Yahoo: X-Men I wouldn’t usually be interested in something like this but the film is directed by Bryan Singer, whose previous credits include The Usual Suspects and Apt Pupil. The director is again paired with Sir Ian McKellen, who gave a devastating performance in Apt Pupil — simple concept (the attempt to dominate evil corrupts an innocent) unforgettably and disturbingly executed. McKellen’s well-designed website posts personal reflections on the making of the X-film (as well as his involvement in the upcoming film of the Lord of the Rings!) . There’s a porrtrait of Bryan Singer and the new film in today’s Arts & Entertainment section of the New York Times, but so far no online link to the article. Part of what makes this potentially interesting is that Singer was never a fan of the X-Men comic books as a child and has no need to be reverent to the comic book tradition. So the movie is not likely to be an over-the-top caricature. I’m not expecting highbrow, but it should be fun.