Movie Buzz

The week's top movie talk. By Mike Standish

Iron Overdose & More

Sep. 16, 2008

1

Iron Man 2 & 3 & 4
Iron Overdose New Iron Man armor, the debut of War Machine, the rise of Mandarin and a booze-soaked Tony. And the possibility of a third sequel. We’re all going to be as sick of Iron Man as we are of Captain Jack Sparrow.
2

The Day the Earth Stood Still
…Very, Very Still Watch the seven-minute preview and see Keanu Reeves take a lie detector test and try on a suit. Apparently aliens are out to bore us to death.
3

Guitar Hero
Unplugged Brett Ratner won’t get to direct a movie inspired by the game. He’ll wait until two awesome Guitar Hero movies have been made, and then swoop in to screw up the trilogy finale.
4

Liberace
Bedazzled Michael Douglas will star, with Matt Damon playing the glittery piantist’s gay lover. Oh, come on – if you’re gonna get Damon, how can you not cast Ben Affleck as Liberace?
5

Daredevil 2
Reboot Requested? If they can rescue the Caped Crusader after Batman Forever, there’s no superhero franchise that can’t be brought back from the dead. Just hope that Elektra isn’t next.
6

Avengers
Book Learnin’ Eva Longoria left the studio with a stack of Avengers comics research to play Wasp or a desperate attempt to rescue a fizzling film career? Probably the latter, but no geek is allowed to complain about a cute girl who reads comics.
7

The International
Ripped From the Headlines In the trailer, Clive Owen exposes a corrupt bank’s shady financial dealings. Which leads to disaster. Thankfully I’m too broke to have any money in the stock market. Otherwise I might find this a bit disconcerting.
8

Ghost Rider 2
Just Say No Eva Mendes won’t be back. See, someone in Hollywood can actually turn down a ridiculous, unnecessary sequel. Too bad it’s not Nic Cage.
9

Four Christmases
Bah Humbug The trailer finds Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn trying to ditch their families for the holidays by flying to Fiji. It’s a lot easier to do what the rest of us do: Numb our feelings with booze.
10

The Soloist
Shine On This movie demands an addendum to Tropic Thunder’s “retard” Oscar rule: You also get an Oscar for playing oddball mental patients with a knack for music.