Back before Avatar came out and rewrote the record books, there was a time when people still weren’t convinced that 3D was the future of cinema. Now though, you have to wonder: Will 2D become the outlier, reserved for indies and costume dramas? Because the way things are shaping up here in 2010, if you’re Read More
Wondering what movie to spend your hard earned money on this weekend? Here’s a handy guide to the new releases.
Iron Man 2
What’s the story: By now you’ve read and re-read so much about Iron Man 2 that you probably feel like you’ve seen the entire movie already. But just in case: Robert Downey Read More
When Iron Man came out in 2008, critics and audiences pretty much lost their damn minds over it. And why not? The film was exquisitely cast—everyone had already previously acknowledged just how fantastic an actor Robert Downey Jr. is, but watching him embody the brilliant, witty and debauched Tony Stark, one had to agree that Read More
Iron Man 2 doesn’t arrive in the U.S. until Friday, but it’s already a monster hit, having pulled in over $100 overseas on its opening weekend. But things weren’t always so good for movies based on Marvel Comics. Consider the decades between 1980 and 2000, when nearly every film based on a Marvel character was Read More
Robert Downey Jr. talks in long and overly enigmatic sentences using phrases like “transcending fear-based rituals” and “disempowered sense of magical thinking” when Walter Kirn sits down next to him on Venice Beach to interview him about his not-so-recent comeback–Iron Man 2 opens next weekend–for the May issue of Rolling Stone. (Not available online.)
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Now that the geeks have really inherited the earth, Comic-Con has become this weird amalgam of legitimacy (say hello to James Cameron’s long-awaited Avatar!) and, well, lameness (watch the cast of the now-canceled ABC Family series Middleman read through a lost script!). Since this horse-and-buggy show gets under way in San Diego Read More
Hypocrisy alert! A couple of weeks back, The Daily Beast did a story about how Hollywood studios are slashing star salaries left and right—for reference, they brought up Iron Man 2, for which Scarlett Johansson is earning a “measly” $250,000 to squeeze into latex tights as The Black Widow. It certainly makes sense: in Read More
While Warner Brothers tries to come up with some metric to prove that Watchmen is indeed a hit—a terrifying thought for the interested parties: Paul Blart could end up with a higher domestic gross—we figured it was as good a time as any to check in on the next wave of comic book movies that Read More
The resurrection of Mickey Rourke is just about complete. Hollywood’s fixer-upper of the moment is close to signing on to play one of the villains in the upcoming Iron Man 2, though the trades are split on just whom Mr. Rourke will be playing. Variety claims the actor will tackle the part of a Read More
