“Iron Man 3” was far from perfect, but “The Nice Guys” comes pretty darn close. Shane Black does a masterful job of mixing comedy and action while capturing the look and feel of the 1970s. He’s the co-writer and director of the movie and it appears he is ready to take the next step into becoming an A-list director.

As always, these movie reviews will always be spoiler free. Sometimes that’s tough because Shane Black wrote one of his best scripts to date with “The Nice Guys” and you just want to talk about the details. He’s got great characters and he still follows the basic screenwriters rules such as, “Show, don’t tell.”

Neither Russell Crowe or Ryan Gosling have many comedies under their belts, but they are a great team in “The Nice Guys.” The genius here is that while this can be classified as an action comedy, the characters are unaware that they are in such a movie. There is no “winking” at the audience. The laughs, and there are a lot of them, are all organic. Keep your eyes on Angourie Rice who plays Gosling’s daughter in the movie. She’s a scene stealer and looks to have a great career ahead of her.

So far the summer season is off to a great start. Three weeks in a row of entertaining movies. There are a number of choices this weekend and you can’t go wrong if you pick “The Nice Guys.” It is rated R for violence, sexuality, nudity, language and brief drug use.