Films Set in Boston, Massachusetts (Film Guide) - Being Flynn, Blown Away (1994 Film), Celtic Pride, Clothes Make the Pirate, Fuzz (Film), How to Start (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 33. Chapters: Being Flynn, Blown Away (1994 film), Celtic Pride, Clothes Make the Pirate, Fuzz (film), How to Start a Revolution, Johnny Tremain (film), Mystic River (film), Portrait of Jennie, Singularity (film), Ted (film), That Darn Cat (1997 film), The Brink's Job, The Cardinal, The Kennedys (TV miniseries), The Town (2010 film), X2 (film). Excerpt: X2 (often promoted as X2: X-Men United or internationally as X-Men 2) is a 2003 superhero film based on the fictional characters the X-Men. Directed by Bryan Singer, it is the second film in the X-Men film series. It stars an ensemble cast including Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Brian Cox, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, James Marsden, Halle Berry and Kelly Hu. The plot, inspired by the graphic novel God Loves, Man Kills, pits the X-Men and their enemies, the Brotherhood, against the genocidal Colonel William Stryker (Brian Cox). He leads an assault on Professor Xavier's school to build his own version of Xavier's mutant-tracking computer Cerebro, in order to destroy every mutant on Earth. Development phase for X2 began shortly after X-Men. David Hayter and Zak Penn wrote separate scripts, combining what they felt to be the best elements of both scripts into one screenplay. Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris were eventually hired for rewrite work, changing characterizations of Beast, Angel and Lady Deathstrike. Sentinels and the Danger Room were set to appear before being deleted because of budget concerns. Filming began in June 2002 and ended that November. Most of the filming took place at Vancouver Film Studios, the largest production facility outside of Los Angeles in North America. Production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas adapted similar designs of John Myhre from the...