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Typically, superheroes are humble. They hide their identity and lead a normal life outside of their superhero persona. Iron Man does not. Well more accurately, Tony Stark doesn’t. Stark was a self-centred rich playboy long before he created his Iron Man suit and was given another reason for his ego to expand. He even heroically announces ‘I am Iron Man’, at the end of his first film. But both versions of him are well loved despite his arrogance and attention seeking. In all the films in the Iron Man franchise along with his appearances in other Marvel films, he uses witty one liners and flaunts his tech knowledge which we love to watch. Even encourage. Some theorise that we like Stark because in many ways he is like us. He suffers from anxiety, struggles to deal with the problems in life without the vices of drugs and alcohol as well as to maintain a healthy relationship with Pepper. Despite being a superhero, he is heavily flawed. His humanity remains one of his most va...

‘ A woman doctor, impossible!’ Sherlock Holmes The comedic due from 2008 blockbuster ‘Step Brothers’ have returned a decade later and have once again brought their flare and charisma to the latest adaption of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most known and loved characters of Sherlock Holmes (Will Ferrell) and Doctor John Watson (John C. Reilly).   I use the word adaption loosely as its clear that the focus of this American version of Conan Doyle’s characters is to make fun of old-fashioned ways of thinking whilst simultaneously critiquing current affairs. This was well done in my opinion by both the screenwriter and director of the film Etan Cohen and charismatically brought to screen by Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. When watching the film I was really fascinated by how well the characters were brought to life and words on a page can result in such an hilarious result, by consequence I was more concerned with the behaviour of the titular characters than the actual storyline...