Tag: Jeremy Renner

Scandinavia Makes Its Big Move

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By: Henry J. Fromage – It turns out getting nominated for an Oscar is pretty good for your career, even if it is one for “one of dem furener movies wut you needs to reed”.  Nikolaj Arcel, who directed A Royal Affair, has Hollywood knocking on his door all day long these days.  First up


Mark Wahlberg Just Can’t Figure Out What He Did Wrong

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By: Henry J. Fromage –  David O. Russell, as David O. Russell is wont to do, now has a new favorite boo.  This time it’s even a chick, as Jennifer Lawrence will reteam with her Silver Linings Playbook director now for The Ends of the Earth.  Scripted by Argo’s Chris Terrio, Lawrence will play the


Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)

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By: Chris Sheridan (Four Beers) - Meanwhile, in Hollywood… Studio exec #1: We need more ass-kicking chicks in leather! But the last Underworld gave me cancer, so we need to think of something else! Studio exec #2: Well, what about that girl Gemma Artero….Arer…Arterton? She’s bangin’. We could do a movie with her. Studio exec


Trailer Reviews: January 25th

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By: Henry J. Fromage – Oh, my, welcome to Dodge City!  The reputation of January as a studio dumping ground is certainly gonna survive this week unscathed.   Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters - Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters – Official Trailer by FanReviews There was a brief spell there where Jeremy Renner’s name was practically


New DVD Releases: December 11th

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By: Henry J. Fromage – All of the big summer flicks are finally hitting DVD, so now’s the time to catch up on them if you missed them in theaters.  Or, you can do like me and tandem-watch Lego Ninjagu Masters of Spinjitzu: Rise of the Green Ninja and Nude Nerds Misbehaving on two different


Jeremy Renner’s Takin’ Our Jerbs!

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By: Henry J. Fromage – Earlier this year James Cameron declared he was in the Avatar game for good when it comes to feature films.  While you can safely anticipate at least two sequels, it looks like he’s a big ‘ol welcher, now considering directing an adaptation of the novel The Informationist.  It’s about a


Nobody Wants to Sit in Clint’s Chair

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By: Henry J. Fromage – Well, after pretty much every leading man in Hollywood bailed on Clint Eastwood’s A Star is Born remake, Beyonce finally has as well.  Eastwood’s apparently looking at jazz singer Esperanza Spalding to replace her, instead of finding a project anybody wants to see, unfortunately. Hey, didn’t you do Westerns way


Tom Hanks Will Take All Your Oscars, Thank You Very Much

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By: Henry J. Fromage – Today in Oscar news: The Garden of the Beasts has preemptively claimed all of them for whatever year it chooses to release in.  Based on an award-winning non-fiction book by Erik Larson (the excellent The Devil in the White City) and directed by Michel Hazanavicius (last year’s Best Director for


David O. Russell has a new BFF

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By: Henry J. Fromage – The film that probably got the biggest boost from the Toronto International Film Festival was David O. Russell’s newest, Silver Linings Playbook. And par the course for him, he’s gushing about his star and talking about all the projects he wants to do with him.  This time around, though, it’s


Movie News: Nathan Fillion Sheds a Tear

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By: Henry J. Fromage – Today in Marvel News: it looks like they’ve settled on a director for Guardians of The Galaxy.  The script is apparently more on the comedic side, as any superhero film with a talking raccoon probably should be, and it looks like the studio will go the unconventional route once again