At the heart of the first Star Wars movie was the famous showdown between Luke Skywalker, played by Mark Hamill, and his father Darth Vader. Five actors so far have portrayed the villain who started life as Anakin Skywalker.

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Much as I enjoyed 'X-Men: First Class', Fox's exuberant prequel/reboot (preboot?) of the fabled Marvel Comics series, I was a bit disoriented by its opening sequence.

THERE is an inherent problem with origin stories.

Kevin Bacon will not undertake big action scenes in ‘X-Men: First Class’.