4 LIONS: From the opening monologue recording a suicide messages to the final act of blowing themselves up, Chris Morris’ film 4 Lions is relentless in creating characters in scenarios that are hilarious, heartwarming and, dare I say it, inoffensive. Because if heaven is like skipping the queues to fast track the big rides, then 4 Lions is surely the Disneyland’s Teacup merry-go-round.
IRON MAN 2: In what must be a first for a big-budget action movie,Mikey Rourke hardly needs makeup to play the bad guy with hair extensions and a side-kick bird (a feathered one, not Scarlett Johansson) working on a scale 100 times more effective than Frank Langella’s mashed-up face in The Box. In the same way Mikey Rourke lights up the screen as Whiplash, Robert Downey Jr. must be kissing the feet of his Iron Man suit as his role as Tony Stark is so utterly convincing and hilarious that I wouldn’t bat an eyelid if Iron Man was suddenly declared non-fiction.
