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Blu-ray Review – Arrival (2016)

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Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Tzi Ma. SYNOPSIS: When twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors. In an era full of crash-bang-gee-whiz science-fiction films, a movie like Arrival is […]

UPDATE: Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye rumoured for Ant-Man and the Wasp, first logo revealed

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It looks like Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne may not be the only superheroes in action in Ant-Man and the Wasp, with Showbiz 411 reporting that Jeremy Renner will be reprising the role of Hawkeye for the 2018 sequel. Renner is currently shooting Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4, but the report states that […]

Jeremy Renner would “love to do” a Hawkeye/Black Widow team-up movie, but no discussions are happening

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Even after 14 films, there are still several superheroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that haven’t been nearly as fleshed out as Iron Man, Captain America and several others, despite being around for about as long. Two of these characters include Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton/Hawkeye and Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow. While there have been […]

Jeremy Renner may have to pass on Mission: Impossible 6 due to Avengers: Infinity War

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With Tom Cruise’s contractual status now sorted, Mission: Impossible 6 is moving full steam ahead with pre-production ahead of a spring shoot. We know that Tom Cruise will be returning alongside Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation director Christopher McQuarrie and co-star Rebecca Ferguson, but as yet there’s been no further word on casting. It is expected that […]

52nd Chicago International Film Festival Review – Arrival (2016)

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Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien and Tzi Ma SYNOPSIS: A linguist is recruited by the military to assist in translating alien communications. Director Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Prisoners) continues his hot-streak of English language speaking films (and his hot-streak of film-making in general) with […]

Movie Review – Arrival (2016)

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Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien and Tzi Ma. SYNOPSIS: Dr. Louise Banks, a celebrated linguist reeling from personal tragedy, is called in by the military to decode the language of an alien civilisation when a strange spacecraft lands in Montana… There’s a human […]

Movie Review – Arrival (2016)

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Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien and Tzi Ma. SYNOPSIS: When mysterious flying spacecrafts touch down around the globe, a team of experts are briefed with the task of cracking the code of exactly why they are here… With Arrival, Dennis Villeneuve has managed […]

Movie Review – Arrival (2016)

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Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma and Mark O’Brien. SYNOPSIS: When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team – lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) – is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks […]

Movie Review – Arrival (2016)

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Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien and Tzi Ma.   SYNOPSIS: A linguist is recruited by the military to assist in translating alien communications If aliens landed on earth, how would we react and how would we try to communicate with them? This is […]

Blu-ray Review – Captain America: Civil War (2016)

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Captain America: Civil War, 2016. Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. Starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, Frank Grillo, William Hurt, and Daniel Bruhl SYNOPSIS: Captain America: Civil War set the box […]