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Iron Man 3

Avengers: Infinity War movie review: it’s all been leading to this

Fri, Apr 27, 2018
42 comments

Ten years of Marvel superheroism culminates in a battle for the universe itself. Exhausting, bitterly humorous, and gripped in a stunning finality, it’s almost too much to take in, yet somehow not enough.

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 review: black and white and web all over

Fri, Apr 18, 2014
131 comments

Suffers badly by comparison with the cogent, witty Avengers flicks. This feels like a campy Saturday-morning cartoon left over from the 1970s.

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my guesses for Sunday night’s 86th Academy Awards

Mon, Mar 03, 2014
4 comments

Winners are indicated. I got 16/24. Pretty good, if I may say so myself.

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire review: reluctant heroine

Fri, Nov 15, 2013
32 comments

A devastating indictment of pop culture as propaganda — about its power and the limits of its powers — and an upending of the typical teen-girl romance movie.

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things wot we learned from the 2013 summer movies

Fri, Aug 30, 2013
28 comments

Have you been paying attention to what the movies have been saying — what the movies have really been saying — all summer? Here’s a refresher.

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because too much Tony Stark is never enough

Mon, May 06, 2013
1 comment

It’s astonishing and wonderful how much of why the Iron Man movies work is because Robert Downey Jr. is simply so damn much fun to watch onscreen.

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what is the best comic book movie ever?

Mon, May 06, 2013
37 comments

Pick more than one if you must!

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how they’re selling Iron Man 3 in India

Sat, Apr 27, 2013
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With magnificent and deeply odd hand-drawn posters like this one…

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what Tony Stark needs most is a hug (Iron Man 3 review)

Thu, Apr 25, 2013
29 comments

“I am Iron Man.” When Tony repeats that line here, it’s newly thrilling, and far more intriguing than it previously was.

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Iron Man 3 (yet another trailer)

Wed, Mar 06, 2013
3 comments

Has Tony Stark taken some inspiration from Captain America?

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