pinartarhan.com

Fun and comprehensive entertainment blog feat. movies, TV series, actors, movie-makers, music & books: 1980 - Present

  • Home
  • Hire Me
  • Books
  • Privacy Policy

Iron Man 3 starring Robert Downey Jr, Guy Pearce and Ben Kingsley: Fun, Fun, Fun

Posted on August 26, 2013 Written by ripitup

Share

 
iron-man-3-poster
Image via marketsaw.blogspot.com.

 

If I had to choose just one word to describe Iron Man 3, it’d be fun. It’s a fast-paced, action-packed, and highly entertaining superhero movie. It could use some more rock numbers that made the first 2 awesome, but overall it is the right type of film for the series.

Of course like any movie, Iron Man 3 isn’t without its haters or discontent viewers. But given that you know what to expect, you shouldn’t be disappointed – especially if you like director/co-writer Shane Black’s more mainstream work (the action classic Lethal Weapon, for instance).

In addition to the usual cast of Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle (who took over from Terrence Howard after the first Iron Man), we get Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley (Gandhi, Schindler’s List, House of Sand and Fog), and Golden Globe nominees Rebecca Hall (The Awakening, Vicky Cristina Barcelona) and Guy Pearce (Memento, Lockout, LA Confidential).

Keeping in mind Robert Downey Jr.  has 2 Oscar nominations, Don Cheadle has one, and Paltrow has one Academy Award, we can add the cast of Iron Man 3 to the superhero movies that casts critically acclaimed actors who also happen to be box-office draws – e.g. check out the cast of Man of Steel.

Some viewers weren’t happy with the twist, but I found it quite fun- it was one of those laugh-out-loud moments for me, and it was perfectly acted and directed.

It was also fun to see our beloved cheeky hero Tony Stark to be suffering from anxiety attacks after everything they went through in The Avengers. Alien attacks can get to a guy, apparently…

And yes, there are clichés in the movie.

The Story:

In 1999, at a Christmas part in Bern, we meet the ever-cheeky Stark hooking up with an intelligent hottie (Rebecca Hall), and ignoring anyone who is not his date. Among the ignored and humiliated is Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce), a geeky scientist adoring Tony’s work and wanting to work with him.

Fast-forward to now, Tony is with his former assistant/current managing partner/acting CEO Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow). While she is busy running the firm, Tony is obsessing over creating back-up Iron Man outfits, paranoid that there can be other alien attacks he will need to protect Pepper from.

In the meantime, the recent terrorist leader The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) who is hacking satellites and distributing scary messages and threatening the president (William Sadler).

When a different kind of bomb badly injures Tony’s friend/head of security Happy (Jon Favreau, director of the first Iron Man) and puts him into hospital, he openly threatens The Mandarin, and Mandarin responds more openly and violently than anyone could have predicted.

With his house and lab pretty much destroyed, Tony has his intelligence, Jarvis on zero battery and smart kid he runs into to deal with Mandarin, as well as the weird Terminator-like human/robots who just don’t get killed easily…

**

Have fun!!!

 

Also on Robert Downey Jr.

Due Date starring Robert Downey Jr. & Zach Galifianakis

Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Mark Strong and Rachel McAdams

Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard

Iron Man 2 starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke

Also on Guy Pearce

Death Defying Acts starring Guy Pearce & Catherine Zeta-Jones 

Guy Pearce Trivia

Lockout starring Guy Pearce & Maggie Grace

The King’s Speech starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter & Guy Pearce

 

More on Gwyneth Paltrow 

A Perfect Murder starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen and Michael Douglas

Shallow Hal starring Jack Black and Gwyneth Paltrow

Share

Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Ben Kingsley, Don Cheadle, guy pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, iron man 3, iron man 3 cast, Jon Favreau, Rebecca Hall, robert downey jr, robert downey jr. iron man 3, shane black, shane black iron man 3

Due Date starring Robert Downey Jr. & Zach Galifianakis

Posted on February 2, 2011 Written by ripitup

Share

Due Date starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.
Due Date starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. Feat. Juliette Lewis, Danny McBride & Jamie Foxx.

Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) is a successful architect on a business trip who can’t wait to get home to Los Angeles and be there for his wife Sarah (Michelle Monaghan) when she gives birth. All it should have taken was a simple first class ride. Unfortunately Peter met Ethan Trembley (Zach Galifianakis) a “weird” guy who claims to be 23 years old, uses dope for a medical condition and wants to be an actor.

Peter suddenly finds himself on the no-flight list and with no suitcase and no wallet. Ethan comes to his rescue by offering him a ride in his rental. A desperate Peter agrees but of course he just might under-estimated how irrational and weird Ethan might be. More things go wrong leading to hilarious moments.

As the story progresses, the audience starts to wonder whether Peter will able to reach Los Angeles in one piece and/or without killing Ethan…

**

Due Date is 2010-dated comedy from the director of hilarious films The Hangover and Old School. With 3 other co-writers (Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland & Adam Sztykiel) on board, Todd has written and directed a fun road comedy starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.

Due Date is not as hilarious as The Hangover. Be ready for that. It probably won’t give you that many laughing cramps. But despite a slowish start and some not-so-funny moments, it is a movie that will entertain you and at some parts, it will make you laugh your butt off.

I started enjoying the movie a lot more after the initial 30-35 minutes. While I am not sure Ethan’s “method” for sleeping was really that funny by itself, the dog imitating the owner was hilarious. And the following morning, the movie tunes up its comedy and with the brief addition of Jamie Foxx’s character, it stays hilarious.

My advice? Some parts might be a little dragging but watch it anyway. It is worth your time.

Favorite scenes:

–          The “coffee” at Darryl (Jamie Foxx)’s house.

–          Ethan’s implications about Darryl and Peter’s wife.

–          Everything right before and after Mexico.

Favorite lines:

Ethan (on when Darryl ran into Peter’s wife): February? 9 months ago?

Darryl: 9-10 months ago.

Ethan: 9.

**

Peter (to Ethan): I’m sorry we drank your father.

Ethan: That’s OK. There’s still plenty of him here. Darryl only made 3 cups of coffee and there is about 8 cups of my dad left here.

**

Peter (on the phone to his wife’s voice mail): Ever-faithful husband calling from West Texas. Just checking in…. I actually talked to him (Darryl). He told me about the lovely weekend you guys spent together in San Diego………   If there is something you need to tell me…so that I don’t get surprised in the delivery room…

**

Ethan (throwing his father’s ashes): Dad, you were like a father to me!

**

Fun notes:

–          Co-writer Adam Sztykiel also wrote Made of Honor, a romantic comedy starring Michelle Monaghan and Patrick Dempsey.

–          Due Date features Juliette Lewis in a small role as Ethan’s drug-dealer. She also co-starred in Old School.

–          The Hangover Part II is in the works.

–          Danny McBride makes a funny and annoying appearance as the unhelpful Western Union guy.

Also on Zach Galifianakis

The Hangover

Bored to Death

Also on Jamie Foxx

Law Abiding Citizen starring Gerard Butler & Jamie Foxx

Valentine’s Day starring Jamie Foxx, Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner& more

Also on Michelle Monaghan

Source Code starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan & Vera Farmiga

The Heartbreak Kid starring Ben Stiller, Malin Akerman and Michelle Monaghan

Made of Honor starring Patrick Dempsey & Michelle Monaghan

Also on Robert Downey Jr.

Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Mark Strong and Rachel McAdams

Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard

Iron Man 2 starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke

Due Date, Love and Other Drugs, The Tourist: The 3 Comedies to Anticipate This Season

Six Celebrities That Aged Really Well feat. Robert Downey Jr., Tim Robbins, Keanu Reeves….

10 Celebrities to Wear Flats for: Feat. Robert Downey Jr.,  Johnny Depp, Kevin Bacon, Jon Bon Jovi and More

Favorite Comic Book Movies by a Girl Who Hasn’t Read The Comics

11 Mel Gibson Films You Should Watch feat. Air America (with Robert Downey Jr.)

Share

Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Adam Sztykiel, Alan Freedland, Alan R. Cohen, comedy, danny mcbride, due date, due date movie, Jamie Foxx, Juliette Lewis, Michelle Monaghan, movies, Old School, old school movie made of honor, robert downey jr, The Hangover, the hangover movie, todd phillips, Zach Galifianakis

Golden Globes 2011- The Best of Host Ricky Gervais

Posted on January 23, 2011 Written by ripitup

Share

The 68th Golden Globes – Best of Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais at 2011's Golden Globes
Ricky Gervais at 2011's Golden Globes: He was outrageous, politically incorrect and downright hilarious! image via tvverdict.com

If there is one thing good about not being a Hollywood star, it is that Ricky Gervais won’t get to joke about you at the Golden Globes. The guy is hilarious, but let’s face it, he is not gentle and he is definitely not politically correct. And we love him for it. But I am not sure I’d want to be at the receiving end of his jokes.

