X

A weirdly affectless Japanese animated feature directed by Taro Rin, derived from a comic book series. more...

• by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The X-Files

Only two scenes in this spin-off are worth the time of followers of the TV series about FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who investigate inexplicable phenomena, most of which seem to point to the same far-reaching conspiracy. more...

• by Lisa Alspector

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

The second big-screen spin-off of the cult TV show is a “stand alone” that nonfans can follow without knowing the series' fiendishly complicated backstory. more...

• by J.R. Jones

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

The zillion-grossing X-Men franchise shifts into prequel mode, singling out the series' breakout star, Hugh Jackman, and most popular character, the walking letter opener Wolverine. more...

• by J.R. Jones

X-Patriots

Darien Sills-Evans directed and stars in this touching and thoughtful drama about two African-American men, each of whom finds love in the Netherlands. more...

• by Ted Shen

X—The Man With the X-Ray Eyes

Scientist Ray Milland discovers a potion that gives him X-ray vision, and after becoming a freak he ends his days as a sideshow attraction promoted by Don Rickles, who gives a fine low performance. more...

• by Dave Kehr

X-Men: First Class (PG-13)

Like Bryan Singer's X2 (2003), this fifth entry in the X-Men franchise is noteworthy for its gay-rights subtext and for its noted actors (Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence) delivering comic book dialogue with Shakespearean portent. more...

• by Ben Sachs
• Tags: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Xala

Ousmane Sembene's 1974 satire from Senegal finds a metaphor for the failures of capitalism in an African businessman who can't consummate his marriage. more...

Xanadu

This big-budget bubble-gum musical is appalling but compulsively watchable; it's the perfect crystallization of a 13-year-old girl's taste, circa 1980, complete with roller discos, dreamy boys, fashion shows, and fantasy father figures. more...

• by Dave Kehr
• Tags: Musical

Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl

The impressive directorial debut of actress Joan Chen, who's appeared in everything from Twin Peaks to The Last Emperor to Heaven and Earth. more...

• by Jonathan Rosenbaum

X-Men: The Last Stand

Bryan Singer, who directed the first two X-Men movies, jumped ship to do Superman Returns, taking most of the production team with him and leaving this third (and purportedly final) installment to Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Red Dragon). more...

• by J.R. Jones

X-Men

After an opening sequence set in World War II Europe, this 2000 SF action adventure and allegory about the danger and irrationality of racism moves to a congressional witch-hunt in the U.S. sometime in the 21st century. more...

• by Lisa Alspector

Xtro (R)

A boy sees his father abducted by aliens; three years later an extraterrestrial creature impregnates a woman who then gives birth to the missing father. more...

• Tags: Horror, SciFi/Fantasy

X2

Marvel's durable sci-fi comic about a league of teenage mutants with wild superpowers yields another warm-weather action flick, though the light tone and modest character development of X-Men have given way to an avalanche of digital effects and a bloated symphonic score. more...

• by J.R. Jones

XX: Beautiful Hunter

Masaru Konuma directed this 1994 action item with Makiko Kuno as an assassin trained by a blind Catholic priest. more...