In 1998 Marco Pantani, the most flamboyant and popular cyclist of his era, won both the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, a titanic feat of physical and mental endurance that no rider has repeated since. He was a hero to millions, the saviour of professional cycling following the doping scandals which threatened to destroy the sport. However, less than six years later, aged just 34, he died alone, in a cheap Italian hotel room.

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Taken from the Marvel comic characters this huge budgeted live action extravaganza focuses on the formulation of the X-Men; a group of young earth mutants with extraordinary powers who are moulded into a force for good by professor Xavier and their first life and death battle, to protect a world that fears them, against a psychotic fellow mutant, Magneto. 'X-Men' as you might expect has impressive special effects; ridiculous certainly, but if that's an issue, you've completely missed the point. find out more...

A genetic scientist is bent on revenge against the mutants, and with a powerful serum he is capable of manipulating mutant against mutant in a battle that will destroy them all. X-Men 2 is a an epic si-fi drama that builds successfully on the first movie; or an overwrought tale with a script that utilises 'Oh my god it's going to explode!!!!' when 'I think we should leave now' would have sufficed, and which manages to turn remarkable beings into cheesy stereotypes... oh alright it's an intellige find out more...

A "cure" is found for the mutants' super human powers, an opportunity to give up their "curse" and become normal members of society. Unsurprisingly Magneto and his gang are pretty unimpressed by the offer and, after a tragic clash with the X-Men, a war between mutant and man for control of the planet seems inevitable. The last in the trilogy, 'X-Men 3' is a blemishless CGI extravaganza, never more than five minutes passing between each beautifully rendered action set piece; that the script and, find out more...

A classy, if predictably cynical re-boot of the X-Men franchise finds us at the birth of the freaks with ‘powers’ as they save the world from a cold war Armageddon and decide whether they’re against humanity or with it. A descent script, a good cast..and a very large budget, make X Men First Class good expendable fun. Though at over two hours.....Mmmm. find out more...