New Images: Iron Man Versus Iron Monger

Rather epic new images for this summer’s Iron Man have touched down over at Yahoo that show Tony Stark facing off against the film’s main villain Iron Monger aka Obadiah Stane (played by Jeff Bridges/killer effects). (…)

Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury Will Not Appear in Iron Man After All?

Buried in this report covering yesterday’s Wizard World convention in L.A. is the news via a panel that Samuel L. (…)

Screenwriter Zak Penn Talks The Avengers Movie as CGI, Young X-Men Movie

At one point, George Miller was in talks to take Justice League America down the all-CGI route a la Beowulf, and now Marvel’s dream-team flick, The Avengers, might be headed in that direction as well according to screenwriter Zak Penn (X-Men 2 and 3, The Incredible Hulk). (…)

New Iron Man Photo

A new photo of Iron Man has appeared online and while it’s similar to the many others belonging to Jon Favreau’s Marvel champ, this is not unlike the thousands of photos of Kate Moss you’ve viewed over the years. (…)

Two New Iron Man Photos

Marvel has released two new photos from the upcoming film adaptation of Iron Man. The first photo, seen above, shows Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) testing a gauntlet from the armor. (…)

Jon Favreau Wants to Direct Avengers Movie

Politically Correct University keg-hunter turned director Jon Favreau is all over our monitors today picking a fight with George Miller’s un-geeky, tween-appealin’ Justice League. (…)

Photo: Robert Downey Jr. forges Iron Man Armor

USA Today has printed a photo of Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr., forging the Mark 1 Iron Man armor. You can see a photo of the finished Mark 1 armor at this link. (…)

The Buzz: Zodiac is Absorbing, But Long

Zodiac
Director: David Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch, Chloë Sevigny, and Ed Setrakian
Running Time: 156 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for some strong killings, language, drug material and brief sexual images
Buzz Rating:
8/10

The Good:
“Zodiac may be the perfect meeting of filmmaker and subject ­– an obsessive’s portrait of obsession that is, finally, a monument to irresolution.”
Scott Foundas, LA Weekly
“Firing on all cylinders as a creepy thriller, police procedural and “All the President’s Men”-style investigative newsroom drama, the smart, extremely vivid production oozes period authenticity.”
Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter
“An absorbing and fulfilling experience — even though it ends with a question mark.”
William Arnold , Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Bad:
“That’s exactly the problem with this movie: It’s not about a killer, or his victims, or the manhunt or the cops. (…)