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The Best & Worst Moments Of 'Iron Man 3'

  • By The Playlist Staff
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  • May 6, 2013 1:29 PM
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If you were in prison, comatose or pinned to the ground by a fallen armoire this weekend, it's possible you didn't see "Iron Man 3." All the rest of us, it seems, ignored our mothers' protestations and spent a couple of hours of this fine sunny summer weekend indoors in the dark, watching Robert Downey Jr. suit up as Tony Stark/Iron Man for his third solo outing. In fact, judging by these numbers, so did Mom. The "Iron Man" threequel (read about some others here) is already in the history books as the second biggest domestic opening of all time, right behind sister film "The Avengers," and looks on track to be another billion-dollar movie for the unprecedentedly successful Marvel Universe project. But with Shane Black a new recruit for the director's chair (Iron Throne?) and expectations vertiginously high for the launch of Phase Two, the finished film could be expected to show at least a few stretch marks. Our early review is here and since then, many of The Playlist have managed to catch up with it, so here's what we thought worked and what did not. **Spoilers abound.**
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More: Iron Man 3, Features, Feature, Shane Black, Marvel, Robert Downey Jr, Ben Kingsley, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rebecca Hall, Guy Pearce, Don Cheadle

Review: 'Iron Man 3' Is A Solid, Sometimes Surprising Start To Marvel's Phase Two Movies

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • April 23, 2013 10:38 PM
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  • 16 Comments
Iron Man 3, poster header
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After just about as successful a start as you could ask for (three new franchises, and one mega-franchise that kicked off with the third biggest movie of all time), the Marvel movie machine is moving into its next phase. And with it comes the risk of dilution; we're getting at least two movies a year (plus TV series "Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D"), and with countless other superheroes also in the marketplace, there's a chance that diminishing returns could set in; what was once a special chance to see much-loved characters on the big screen might simply become a bi-annual check in to see much of what we've seen before.
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More: Review, Iron Man 3, Marvel, Shane Black, Drew Pearce, Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, James Badge Dale, Rebecca Hall, Don Cheadle, Reviews

Ben Kingsley, Julian Sands & Jena Malone Move Into 'A Doll's House'

  • By Benjamin Wright
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  • November 2, 2011 5:15 AM
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“Ghandi” and “Schindler’s List” thespian Ben Kingsley is no stranger to having his name attached to more than a few projects at a time and with his supporting role in this month’s release of Martin Scorsese’s fairytale “Hugo,” and a plum role in Sacha Baron Cohen's “The Dictator” on the way for next spring, Kingsley is as busy as always. So it should come as no surprise that he's now heading up a pretty impressive cast for the big-screen adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen play “A Doll’s House.”
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More: Actors, Actresses, Ben Kingsley, Jena Malone

Chloë Moretz & Keanu Reeves Recreate 'Taxi Driver' In Harper's Bazaar Photo Spread

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • October 12, 2011 8:48 AM
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  • 10 Comments
What's the next best thing to being in a Martin Scorsese movie? Pretending to be in a Martin Scorsese movie.
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More: Actors, Actresses, Keanu Reeves, Ben Kingsley, Michael Pitt, Emily Blunt, Chloe Moretz, Christina Hendricks, Kate Bosworth

Martin Scorsese's Unfinished 'Hugo' Is An Enchanting Fairytale & Affectionate Loveletter To Cinema

  • By The Playlist
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  • October 11, 2011 3:51 AM
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Filmmaker Introduces Work-In-Progress 3D Film At Surprise New York Film Festival ScreeningWhat else could it have been? When Monday's New York Film Festival "secret" screening was announced last week, speculation went into overdrive. Most missed the fact that the picture would be a 2011 release which greatly narrowed down the field. Clint Eastwood's "J.Edgar"? The NYFF/Eastwood relationship is a close one, but the picture is already promised to the AFI festival in early November. David Fincher's "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" was another big theory, but that film's still in the editing room. That left either Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" or one of Steven Spielberg's fall pictures, but considering Scorsese already debuted his George Harrison doc this month, it seemed rather obvious, even before the secret was unveiled this afternoon.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Hugo Cabret, Ray Winstone, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Jude Law, Ben Kingsley, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloe Moretz, Emily Mortimer

New Looks At Ben Kingsley & Jude Law In Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • October 3, 2011 5:29 AM
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It has been a while since we've seen anything from Martin Scorsese's upcoming 3D family adventure "Hugo." Granted, the director has been busy executive producing "Boardwalk Empire," putting the finishing touches on the massive documentary "George Harrison: Living In The Material World" as well as editing Kenneth Lonergan's "Margaret." However, the first trailer for the film was released in July and is now somewhat of a distant memory, but with the movie gearing up to land next month the marketing campaign is likely just moments away from starting in full swing.
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More: Actors, Films, Hugo Cabret, Ben Kingsley, Jude Law

Martin Scorsese's Trailer For 'Hugo' Looks Like The 3D Adventure We've All Been Waiting For

  • By Edward Davis
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  • July 14, 2011 10:33 AM
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  • 22 Comments
In recent years, we've seen 3D films done by the likes of James Cameron, Michael Bay and botched by others we won't bother naming, but none of us have seen a 3D movie, a family adventure film no less, by Martin Scorsese. And so the trailer for his upcoming film, "Hugo" (formerly known as "Hugo Cabret") has hit and we must say it looks pretty damn wonderful, thrilling and charming (vibrant use of music too, though that doesn't sound like composer Howard Shore's work; he wrote the score).
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Hugo Cabret, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloe Moretz

Ben Kingsley Reportedly Joins Sacha Baron Cohen's 'The Dictator'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • April 28, 2011 10:31 AM
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It looks like funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen and knighted, respected actor Ben Kingsley got along smashingly on the set of Martin Scorsese's "Hugo Cabret" as the duo are set to follow that up with another film together.
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More: Films, Actors, The Dictator, Ben Kingsley

David Slade To Direct Vampire Horror Pic 'The Last Voyage Of The Demeter'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 12, 2011 6:14 AM
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Noomi Rapace & Ben Kingsley Still Tentatively AttachedDirector David Slade must reeeaally love vampires as he's about to embark on his third film about bloodsuckers in a row.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, David Slade, The Last Voyage Of The Demeter, Ben Kingsley

First Look: Sacha Baron Cohen & Ben Kingsley In Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo Cabret'

  • By Simon Dang
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  • December 8, 2010 5:01 AM
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After months of photography in Paris and London, here's our first look at Sacha Baron Cohen as the train station inspector and Ben Kingsley as silent French filmmaker Georges Méliès in Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Brian Selznick's best-selling children's historical fiction book, "The Invention Of Hugo Cabret."
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More: Films, Actors, Hugo Cabret, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley

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