Robert Downey Jr

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

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

‘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

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

Film director Robert Downey Sr dies at 85

Film-maker behind 1969’s Putney Swope and father to Robert Downey Jr was known for his anti-establishment oeuvre

Benjamin Lee

07, Jul, 2021 @5:30 PM

Scarlett Johansson and a decade of gender politics in the Marvel universe

Eleven years ago, Iron Man’s girlfriends were disposable eye candy. Now women form the foundations of the franchise

Ben Child

17, Jun, 2021 @2:58 PM

'There seems to be a Special Tone': Why Britney Spears is a five star film critic

The singer and sometime actor has embarked on a new lockdown career as a movie pundit. And, so far, she’s reading the public mood perfectly

Stuart Heritage

09, Apr, 2020 @3:13 PM

Dolittle review – Robert Downey Jr does nothing in pointless remake

Deploying a terrible Welsh accent and surrounded by CGI-mouthed animals, the eccentric Victorian gent comes to the aid of the sickly queen

Peter Bradshaw

07, Feb, 2020 @7:00 AM

The rise of the red-carpet dandy

Male movie stars are dumping the tux to create fabulous fashion ‘moments’ in gender-blurring outfits that break the rules of red-carpet dressing. What will we see at next Sunday’s Oscars?

Priya Elan

02, Feb, 2020 @11:00 AM

Dolittle review – Robert Downey Jr's middling talking-animals pantomime

The Avengers star opts for a dodgy Welsh accent in an uninspiring if not entirely unwatchable new take on the animal-friendly doctor

Benjamin Lee

15, Jan, 2020 @6:00 PM

The most exciting movies of 2020 – family films

Mulan fights her way out of controversy, Pixar jams with a jazz Coco and Keanu Reeves stars opposite SpongeBob Squarepants in next year’s most promising kids’ flicks

Guardian film

25, Dec, 2019 @7:00 AM