First Class, is a film in the superhero genre. The Matthew Vaughn directorial is the fourth entry in the X-Men film franchise and the fifth overall.

At the start of First Class, Charles Xavier is earning his doctorate from Oxford. He’s studying mutation, which puts him on the radar of CIA officer Moira MacTaggert. She’s tracking a group of ...

Origin stories are about transformation. Superhero origin stories are about the transformation of people (loosely defined: humans, enhanced humans, mutants, aliens) into superheroes. About people who ...

While the X-Men made their name in comic form, the X-Men movie adaptations have become beloved in their own right, with such fan favorites as Patrick Stewart’s Charles Xavier and Hugh Jackman’s ...