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"Iron Man" big budget superhero movie that will thrill, amuse
Frank Wisswell, Brad Canze dish views on first big summer blockbuster
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I've been patiently waiting for "Iron Man" ever since I saw a leaked trailer online a year ago. About 365 days later, this film lives up to the hype. Sort of. The thing I liked about the trailer was that it showed the movie to be more human, and most importantly witty. While the movie is still funny, some of the best jokes are in the trailer.
"Speed Racer" a dazzling disaster
The Wachowski Brothers' overwhelming visual spectacle has little else to offer
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For being one of the most relentlessly colorful pieces of visual cinema ever created, "Speed Racer" is a very black-and-white film in just about every way it could be. Plot-wise, there are very good guys, and very bad guys. Production-wise, everything in this movie either works very well or not at all.
