It’s mid-March and the seasons are changing. In the film world, the Academy Awards have finally been and gone and it’s time to look ahead to the big releases of what will be the northern summer. One of the first will be Iron Man 2 in late April-early May – almost exactly two years after the original – and it’s shaping up to be much of the same, only bigger, brasher and more outrageous. Always keen to keep the fires of anticipation burning in our bellies, Paramount Pictures Australia last week released a new trailer for Iron Man 2 and it’s hard not to get swept up in the excitement. True, we may have chosen to ignore the fact that Scarlet Johansson apparently has a supporting role, but Mickey Rourke is looking better and better as Whiplash, and Sam Rockwell and Samuel L. Jackson will be appearing as a (a very young) Justin Hammer and Nick Fury, respectively. It’s easy to be cynical about this sort of thing, particularly when the first film was a touch flabby and a reel too long, but for now Iron Man 2 certainly has our attention.