https://nerdspan.com nerdy news for fangirls and fanboys Sun, 03 Nov 2013 18:12:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-hangover-part-iii-2013/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-hangover-part-iii-2013/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 13:39:01 +0000 Dave Howlett https://nerdspan.com/?p=14473 Blame it all on Tony Stark. The 2013 summer movie season kicked off so strongly with Iron Man 3, the bar was set pretty high for blockbusters in general and sequels in particular. Granted, after an insultingly lazy second installment, the raunchy Hangover series had nowhere to go but up, and this third and allegedly [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-hangover-part-iii-2013/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013-4/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013-4/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 18:15:50 +0000 Dave Howlett https://nerdspan.com/?p=13536 Deciding to take the reins of Iron Man 3 must not have been easy for director Shane Black. Sure, it’s a high-profile gig for a guy who hasn’t really been relevant for a while now–Black’s heyday was in the ultraviolent Eighties and early Nineties, scripting shoot-em-up fare like Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout. [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013-4/feed/ 1 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-201/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-201/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 22:11:33 +0000 Royal Lance Eustache https://nerdspan.com/?p=13415 The true man of steel, Tony Stark, is back and he is up against his strongest villain in the Iron Man series. Many people were hoping to that Iron Man 3 is better than Iron Man 2. Sadly, the first two movies pale in comparison with the newest release.]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-201/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013-3/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013-3/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 22:09:05 +0000 Michelle Ealey https://nerdspan.com/?p=13456 Iron Man 3 continues the tale of Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) as Iron Man, tracing his evolution from cocky, wise-cracking selfish playboy to cocky, wise-cracking armor-wearing hero. With no origin story to bog it down, Iron Man 3 is free to be the ultimate superhero movie and easily the best in the series.]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013-3/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/box-office-back-issues-iron-man-2008/ https://nerdspan.com/box-office-back-issues-iron-man-2008/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:34:29 +0000 Dave Howlett https://nerdspan.com/?p=12964 BOX OFFICE BACK ISSUES is a new feature here at the Movies Section of NerdSpan, where we revisit the previous installments in a comic book movie franchise in anticipation of the next adventure–a rummage through the metaphorical movie longbox. It’s hard to imagine it now, but it wasn’t so long ago that Iron Man was [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/box-office-back-issues-iron-man-2008/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013-2/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013-2/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:15:50 +0000 Iain McNally https://nerdspan.com/?p=12925 Kicking off “Phase 2” of Marvel’s cinematic universe after The Avengers, Iron Man 3 has a tricky balancing act to pull off: how to present Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) with enough of a threat to create the drama required for the third film in a series, but which doesn’t necessitate the assembling of the Avengers, now that Tony presumably has them on speed dial?]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013-2/feed/ 1 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:30:12 +0000 Ryan Morrissey-Smith https://nerdspan.com/?p=12826 Tony Stark is back and this time he is up against two enemies, the Mandarin and himself. Following on from the timeline established after the events of The Avengers, we find Stark in a state of flux, struggling with the things that happened and suffering from it. Stark questions all that he has done, coming to the conclusion that Pepper Potts is the one thing he has in his life that keeps him going. ]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-iron-man-3-2013/feed/ 1