Here’re my favorite Ricky Gervais lines from the 68th Golden Globes – the words may not be exact but the punch lines are intact:

on Charlie Sheen:

–          It’s gonna be a night of partying and heavy drinking, or as Charlie Sheen calls it: “breakfast”. Wow, so… Let’s get this straight. What he did was he picked up a “porn star”, paid it to have dinner with him, introduced her to his ex-wife: “how do you do?” went to a hotel, got drunk, got naked, trashed the place while she was locked in the cupboard… that was a Monday! What did he do on New Year’s Eve?

on “The Walking Dead” Hugh Hefner and his 24-year-old bride-to-be:

–           Talking of the “Walking Dead”, congratulations to Hugh Hefner, who’s getting married at the age of 84 to 24-year-old beauty Crystal Harris. When she was asked why she was marrying him she said: “‘Cause he lied about his age. He told me he was 94.

on Robert Downey Jr.:

–           I love this next presenter. He’s so cool. He’s the star of “Iron Man”, “Two Girls and a Guy”, “Wonder Boys”… Sorry, are these porn films? “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”, “Bowfinger”, really? Here… “Up the Academy”. Come on… He was in all those films, but many of you in this room probably know him best from such facilities as the Betty Ford Clinic and Los Angeles County Jail. Please welcome Robert Downey Jr.

on Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor and “Scientology”

–          Also not nominated “I love you Philip Morris”. Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor: two heterosexual actors pretending to be gay, so the complete opposite of some famous scientologist thing. Um, probably. My lawyers helped me to get away with that joke; they’re not here.

on Tom Hanks and Tim Allen:

–          What can I say about our next two presenters? The first is an actor, producer, writer and director whose movies have grossed over three and a half billion dollars at the box office. He’s won two Academy Awards and three Golden Globes for his powerful and varied performances starring in such films as “Philadelphia”, “Forrest Gump”, “Cast Away”, “Apollo 13” and “Saving Private Ryan”. The other is… Tim Allen.

on The Tourist and the nominations of Angelina Jolie & Johnny Depp … AND Cher

–          It was a big year for 3D movies: “Toy Story”, “Despicable Me”, “Tron”. Seems like everything this year was three dimensional… except the characters in “The Tourist”. Uh, I feel bad about that joke. I… no… I’ll tell you what… I’m jumping on the bandwagon ’cause I haven’t even seen “The Tourist”. Who has? But, no… It must be good ’cause it’s nominated tonight. So shut up, ok? And I’d like to squash the ridiculous rumor going around that the only reason “The Tourist” was nominated was so that the Hollywood Foreign Press could hang out with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. That is rubbish, that is not the only reason, they also accepted bribes… No. All that happened was some of them were taken to see Cher in concert, how the hell is that a bribe? Really? “You wanna go to see Cher?” “No.” “Why not?” “‘Cause it’s not 1975.

on  Robert Pattinson and Olivia Wilde

–          The next presenters are very young, thin and beautiful. Which is just as well because they are presenting a category no one in America cares about: Best Foreign Language Film!

on Sex and The City 2

–          There were a lot of big films that didn’t get nominated this year, nothing for “Sex and the City 2”. I was sure the Golden Globe for special effects would go to the team that airbrushed that poster. Um, great job! Girls, we know how old you are: I saw one of you in an episode of “Bonanza”.

on Scarlett Johansson & Mel Gibson

Our first presenter is beautiful, talented and Jewish, apparently. Mel Gibson told me that. He’s obsessed. Please welcome Scarlett Johansson.

on Lost:

–          One of the biggest events on TV this year was the finale of “Lost”. One of my favorites. And all the questions were answered… yeah. I have to say, though, It was a complicated finale. I’m not sure I totally understood it all, but from what I can work out, I’m pretty sure the fat one ate them all.

