The search for a new star to carry Paramount’s latest installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise is over. Oscar-nominated star Jeremy Renner, who anchored Kathryn Bigelow’s acclaimed Iraq War drama, “The Hurt Locker,” has been hired to carry on the mantle of international espionage. Deadline reports that Renner won’t replace, but rather star alongside, Tom [...]
“The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug.” The words of embedded war correspondent, Chris Hedges, linger on the screen in the opening frames of Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker,” hinting that what is to follow is anything but your typical war film. The opening sequence, which [...]
Here it is, my first review of a DVD, and what do I choose? “Notorious”! Why you ask? Well, I don’t exactly have an answer. The best I can come up with is to blame Netflix for having too many choices. Another victim of a last minute queue update. “Notorious,” starring Jamal Woolard, is the [...]
