Tag Archives: Jeremy Renner

December 2017 Viewing Diary

Posted on January 1, 2018 by sheila

Supernatural, Season 11 (2015-16) What an incredible season, right up until the moment …. it was not an incredible season. I hadn’t re-watched in its entirety since it aired, although I cherry-picked favorite episodes to re-watch (of which there are … Continue reading →

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Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 16: “Shadow”

Posted on April 20, 2014 by sheila

Directed by Kim Manners Written by Eric Kripke “Sam, this is bigger than you think.” – John Winchester said. I’ll say. Shadow is one of the rare urban-setting episodes, which always seems to bring out interesting romantic things in the … Continue reading →

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American Hustle (2013); Directed by David O. Russell

Posted on December 17, 2013 by sheila

I don’t know, man. I’m not seeing it. I’m not seeing what others are seeing. I am on board with this article, although I didn’t like Amy Adams as much as he did. I enjoyed the performances tremendously, everyone is … Continue reading →

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Boys I Love

Posted on December 11, 2010 by sheila

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. Today it’s a toss-up.

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Jeremy Renner: The Sociopath/The Hero

Posted on November 12, 2010 by sheila

My new piece on Jeremy Renner just went up at Fandor. Go check it out! An actor with a big range, although it may not be apparent yet in the roles he’s getting. He can go antisocial, he can go … Continue reading →

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Psychopaths and morality: Jeremy Renner and Sissy Spacek

Posted on May 3, 2010 by sheila

Fascinating article called Psychopaths and Rational Morality: The Frontal Cortex, with an even better conversation going on in the comments. Go read the whole thing, it’s very interesting. It is one of my obsessions: psychopaths, antisocial personalities, whatever name you … Continue reading →

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Snapshots

Posted on March 27, 2010 by sheila

— Sometimes I look up from what I am doing and I see Hope across the room staring at me, and there is a look of such coiled contempt in her eyes that I want to run fleeing into the … Continue reading →

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Dahmer (2002); Dir: David Jacobson

Posted on March 19, 2010 by sheila

Shot in only 23 days, David Jacobson’s Dahmer (he wrote and directed it) caused a lot of flak when it came out. Dahmer was shown as a human being, as opposed to a villain from a comic book. Because that’s … Continue reading →

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Sheriff Jeremy Renner

Posted on March 19, 2010 by sheila

Pink rides into a dusty ole frontier town, ready to stir up some “Trouble”, High Noon style (the shot of her coming through the town gates a direct steal of that famous shot in High Noon). The town trembles at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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