This push puts "The Soloist," a film that stars Jamie Foxx as a schizophrenic violinist and Robert Downey Jr. as the journalist who loves him, out of the running for any Academy Awards this year. But that doesn't mean that
So upon which of Robert's roles do the hopes of the studio now rest? Would you believe on his performance in "Tropic Thunder?" The news that
"… the actor is shooting 'Sherlock' in
So, what are the chances of Downey Jr. actually winning an Academy Award for playing Kirk Lazarus - the dude that's playin' the dude disguised as another dude?
I think we can all agree that Robert Downey Jr. made "Tropic Thunder." But a movie that had more dick jokes than social consciousness (wait, did it have any social consciousness?) does not exactly scream "and the winner is!" Once upon a time the Academy caught some shit for nominating a low-brow performance from a low-brow flick called "My Cousin Vinny." Their faces were really red when that low-browed Marissa Tomei actually won! Think they're gonna let a nomination like that get by them again? Especially when the specter of Heath Ledger looms? Don't bet on it.
Look, we all know that Robert Downey Jr's Oscar glory is coming. Not only is he overdue for recognition but he's also riding this great comeback story. Plus everyone who has worked with him recently keeps telling us that "the man is a genius." A true genius knows when the time is right for an award run – it's just too bad that the folks at