If you're reading this article, you are probably wondering how legitimate of a pick-up artist Mystery, from Vh1's The Pick-up Artist.

The answer is simple: He is the real deal.

I've followed his career for almost 10 years and he is one of the most respected men in an industry that has exploded over the past five years.

The men's dating niche, has seen a giant surge in popularity since Neil Strauss published his best selling book The Game four years ago. In that book he wrote about his adventures of seducing beautiful women alongside his teacher and mentor, Mystery.

There are entire books dedicated to exactly what Mystery teaches, but I wanted to give a brief outline of the sort of things Mystery is famous for.

1. Initiating a conversation with women indirectly. Most men strike out with women immediately because they are to aggressive with their ice breaker. Most women are used to getting hit on constantly at a bar. So in order to differentiate yourself from the other twenty guys that hit on her that night, it is important to go in under the radar. The most famous way to go in under the radar is to use an opinion opener. This is when you ask an innocent question to begin the interaction. Something as simple as "Do you think Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are really a couple? Or is it just a show? This is a topic most girls will open up to right away.. and more than likely have an opinion on. Now you have begun a conversation, but haven't exposed your motive, had you said, "Can I buy you a drink?"

2. Controlling the interaction with a woman. Most guys immediately fail with women because they position themselves as the person of lesser value. They do this by repeatedly complimenting a girl, buying her drinks, or acting awkward and nervous in front of her. Mystery teaches his students how to position yourself as the person of higher value, through a combination of subtle teasing, body language, and the use of stories that paint a heightened image of yourself.

3. Peacocking. This is an approach that men take to stand out in a bar or club. This involves wearing items of clothing or accessories that will peak the interest of a woman. This could mean wearing a colorful shirt, an exotic hat, strange piercing... or as Mystery is famous for, a pair of goggles. This is something that works well if you can back up the flamboyant appearance with a confident attitude.

4. Building Comfort. No matter how much attraction that you build with women, ultimately she must feel comfortable with you if she is going to give your her number or go home with you. It is essential to build comfort through storytelling, teasing, active listening, and changing locations. The more locations that you chat the girl up in, the longer she feels she knows you.

Marvel comics are responsible for giving us some of the best super-hero movies. Whether it be the spider-man trilogy or Professor Xavier's X-Men or the Fantastic Four, all of these characters have pleased the movie buffs. Now, we are treated with yet another unusual super-hero 'The Iron Man'.

Feast your eyes on today's Iron Man; in this 2008 release, the very talented Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark along with Gwyneth Paltrow as his personal assistant, Pepper Potts. James Rhodes, the character of the military liaison is enacted by Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges portrays Obadiah Stane who is a Stark industry executive.

The plot of the movie goes like this, Tony Stark is a billionaire industrialist and owns the multi million stark industries. On a business trip to Afghanistan, his military convoy is attacked and Robert Downey Jr finds himself wounded by one of his manufactured bombs. As a result, he becomes unconscious, when he regains consciousness, he finds that he has been kidnapped by terrorists and that a magnetized gizmo was attached to his heart. He learns that it is the only thing saving him from the shrapnel's heading for his heart. His captors force him into building a missile for them; he pretends to do so but instead builds a mechanical alter ego and frees himself. He comes back into his old life a new man and starts his mission of destroying all the weapons that he was responsible for creating.

Director Jon Favreau initially thought of casting a newcomer as Tony Stark, but he chose Robert Downey Jr. because he believed that Robert would be able to bring a depth to this comic book character. As Tony Stark, Robert Downey Jr. is fast, frictionless and bought to the film a sense of humor that was absent in the comic version. The key factor to Downey's success is that no matter whom he is addressing, he is really just blabbering to himself.

Jeff Bridges in his role of Obadiah Stane creates a portrait of stylish power. Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts plays Stark's love interest and the chemistry between the two is innocent yet sexy in a way.

Jon Favreau as the director draws on humanistic gifts to make Iron Man very special. The effects sequences are brilliant, especially the scene where iron man zooms through the air like a toaster turned pinball; it is very innovative and cleverly picturized. Favreau's direction is never repetitive and he gives us some amazing visuals with sky-zipping, metal crashing action scenes.

All in all this is one movie that is a must-watch for all marvel comics buffs; even if you are not one of them, I advise you to give it a shot. It is not like any other super-hero movie; Favreau's direction has given it a very different touch.

Almost every actor has acted well, especially the protagonist. So go see Iron Man, you will not be disappointed as it is a good movie with a fantastic cast. Also, for all Iron Man fans there is another sequel in the makes, so expect another action packed, heart pounding visual treat to hit the theaters pretty soon.

There has been much debate as to whether it was too soon to make a film about 9/11, given 'World Trade Centre' comes only five years after that tragic day in US and world history. One of director Oliver Stone's smartest moves in making this film was to not have any sort of political commentary, despite a hint here or there. Nor does he actively re-depict the actual strikes against the towers or their subsequent collapse. He instead focuses on the human story at the heart of the tragedy and it is in this respect that 'World Trade Centre' hits the mark. Unfortunately, the film overstays its welcome by about thirty minutes. After the first forty minutes, the bulk of the film is focused on the two men trapped in the rubble and their respective families, and as such we get a number of flashbacks and memory sequences that build on the characters but really drag the film out. There's a subplot about an ex-marine who fakes his way in to the site in order to help, but that's really not as big a part of the story. As such, despite being based on such an incredible tragedy that has elicited so much emotion, the film ultimately leaves you feeling a little cold and clinical. It conveys the tragedy, but it's diluted and as such it doesn't have the impact that it probably should have.

The film starts with a very good build-up, giving the impression that September 11 was a day just like any other day for these characters. They get up, go to work, business as usual. We are introduced to the main players, most of whom don't end the day alive, and we are introduced to the event itself through the characters - you don't see planes hitting towers, but you hear tremors and shakes as people hear them inside office buildings. You see a shadow of a plane fly across the New York skyline. This is the best way to handle this material - we're all so familiar with the images, but a representation of how the people involved saw it is almost more terrifying.

The most harrowing sequence in the film is when McLoughlin (Cage) and his team start moving toward Tower 1 of the WTC and they are on the concourse, moving towards the Tower. Suddenly, everything begins to shake and then a massive wall of smoke and debris floods in from outside. Stone chooses to slow time down through film technique and its a scary sequence, and if it weren't for McLoughlin making a split second decision to enter the elevator shafts, they would have all been swept away with the carnage.

From this point on however, the film changes entirely. The bulk of the film is set in the rubble with the trapped team, two of which eventually come out in the end. This story is intercut with scenes with their families. I know it's important to fully canvas the tragedy for all of these people, it would have been more effective to shorten the running time down in these sections, particularly when we get memory and flashback sequences of the characters day-dreaming or imagining happier times. The result of all of this is to take the steam out of the story because you get it, and then you want to move on. The performances by and large do well at trying to make up for this but in the end, what could have been a potent, tragic story becomes one that is diluted severely from what it could have been.

Stone does an admirable job with this film, resisting his instincts to say anything political which he could have easily done, especially in light of his previous films. His technical skills are nothing short of brilliant again, particularly with his use of CGI to believably recreate the 9/11 disaster site and the recreation of the smoke, destruction and rubble.

World Trade Centre is ultimately a film that has its heart in the right place but it overstays its welcome and thus dilutes the potency of the story and themes being conveyed.