The third film of the X-Men franchise, X-Men: The Last Stand, finds the mutants presented with the opportunity to change their status from outcasts to ordinary human beings. A cure's been developed and mutants must decide whether they want to give up their unique qualities or retain the powers which set them apart and isolate them from 'normal' citizens.

All of the main cast of the first two X-Men films return for what's supposedly the last of the X-Men movies, including Sir Ian McKellen in the role of Magneto. Although this film will more than like mark the last time all of the central characters are together for a movie, McKellen has heard rumors of an interest in a Magneto prequel. Asked who should play the younger version of the character he's played in three films, McKellen had an interesting answer. "Well, I'll be playing the part (laughing). I don't know if it's in the notes, but the first time that Patrick Stewart appears in this film, we appear to be 25 years younger than we are. That's been done by a technology that's never been used before which involved no makeup, no special FX whatsoever. We just go into the studio and do the scene as is, and then they morph our faces onto photographs of ourselves 25 years ago. And lo and behold there we are." Read On...

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Box Office Report - The Weekend of May 19-21
Despite negative reviews, protests, and boycotts, The Da Vinci Code managed to pull off a huge win at the box office. The controversial film's take of $77 million moved it into first place overall for 2006, taking the biggest opening weekend title away from the animated comedy Ice Age: The Meltdown.

Top 10 Films for the Weekend Ending 05/21/06:
1) The Da Vinci Code - $77,073,388
2) Over the Hedge - $38,457,003
3) Mission Impossible 3 - $11,349,570
4) Poseidon - $9,224,340
5) RV - $5,003,489
6) See No Evil - $4,581,233
7) Just My Luck - $3,384,371
8) An American Haunting - $1,478,785
9) United 93 - $1,400,200
10) Akeelah and the Bee - $1,006,653
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