official Movie Site

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Cyclops. Jean Grey. Storm... They are the children of the atom, homo superior, the next link in the chain of evolution. Each was born with a unique…

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Max Schreck as Graf Orlok in "Nosferatu" (1922)

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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror." This 1922 classic of cinema based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (but with names changed) directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schrek in one of films most famous and frightening make-up jobs.

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Studio: 20th Century Fox Studio: 20th Century Fox

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: May 26, 2006

Running Time: 103 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Shawn Ashmore

director: Brett Ratner

X-Men: The Last Stand

A “cure” for mutancy threatens to alter the course of history. For the first time, mutants have a choice: retain their uniqueness, though it isolates and alienates them, or give up their powers and become human. The opposing viewpoints of mutant leaders Charles Xavier, who preaches tolerance, and Magneto, who believes in the survival of the fittest, are put to the ultimate test--triggering the war to end all wars.

X-Men: The Last Stand falls somewhere between the plodding exposition of the first X-Men and the compelling, character-driven X2. In other words, its action-packed but lacks that certain mutant angst.

Story

Everything appears to be status quo between humans and mutants. There's a president who is sympathetic towards mutants, Prof. Charles Xavier's (Patrick Stewart) school is thriving and Magneto (Ian McKellen) is quiet--for the moment. But when a "cure" for mutancy is discovered, which would…

Brett Ratner

Director

Hugh Jackman

Logan/Wolverine

Patrick Stewart

Professor Charles Xavier

Halle Berry

Ororo Munroe/Storm

Ian McKellen

Eric Lehnsherr/Magneto

Famke Janssen

Jean Grey/Phoenix