Hollywood welcomed some of its favorite A-listers, directors, producers, and assorted filmmakers for the 82nd Academy Awards on Sunday, March 7.
Opening this week just in time for Christmas holidays, Robert Downey Jr. stars as tough but wise Sherlock Holmes; Daniel Day-Lewis stars in Rob Marshall’s musical, Nine; plus a look at Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, It’s Complicated, Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and Up In The Air.
The folks over at Yahoo! Movies have revealed the first official poster for Iron Man 2, in addition to nine photos from the upcoming 2010 film.
A weekly round-up of news stories on the comings and goings of the entertainment world. This week: Robert Downey Jr. may be cast as the vampire Lestat, Superman is being chopped up in the courts, St. Elmo’s Fire is coming to television, and Bryan Singer moves closer to rebooting Battlestar Galactica.
New on DVD this week, Robert Downey Jr. stars alongside Jamie Foxx in the obvious, heart-tugging drama, The Soloist. Also available, Disney revisits the family franchise from yesteryear with Race to Witch Mountain, and Idris Elba stars with Beyoncé in the thriller Obsessed.
New releases coming to theatres this weekend include Disneynature’s stunning documentary, Earth; The Soloist with Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx; the thriller Obsessed, starring Beyoncé, Idris Elba, and Ali Larter; and the action-drama, Fighting.
Follow the fun-loving Wall•E on a trip through space as he follows his hearts desire, meets up with humanity, and tries to bring them back home. Also out this week, Ben Stiller directs and stars in the war drama spoof, Tropic Thunder, about a group of super stars lost in the jungle during the filming of… an epic war drama.
Soon to be franchise superhero Iron Man makes his big DVD debut this week, with Robert Downey Jr. filling out the ego and the charm of this incredibly cool character. Also coming to shelves this week is Judd Apatow’s comedy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, with Jason Segel as another loser dealing with his empty life.
Blockbuster season officially kicks off with the release of one of this year’s biggest action adventures: Iron Man, starring the acerbic Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Joining the film at the box office is the historical drama Fugitive Pieces; Patrick Dempsey latest romantic comedy, Made of Honor; and the dark documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side.
Forget about the capes, the tights, and the aliens from other planets. This Friday, May 2 a real hero arrives in theatres, and his name is Iron Man.
Born in the pages of Marvel comics in the early 1960s, Iron Man has been slightly reimagined for the modern day, and stars Robert Downey Jr. as wealthy inventor Tony Stark.
