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[embedded content] Some might say that sports mascots are already a parody of themselves, but no one can take the ridiculous and make it even fuier than Christopher Guest. The man who tackled the world of dog shows ("Best in Show") and folk singers ("A Mighty Wind"), among other mockumentaries, now takes on team spirit for Netflix in "Mascots."The first trailer for the movie shows Guest getting the old gang back together, that is, one of the fuiest and cleverest improv ensemble casts around. Like in "Best in Show," Guest takes you behind the scenes of a mascot competition, with gems like, "I went to the Fluffies five years ago. I got honorable mention. That's like first place, really. It's a...

"X-Men: Apocalypse" stars a host of mutants old and new -- and in some cases, new versions of old faces. As the dust settles, we've ranked which mutants had the X-factor and which need to go back to (Xavier's) school.We've charted the X-characters on various criteria (which includes some spoilers) by asking questions like: do they use their powers in a cool way; do they have any badass moments; do they land any good jokes; and most importantly, how do they look in their 1980s duds? We also considered the performances from the actors and how the film treated the characters. We love Oscar Isaac and assume the actor gave a great performance, but it was hard to tell when it was buried under seve...

We're ranking the many mutants of "X-Men: Apocalypse" from worst to best.Let's kick off with the mutants who don't acquit themselves too well -- and appropriately enough, we're starting with the gloriously over-the-top prologue set in Egypt. In the shadow of the pyramids, the film's villain En Sabah Nur tasks his original Four Horsemen to run the show while he has a lie-down. Sadly, the resulting chaos shows that all the cool mutant powers in the world can't fight a big rock. Truly, these are the lamest mutant characters in the movie. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

We're ranking the many mutants of "X-Men: Apocalypse" from worst to best.Let's kick off with the mutants who don't acquit themselves too well -- and appropriately enough, we're starting with the gloriously over-the-top prologue set in Egypt. In the shadow of the pyramids, the film's villain En Sabah Nur tasks his original Four Horsemen to run the show while he has a lie-down. Sadly, the resulting chaos shows that all the cool mutant powers in the world can't fight a big rock. Truly, these are the lamest mutant characters in the movie. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

"X-Men: Apocalypse" stars a host of mutants old and new -- and in some cases, new versions of old faces. As the dust settles, we've ranked which mutants had the X-factor and which need to go back to (Xavier's) school.We've charted the X-characters on various criteria (which includes some spoilers) by asking questions like: do they use their powers in a cool way; do they have any badass moments; do they land any good jokes; and most importantly, how do they look in their 1980s duds? We also considered the performances from the actors and how the film treated the characters. We love Oscar Isaac and assume the actor gave a great performance, but it was hard to tell when it was buried under seve...

Enlarge ImageFamke Janssen is Jean Grey in "X-Men", back in 2000. 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images It's the end of the world as we know it in "X-Men: Apocalypse", starring younger versions of characters we first met in the movie "X-Men" way back in 20...

Enlarge ImageFamke Janssen is Jean Grey in "X-Men", back in 2000. 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images It's the end of the world as we know it in "X-Men: Apocalypse", starring younger versions of characters we first met in the movie "X-Men" way back in 20...

Enlarge Image Fox; Luke Westaway/CNET "X-Men: Apocalypse" is set in the 1980s, complete with giant hair, pastel clothes, and shoulder pads of apocalyptic proportions, plus a soundtrack to match -- so we're here to test your knowledge of the X-cellent '80s sounds of the "Apocalypse"!Set in 1983, the film features era-defining early-'80s touchstones, from early heavy metal to classic synth pop, from Metallica and Venom to the Eurythmics and Flock of Seagulls. The film also heads from colourful '80s America to the shadows o...

Bryan Singer shaped the DNA of the mode comic book movie. Don't let anyone tell you different. "X-Men", released in 2000, and "X2", the 2003 sequel, became the blueprint for the "realistic" superhero. You can trace the lines directly to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy and Marvel's Cinematic Universe.It was clear Singer knew what he was doing at the helm of the X-Men franchise. Between those two movies and the criminally underrated "Superman Retus", the dude understood superheroes. "X-Men: Apocalypse" is his latest spin behind the X-wheel. Like his retu to the franchise with 2014's "Days of Future Past", Singer has set his sights on one of the most famous comic book story lines in the...

The final trailer for "X-Men: Apocalypse" opens with Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) saying, "Things are better. The world is better." But the plaintive piano music in the background clues us in that not all is happy-happy in the world of superpowered mutants. The villain of the piece is Apocalypse (played by Oscar Isaac from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"), described as "some kind of god." As revealed in an earlier trailer, the supervillain has four "horsemen" in the form of mutants Storm, Magneto, Archangel and Psylocke. All they want is to destroy the world.The new trailer is heavy on the action and explosions, but the part that will probably get fans the most excited comes at the...

Thursday moing brought a new trailer for "X-Men: Apocalypse," giving us our longest look yet at the first mutant of the same name. Played by Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"), the titular mutant Apocalypse is seen rising and gathering his four horsemen and begiing his plan to end the world. We also get longer looks at Jean Grey using her powers (Grey is played by Sansa Stark, I mean Sophie Tuer); the villain's courting of Magneto (played by Michael Fassbender); and destruction of what I assume is the X-Mansion.Jeifer Lawrence as Mystique can be seen leading the students of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (read: mutants) into battle against the big bad. "Forget...