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Friday’s openings: X marks the apocalypse

Dan Webster

Yeah, you can expect more from a Marvel-ous world on Friday, as well as an adventure involving mirrors, when the week's new movies open. A tentative list of Friday's mainstream movie openings is as follows:

"X-Men: Apocalypse": When an ancient threat arises, the mutant superheroes find themselves again split between self-interest, their dubious feelings toward ordinary humans and their ongoing sibling-like rivalries. In other words, life as usual in the X-Men world.

"Alice: Through the Looking Glass": Having disposed of Lewis Carroll's novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," Tim Burton gives way as director of this version of Carroll's follow-up novel. Since the same stars — from Mia Wasikowska to Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter — are involved, expect once again to disappear down a rabbit hole.

I'll update as needed, including the Magic Lantern.