Iron Man lives again

While suffering post-traumatic stress after seeing New York destroyed and his brush with death in “The Avengers”, Tony faces a fearsome new foe in the guise of the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), who rips Stark's world apart.
Don Cheadle (not Terrence Howard) returns as Tony's good friend Rhodey, and he dons a suit too, with a new red, white and blue paint job as Iron Patriot, formerly known as War Machine. Also returning are Gwyneth Paltrow as Stark’s girlfriend and longtime assistant Pepper Potts, Guy Pearce as rival industrialist Aldrich Killian and Jon Favreau, the director of the first two Iron Man movies, as Tony's driver and head of security, Happy Hogan.
Shane Black directs. He’s the rock-star screenwriter of the “Lethal Weapon” series, “The Last Boy Scout” and “The Long Kiss Goodnight”, among other flicks, and he also directed Downey Jr in “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”.
As always with these Marvel comic-book flicks, there’s a post-credits teaser for another movie in the series, so stick around and take time to appreciate just how many people worked on the film.

Also opening
“Shootout at Wadala” – This fact-based Bollywood action flick recalls the 1982 fatal police shooting of gangster Manya Surve (John Abraham) by Mumbai police. It’s in Hindi with English and Thai subtitles Major Cineplex Sukumvit (Ekamai) and Central Rama III.

Also showing
“Cautionary Tale” – This independent feature made its Bangkok debut last weekend at Jam Cafe, a new venue near Surasak Skytrain station that has regular movie nights. Produced and directed by Christopher Zawadzki, “Cautionary Tale” follows a children’s TV show host grieving over the death of his daughter. The sad New Yorker comes to Bangkok and is cheered up by a Thai rock musician named Cherry. She inspires him to start making music again. There will be two more screenings – at 6pm on Sunday at the Titanium Ice Bar on Sukhumvit Soi 22 and at 7pm on May 14 on the rooftop of the Hotel Muse on Soi Langsuan.

Contemporary Mexican Film Festival – Following the celebration of Mexico’s Cinco de Mayo this Sunday, the Mexican Embassy in Bangkok is putting on a film festival in conjunction with the Thai Film Archive in Salaya, Nakhon Pathom. The screenings will be at the Sri Salaya cinema at 5.30pm every Tuesday until June 4, opening film is “El Estudiante” (“The Student”). All will be shown with English subtitles. As always, the Film Archive has daily screenings of Thai and foreign films and many special events. Follow the ThaiFilmArchivePage on Facebook for more details.

 “Les femmes du 6eme etage” (“The Women on the Sixth Floor”) – May's roster of screenings at the Alliance Francaise Bangkok starts at 7.30pm on Wednesday with this 2011 comedy about an uptight stockbroker whose life is changed by a colourful group of Spanish maids.