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From the first few seconds of the action comedy "Tropic Thunder," the viewer understands that the film is going to be both brilliant and hilarious.

Charlie Bartlett is a seventeen-year-old to whom popularity is everything, and he does manage to achieve it... in a bathroom stall.

Director Jon Favreau has successfully achieved making the movie for both die-hard fans and film-goers who know absolutely nothing about the Marvel Comic superhero.

Iron Man is the first big blockbuster of summer, and Marvel has created the next successful superhero franchise. Jon Favreau and Company has struck gold with Iron Man.

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, is a movie about the famous American photographer who shot unusual and ground breaking portraits of people.

Adapted from its long-running comic-book counterpart, Iron Man was released as Marvel's first independently financed and marketed movie. A $140 million hit or miss?

It took a long time, but Ben Stiller almost breaks out of his creative rut with Tropic Thunder. A clever concept and good cast help elevate this movie into something fun.

Tropic Thunder is deceptively smart action/comedy movie that serves as a reminder to why Ben Stiller has become a recurring comedic star.

This engaging true tale of an unlikely friendship between a journalist and a homeless musical prodigy comes to the big screen through the pages of a compelling book.

Actors Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell and Jonah Hill have joined the voice cast for DreamWorks Animation's upcoming Oobermind. Movie opens November 5, 2010.

Starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. Even parodies can get too big. Yet in the overdone mess that is Tropic Thunder, a few bright spots emerge.

Iron Man, released in summer of 2008, stands apart from the recent slew of superhero movies (Superman Returns, the Spiderman trilogy) in that it is more adult.

Robert Downey, Jr. excels in one of the best superhero comic book adaptations in recent years.

Marvel Comics icon The Invincible Iron Man is given the Hollywood treatment in what may be the finest superhero film released in years starring Robert Downey Jr.

War mongerer. Mass murderer. Merchant of death. Billionaire genius Tony Stark has been called all these things and he's okay with that.

With the recent box office success of Iron Man, Marvel Studios is already planning a sequel to the film. Other Marvel comic book adaptations are in the works as well.

Michael Keaton's recent 16mm indie Game 6 is, as cast and crew admit, a film fueled by love of the story.

Ever since the early 1960s, the comic book fan base has been divided largely between two companies: Marvel Comics and DC Comics.

Anton Yelchin stars as Charlie Bartlett, a young man seeking acceptance in a popularity driven world. Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, and Kat Dennings round out the cast.

"The Soloist," which hit theaters Friday, is based on a book by reporter Steve Lopez, who has a life-changing relationship with a resident of Skid Row.

The months of summer blockbuster are over, but there's a different movie season beast right around the corner full of intense characterizations and hopes of gold.

The only published novel of Oscar Wilde, the popular story of Dorian Gray has inspired another film adaptation. How does it compare to the novel and previous adaptations?

Sherlock Holmes is probably the most famous fictional detective of all time. Indeed, it could even be argued he is the best known fictional creation of all time.

Robert Downey Jr., Tina Fey and Ben Stiller are currently in negotiations to play the leads in DreamWorks Animation's upcoming film Master Mind.

Published in 2009, 150th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birth, this new edition of his Sherlock Holmes mysteries includes all four novels and 56 short stories.

Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. do their best to keep up with director Joe Wright's baton, which swings wildly all over a movie whose score needs additional notations.

Robert Downey Jr. recreates himself as a superhero and blows away the competition with this summer's first blockbuster movie event, Iron Man

Despite not being one of the more well known personas in the Marvel Comics roster, Ironman's film debut aims to change all that.

Who will win, who will lose, and who will stay home in shame of having not even been nominated? Here are the predictions of who will walk away victorious come Oscar night

Something was missing from Lynda La Plante's new crime drama, Above Suspicion. It wasn't intrigue or star performances - it was the heroine, DC Anna Travis.

Having kicked off the summer movie season with an impressive worldwide box office of over 570 million dollars, Iron Man hits DVD with hours of great extra features. 8/10

Tropic Thunder is a funny satire of war movies and over-serious stars, but the DVD's extras are funnier than anything in the film itself.

By using the setting of an over-schedule, over-budget war film set in Vietnam, Ben Stiller's new comedy pokes fun at the prima donnas cast in such an explosive debacle.

Iron Man is an unbelievably entertaining film but at its core, it is about something of great interest to the entire world.

My assessment: "Director Linklater could have done so much more with Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly."

It seems that there is a shocking lack of shocking movies being released today in Hollywood. Fifteen years ago this month, one movie was released amid critical views.

A witty teen comedy following in the footsteps of American Pie or Ferris Bueller, Charlie Bartlett co-stars Robert Downey Jr. and Kat Dennings.

Although some geeks may complain about yet another origin story, director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr. kick-off a new franchise with wit, intelligence and style

Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Cameron Diaz spend big on head-to-toe makeovers before the Academy Awarda

It seems as though new comic book films are coming out at a faster pace than ever. Here are some of the more anticipated films of 2008.

Danger surrounds London with super sleuth Sherlock Holmes in pursuit of a maniacal Lord out to rule the world. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law sizzle as Holmes/Watson.

Overly done for the 21st century audience, or keeping Sir Arthur Conan Doyle safely positioned in his grave?

Joe Wright directs The Soloist, a film that had high hopes for awards season, but unfortunately it doesn't quite live up to the hype.

The Soloist is an emotionally absorbing dramatization of the true life story of a musical prodigy, Nathaniel Ayers.

In the March 2008 issue, "Vanity Fair" ambitiously honors Alfred Hitchcock with dazzling photos of today's hottest stars reenacting iconic scenes from his classic films.

Actor Ben Stiller received this year's Generation Award; Stars give viewers first look at upcoming summer blockbusters; Andy Samberg's digital shorts revamped

Guy Ritchie's frenetic, yet exciting film style denies the audience's seduction by Sherlock Holmes (or, by the capable Robert Downey Jr.) and his brilliant deductions.

The 2009 Sherlock Holmes film trailer shows Holmes and Watson as action heroes. Was life at 221B Baker Street really that exciting or has director Guy Ritchie made it up?

Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams star in the updated version of Sherlock Holmes now in theaters.

With nary an Oscar to be found, this scruffy best of list celebrates the movies that sustained the greatest impact over the past ten years, be they artistic or just fun.