This Summer’s Breakout Stars!
Posted on: Sunday, May 17th, 2009
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Like a high school kid eating nothing but deep-fried, chocolate-dipped pizza, these stars are set to break out this Summer.
Renner is a fascinating, intense actor who I first saw in the under-rated TAKE
co-starring Minnie Driver. He’s an odd hybrid of David Caruso and Leonardo DiCaprio. Look for him in Kathryn Bigelow‘s explosive return-to-form, a riveting Iraq thriller that proves Renner is da bomb or, at least, the best of the bomb squad.
Bruno aka Sacha Baron Cohen (
BRUNO)
Fool us once, shame on Sacha. Fool us twice, shame on America. Could it be that enough folks worldwide missed the BORAT
phenomenon so that Baron Cohen could repeat his Punk’d-like antics without his “co-stars” catching on? Well, thank god! There is nothing better than watching windbags and jackasses reveal their true colors when confronted by the gayest comedy icon since… Doogie Howser
?
Here’s hoping that audiences finally learn the name Lauren Bowles. She’s one of the funniest women in the world despite limited time on screen to show her stuff. (
THE HEARTBREAK KID
,
GHOST WORLD
, tons of tv) Perhaps the ever-expanding
Wayans clan will finally give her the opportunity to bust a move.
He’s been amazing and amusing for years, but always as a second banana. (see: OUT OF SIGHT
, SUNSHINE CLEANING, THAT THING YOU DO!
) Now, Zahn gets a leading role opposite America’s best FRIEND, Jennifer Aniston. He’s laughable and… lovable.
Sure, she already has an Oscar® for her star turn as
Edith Piaf in
LA VIE EN ROSE
. But that was a French film. Truthfully, how many of you saw that? Well, there will be no missing her this summer as she holds her own with
John Dillinger and
Melvin Purvis (aka
Johnny Depp and
Christian Bale) in
Michael Mann‘s original gangsta flick.
Forget Predator
. Forget Freddy Krueger. Totally disregard whatever was happening in THE HAPPENING
. The greatest menace comes to us from the bottom of the sea and the bottom of Roger Corman‘s barrel. Mega Shark isn’t just a perpetual motion, man-eating machine. It is also a bridge-chomping omnivore that can leap into the skies to devour a plane. Top that, Mega…tron!