–          **

  • Also one of my favorites, he presented Bruce Willis as Ashton Kutcher’s dad!

Share

Filed Under: Movies and Actors, TV shows Tagged With: Angelina Jolie, Ashton Kutcher, Bruce Willis, Charlie Sheen, Cher, Ewan McGregor, golden globe awards, golden globes, golden globes this year, hollywood foreign press, i love you philip morris, Jim Carrey, Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson, Ricky Gervais, ricky gervais golden globes, robert downey jr, Robert Pattinson, scarlett johansson, the tourist, the tourist movie, tim allen, tom hanks

Due Date, Love and Other Drugs, The Tourist: The 3 Comedies to Anticipate This Season

Posted on September 26, 2010 Written by ripitup

Share

For the summer, my top 3 anticipated movies were Knight and Day, Inception and Salt. While I didn’t get to see Salt (I will, eventually), I had a great time with both Knight and Day and Inception. While Knight and Day – starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz– gave us the perfect combination of action-comedy-romance, Inception was one hell of a mind-bending ride with a killer script and equally impressive special effects.

For the colder days ahead, there are many good movies coming up, and I picked the three that looked the most fun and well, they also have terrific casts.

The Tourist – starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie

The Tourist starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie
The Tourist starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie

The Tourist seems like to be in the same genre as Knight and Day, and it has even got one innocent, clueless character that thinking they met this gorgeous and exciting person from the opposite sex but instead of a mind-blowing romance- or at least they can get to that, they find out that sexy stranger is involved in a very complex career. In Knight and Day it was Cameron Diaz, a car mechanic on her way to her sister’s wedding when she met F.B.I agent on the run from the F.B.I agents trying to kill him, played by Tom Cruise. Here the hapless sap is Johnny Depp, and the agent/spy/whatever is the woman, very appropriately played by Angelina Jolie.

The movie seems to have a good sense of humor, great action sequences and exotic locations. Can’t wait.

Love and Other Drugs starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway

Love and Other Drugs starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway
Love and Other Drugs starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway

Pharmaceutical Rep. Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) is pretty happy with his life: he likes his job (=he makes good money), and he is even better with (seducing) women. However his successful yet fun & simple life  gets complicated when he finally meets a girl named Maggie (Anne Hathaway) who pretty much seems to be his female version: she is hot and she loves having sex for the hell of it. But there seems to be more to their attraction and eventually relationship to more than just sex. He really might be falling for her. But maybe there is a reason behind her carefree and fun-loving attitude, and it may be that will alter his life forever…

Don’t worry, I didn’t include anything in the plot that wasn’t suggested in the trailer. This ones seems to be a romantc comedy/drama.

This is Anne and Jake’s second collaboration, the first one being in the award-winning Brokeback Mountain, where Jake played a cowboy falling in love with another gay cowboy, at a time when gay relationships weren’t all that conventional and the two lovers end up marrying women, all the while staying in the affair through a long period of time. Jake’s character had married Anne’s character in the film.

Due Date starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis

Due Date starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis
Due Date starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. Image via: media.daemonsmovies.com

And from the makers of the The Hangover, comes another comedy. While the trailer of Due Date didn’t make me laugh too hard, it entertained the hell out of me. And since I know the writer is a whiz at writing comedy and that both Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover’s Alan, Bored to Death’s Ray) and Robert Downey Jr. are more than apt at delivering perfect comedic performance, I believe it is safe to think that we might have stomach cramps from laughing because of this movie.

The plot: Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) needs to get to his wife’s birth and unfortunately needs to let the weird passenger Ethan (Zach Galifianakis) join his ride. Of course there will hardly anything going normal…

Share

Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Angelina Jolie, Anne Hathaway, comedy, drama, due date, due date movie, Jake Gyllenhaal, Johnny Depp, knight and day, knight and day movie, love and other drugs, movies, robert downey jr, romance, The Hangover, the tourist, the tourist movie, Zach Galifianakis

  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »

In the mood for a fun romcom novel?

Copyright © 2025 · Focus Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Reject Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT