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"I'm just not the hero type, clearly," swaggering billionaire weapons contractor Tony Stark explains to the press in the first of this summer's bumper crop of comic-book films, Iron Man, "with this laundry list of character defects and all the mistakes I've made, largely publicly." Stark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robert Downey Jr.: Back from the Brink | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

Favreau lobbied to cast Downey as Stark, Iron Man's alter ego, when Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures wondered if a younger actor with a blander past would be a smarter marketing choice for a potential franchise. In Iron Man, Stark's convoy of humvees is attacked following a weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robert Downey Jr.: Back from the Brink | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

Yes, it's true that we need to listen to youngsters and focus on helping them [April 7]. But at the same time, we need to introduce new laws to stop teenage crime. We need to be very tough on guns, drugs and alcohol. Parents and teachers should be given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Kid Troubles | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

“Where do Jews come from?” asks a character in the first act of “A Little Night Yiddish.” The play, written by Laura M. Togut ’08, may not answer this question, but it certainly gives the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: One-Liners Translate in ‘Yiddish,’ But Plot Line Does Not | 4/14/2008 | See Source »

First of all, Gardner never touched a Rubik’s Cube in rise to the top floors of the Dean Witter brokerage firm, yet Smith’s character is found repeatedly whipping through that Technicolor obstacle course of cognition. Why? Well, plot development—Gardner needs to...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: A Shameless Bust | 4/13/2008 | See Source »

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