As far as I’m concerned, Robert Downey Jr. is Iron Man, and Iron man is Robert Downey Jr. Maybe at some point in the future there can be another actor to take up the mantle, but right now I’m not interested in any version of Iron Man that does not include RDJ. So with that in mind, Jon Favreau, who of course directed the first two Iron Man films, was asked about the possbility of a fourth film featuring RDJ. He spoke possitively of the idea and I tend to agree with him. What’s more, I’d sort of like to see Favreau back at the helm Shane Black did okay with Iron Man 3, but I’d like to see…

As we’ve discussed before, turning a popular video game into a halfway decent movie tends to be a hit or (mostly) miss affair in Hollywood. Nintendo franchise “Super Mario Brothers” probably still has the trophy for being a shining example of how wrong things can get, but even this year’s “Need For Speed” showed that there can be a disconnect between the button-mashing audience and those that buy tickets for the multiplex. But nevertheless, Sony is undaunted by the challenge because they are bringing one of the most iconic video game characters ever to the big screen.

Deadline reports that…

It sounds a little dull — Tom Cruise repeating the same day over and over and over and over and over… and over again. But you must trust me, this film is anything but dull.

It’s been a little while since we’ve seen a good Doug Liman film. He is, of course, best known for The Bourne Identity which is indeed quite excellent. His next installment is a film many loved but which I did not love all that much: Mr. and Mrs. Smith. It was okay as far as it goes — a little crass and gruesome, but decent enough for what it was. And a lot of people like Jumper which I have not seen. Bourne was in 2002,…

Trek V was a gross miscalculation on almost every level. Trek IV was funny and hugely successful so the mandate was to bring the funny again. Some of the humor works. Some of it is simply juvenile. Going after God. Really? Haven’t we done the Supreme Being thing already guys? God never works. The non-ILM special effects are from hunger and always take me out of the story.

Then there’s the script. I know I recently accused The Undiscovered Country of numerous plot holes and contrivances, but Trek V is littered with them.

In order for the Enterprise to be successfully hijacked all the…

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There you have it folks, J.J. wants you to knock it off and quit making ridiculous claims that the Falcon is in this movie. But wait, why would Abrams tweet this as a photo? Look closely. Go ahead, look back up there.

That’s the holo-chess board from inside the Falcon. This may be the greatest things Abrams has ever done. Kathleen Kenedy did promise us that part of the negotiation with Abrams is that the production would be a bit more transparent and not quite Abrams usual mystery box fair.

My personal opinion is that the…

That brings the total worldwide box office haul for X-Men: Days of Future Past to just over $500 million, setting a new record for the franchise in just nine days. To compare to the totals of previous series installments (The Wolverineis the only other 3D release in the series):

• $296,339,527 - X-Men (2000)
• $407,711,549 – X2: X-Men United (2003)
• $459,359,555 – X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
• $373,062,864 – X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
• $353,624,124 – X-Men: First Class (2011)
• $414,828,246 – The Wolverine (2013)

At this rate, Days of Future Past will finish with a $700 million+ total…

Once upon a dream, Disney brought us the tale of Sleeping Beauty, but according to their latest film, they may not have been entirely truthful in that story they told us, and now they’re here to set the record straight.

To be sure, the film has its detractors. Maleficent‘s box office success is only eclipsed by the exceedingly harsh reviews — though not nearly as harsh as Angelina Jolie’s cheek bones as the titular character.

The film proposes to us that things in the once upon a time may not be all that we have been led to believe. And so we are taken on a journey through the childhood of…

I’ll always remember June 1, 1984 as the day I became a Star Trek fan.

We all know that was the day Star Trek III: The Search for Spock was released, and while it is hardly the high watermark of the film series, I believe it occupies a special place in every Trek fan’s heart (and if it doesn’t it should). It certainly does in mine.

Yes, it has some plot holes you could drive a truck through (not nearly as bad as say, The Undiscovered Country), and its title is a dead giveaway for its resolution, but for me, Trek IIIis the first of the films that really focuses on the familial bond between…

Big day for reboots. First it was Cliffhanger, and now MGM and Warner Bros. announced they are teaming with Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin to create a re-imagined trilogy based on the sci-fi hit Stargate, one of the biggest titles in the MGM library. Emmerich, who directed and co-wrote the original film with Devlin, is on board to direct this one, with Devlin producing. Those two are already hard at work on a new version of Independence Day at Fox.

Sigh. See, here’s the thing: I don’t know too many Stargate fans who are really big fans of Roland Emmerich’s original film. Most fans I know…