I'm not big on superhero movies -- though I did like the X-Men flicks -- but I think I may have to see Iron Man just because I like watching Robert Downey Jr. work. I'm hearing good things about his performance, and hey, he's the kind of guy who can make by-the-numbers stuff like Air America interesting. Is he part of the Brat Pack? Or did you have to be in a bunch of John Hughes movies to get that label?

So I may hit a matinée this week. Only thing that's holding me back is that Saturday's the SF Film Fest at the Music Box and my tickets are sitting on the shelf above the computer. That's a lot of hours in a theater chair for one week. Maybe I could count it as physical training.

Forget the helmet, I'll need an iron butt by the time Basil's kick-ass Robocop score starts up.