Robert Downey Jr. is grateful that he didn’t win the Oscar for his performance in Chaplin, saying it would have given him the wrong message. Robert Downey Jr. is fresh off an Academy Award nomination for his exemplary work on Oppenheimer, but the actor received his first Oscar nomination over thirty years ago for Chaplin. … Read more
The Academy Awards are voted on by filmmakers, but many other awards given out during awards season, like the Golden Globes, are given out by critics. And that can create some tension. Sure, the critics like this movie or this performance. But they might not like everything that actor did in the past. And they might have made … Read more
Robert Downey Jr. is again defending Tropic Thunder, even comparing its controversy to that of All in the Family. You never go full blackface. That is, unless you understand the joke. But for some – chiefly those who couldn’t pick up on the satire – Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder was too easy of … Read more
In March 2011, a Manhattan resident named Sui Kam “Tony” Tung brutally murdered Robert Cantor. As per reports, Tung found out about his estranged wife’s affair with Cantor and killed her lover by shooting him in the head. The gruesome murder case will be featured in this week’s episode of Dateline NBC and reveal how … Read more
Scooper Daniel Richtman reports that Robert Rodriguez is producing a remake of his 1998 alien invasion horror film The Faculty Two days ago, I mentioned to the loved ones I was spending Christmas with that I knew exactly where I was 25 years earlier. On the evening of December 25, 1998, I was sitting in … Read more
Robert Downey Jr. won’t play Iron Man again. The 58-year-old actor portrayed Tony Stark and his superhero alter ego in 11 movies from 2008’s Iron Man to 2019’s Avengers: Endgame but Marvel Cinematic Universe boss Kevin Feige has insisted there are no plans to “magically undo” the character’s death so he can make an appearance in … Read more
Marvel head Kevin Feige confirmed that there are no plans to bring Robert Downey Jr. back as Iron Man and “undo” the moment. Casting Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in Iron Man was one of the riskiest moves imaginable. A legal liability and far from being a box office catch, it made no sense … Read more
Robert Rodriguez would love to make another Desperado sequel, but finds it hard to do anything to glorify gun violence. Robert Rodriguez made his feature directorial debut with El Mariachi, an ultra low-budget action movie that launched his career. He followed it up with two sequels, Desperado in 1995 and Once Upon a Time in … Read more
We are pleased to welcome Robert Daniels as the new Associate Editor of RogerEbert.com. Robert is a Chicago-based film critic with freelance bylines at The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, IndieWire, The Playlist, and The Criterion Collection. He will be joining our editorial staff comprised of Managing Editor Brian Tallerico, Senior Editor Nick Allen, Editor-at-Large Matt Zoller Seitz, Contributing … Read more
Reports from a U.K. tabloid newspaper The Sun last week claimed that Robert De Niro will be reprising his role as Travis Bickle, the mentally unstable cabbie from Taxi Driver for an Uber ad. Of course, it does have a bit of meme potential since Taxi Driver‘s Travis Bickle has become a poster child for people who … Read more