“A billion souls have known death at my hand. It is time you joined them!” – Thanos in Marvel Super Heroes (1995) As those who saw Avengers: Infinity War know, the above quote from the classic arcade game is no … Read more
“Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn’t exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again.” – Ray Bradbury “Dr. Louise Banks” (Amy Adams) is … Read more
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is finally off the shelf and in theaters. But another Hansel & Gretel has just reached shelves, store shelves. The latter is from The Asylum and is clearly meant to capitalize on the former’s release. But who did it better?
Read moreBlockbuster vs. Mockbuster: A Tale of Two Hansel & Gretels
[rating=3]Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach
Director(s): Tony Gilroy
Writer(s): Tony Gilroy and Dan Gilroy from the novel by Robert Ludlum
In case you missed all the memos, there is very little of Jason Bourne in The Bourne Legacy, the fourth film to spring from the novels written by the late Robert Ludlum about a highly skilled intelligence operative. If one believes the entertainment media, when director Paul Greengrass was no longer attached to Bourne IV, Matt Damon’s interest in the project ended. That meant new story and new star. Jeremy Renner became “Aaron Cross,” yet another incredibly trained and talented operative working for the shadowy forces that toil for the Central Intelligence Agency.
[rating=4]Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson
Director(s): Joss Whedon
Writer(s): Screenplay by Joss Whedon; Story by Josh Whedon and Zak Penn
There are six certifiable heroes, each worthy of a feature film, each played by a superstar actor capable of carrying a feature film.
But there is no “I” in team. And there is no “I” in Marvel’s The Avengers, either.
Tell Samuel L. Jackson to take his finger off of the Twitter trigger. I come to praise The Avengers, not to bury them.
He’s been acting in small television roles since at least the mid-1990s, and now he’s brewing into one of the hottest commodities in Hollywood.
But is Jeremy Renner on the road to becoming Tinseltown’s next action star?
Honestly, I’m not exactly sure.