Robert Downey Jr

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Oppenheimer wins best picture Oscar as Emma Stone pulls surprise win
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster picked up seven awards while Poor Things star won over Lily Gladstone for best actress

Benjamin Lee

11, Mar, 2024 @2:25 AM

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Robert Downey Jr wins best supporting actor Oscar for Oppenheimer
Actor wins Academy Award at third attempt, for his role in Christopher Nolan’s atomic scientist biopic

Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard

11, Mar, 2024 @12:38 AM

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Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer gamble pays off with Bafta night success
Nolan’s complex epic won best picture, best director, best actor and best supporting actor – but awards for The Zone of Interest, Poor Things and The Holdovers show they could still cause upsets on Oscar night

Peter Bradshaw

18, Feb, 2024 @9:00 PM

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Oppenheimer beats Barbie as Bafta nominations announced
Christopher Nolan looks set to win his first Bafta as atomic biopic bags 13 nominations compared to Barbie’s five – while Lily Gladstone and Andrew Scott are overlooked

Catherine Shoard

18, Jan, 2024 @12:17 PM

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Has Marvel really ditched Iron Man from the MCU? Don’t count on it
Robert Downey won’t be back, but the MCU stands on the shoulders of masked heroes, not the people playing them. Plus, a new man in the iron suit could revive failing box-office fortunes

Ben Child

08, Dec, 2023 @2:58 PM

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‘A spectacular achievement’: first reactions praise Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan’s $100m epic, out 21 July in the US, has premiered to acclaim with some calling it his finest film to date

Benjamin Lee

12, Jul, 2023 @1:30 PM

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Robert Downey Jr as Doctor Doom? Does the MCU multiverse mean anything can happen?
The Iron Man star nearly played the role 20 years ago in Fantastic Four. Will the movie’s reboot see the latest ‘almost was’ become an ‘is’, following Nicolas Cage’s Superman?

Ben Child

02, Jun, 2023 @1:07 PM

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Three ways Robert Downey Jr’s Vertigo might not be Hollywood’s stupidest ever idea
Hitchcock’s 1958 thriller is an acknowledged classic, meaning Downey Jr has a few options. I say go nuclear

Peter Bradshaw

27, Mar, 2023 @4:03 PM

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Vertigo: remake of Hitchcock thriller set to star Robert Downey Jr
Actor in talks to take on role made famous by James Stewart in remake written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight

Benjamin Lee

23, Mar, 2023 @8:56 PM

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Sr review – Robert Downey Jr paints an affectionate portrait of his father
Downey Jr starred in Robert Downey Sr’s wacky counterculture movies as an child; now he puts this radical and potent personality in a documentary of his own

Peter Bradshaw

01, Dec, 2022 @9:00 AM

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‘Fifteen years of total insanity’: how Robert Downey Jr made peace with his maverick father
Robert Downey Sr put his son in wild underground movies and gave him access to drugs. So what happened when Downey Jr finally turned the cameras on his dad?

Andrew Pulver

29, Nov, 2022 @3:20 PM

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Ten Australian accents by foreign actors, from worst to best – sorted
Jude Law, Elisabeth Moss, Benedict Cumberbatch and Kate Winslet give their all. But who nails it – and who fails dismally?

Clem Bastow

03, Apr, 2022 @5:30 PM

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