Daily Archives: April 23, 2013

‘Iron Man 3’ spoiler? Really, don’t read on …

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Not very many days ago I wrote that I don’t want to know more about “Iron Man 3.”

It was a lie and I am a damn dirty liar.

So today the Interwebs are lit up with reports from early screenings of “Iron Man 3” that indicate the nature of the post credits – or is it mid-credits, like the Thanos scene in “The Avengers?” – stinger for “Iron Man 3.”

Yes, we’ve heard rumors that Tony Stark will suit up in a space-going armor at the end of “Iron Man 3.” All the better for Iron Man to take his place on the “Guardians of the Galaxy” team.

So … maybe.

But now we’re told that the credits scene of “Iron Man 3” gives us something we’ve wanted to see since the end of “The Avengers.”

Still want to know?

Are you sure?

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Yes, at the end of “The Avengers,” Tony Stark and Bruce Banner take off together, newly found comrades in science.

We’ve wanted to see more of that duo ever since.

Early spoilers from “Iron Man 3” screenings indicate that the story of the movie, told in flashback by a traumatized Tony, is actually recounted to … Bruce Banner.

In the spoilery credits scene, Tony is talking and talking and talking and … Bruce is dozing off.

“You know, I’m not that kind of a doctor,” Banner tells Stark, who continues with his story.

Okay, so do you feel better or worse?

 

Allan Arbus RIP

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Paging Dr. Sidney Freedman. We need one last consultation.

Sad news today: Allan Arbus, longtime character actor best known for a recurring role as Sidney, the wry psychiatrist on “M.A.S.H.” has passed away.

Arbus, who starred in cult classics like “Greaser’s Palace,” was 95. That 1972 film was directed by Robert Downey Sr. The elder Downey also directed him in “Putney Swope.”

I remember Arbus best from “The Electric Horseman,” the Robert Redford film, besides his 12 episodes of “M.A.S.H.”

I didn’t know until I read his obit that Arbus was married, from 1941 to 1969, to photographer Diane Arbus.

Rest in peace, Mr. Arbus.

 

First look: The trailer for ‘Thor: The Dark World’

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The first “Thor” movie took some of us by surprise. The Asgardean Avenger was never a favorite character of mine, so while I didn’t doubt that Marvel would do well with his debut movie, I wasn’t expecting as much as I did from “Captain America.” But I was pleasantly surprised.

So with “Iron Man 3” just a couple of weeks away, we get a trailer for “Thor: The Dark World,” which opens Nov. 8.

The trailer looks good, although it was amusing to see the preview opening in steel-gray modern-day London. That city is getting a hell of a beating this year, between this and “Star Trek Into Darkness.”

Most of the cast gets a few shots in the trailer, led by Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, of course.

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And can that possibly be Christopher Eccleston under all that makeup as villain Malekith?

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And they saved the best for last: Tom Hiddleston, rocking some “Rock of Ages” hair, as Loki.

Wonder if Odin had SHIELD build that glass box?