Clint Eastwood is an American actor, director and film producer. Mostly known for his portrayal of tough guy, anti-hero roles, including the inspector in the Dirty Harry series and the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti...
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Clint Eastwood is an American actor, director and film producer. Mostly known for his portrayal of tough guy, anti-hero roles, including the inspector in the Dirty Harry series and the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns, Eastwood has also found much’s success as a director. He’s directed Million Dollar Baby and Letters From Iwo Jima.
First of all I have to admit I’m a little bit of a Clint Eastwood fan especially his more recent work and directing. I won’t reveal the plot suffice to say that Clint’s portrayal of Korean War veteran, ex auto worker and racist is exemplary and very believable you really feel for him and can sympathise with his old world point of view. The supporting cast most of which are played by real Hmong people add emotion and weight to the movie. Picture quality is good with some of the outdoor... Read Full Story
WOW is about all you can say about this 78 year old actor. He has now achieved that pinnacle that most can only dream about attaining. Best known for his role as Dirty Harry, Eastwood gives the performance of a lifetime in Grand Torino.
An incredibly moving story about the relationship between character Walt Kowalski (Eastwood), a retired military veteran, no nonsense kind of guy, who is a widower and wants to live out the rest of his days in peace and without interference from outsiders... Read Full Story
You wouldn't expect one of the oldest directors in show business to be one
of the busiest, but 79-year-old Clint Eastwood just keeps on going. He released two films in
three months last year, and Gran Torino earned over $150 million on the strength of
Clint being Clint. A remarkable story, really, because there might be ten movie stars in
Hollywood who can do that at half his age.
His latest film is an ambitious story of how rugby helped Nelson Mandela heal South African bad... Read Full Story
Reviewed by Cas Harlow , 29th June 2009
Gran Torino is a tour-de-force bookend to legend Clint Eastwoods prolific acting career, taking him somewhat full circle and allowing him to show a little bit of all of the nuances that have made his characters so powerful over the years from the scary threatening menace to the haunted past and bitter regrets, to the charm and old-fashioned finesse with which this man carries himself. The movie itself ranges from humorous to harrowing, a skilfully... Read Full Story
Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) is a veteran boxing trainer who has devoted his life to the ring and has precious little to show for it; his daughter never answers his letters, and a fighter he's groomed into contender status has paid him back by signing with another manager, leaving Frankie high and dry. His best friend and faithful employee Eddie Dupris is a former fighter who Frankie trained. In his last fight, Eddie suffered a severe injury, a fact that brings Frankie... Read Full Story
