Clint Eastwood (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, director and producer 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...
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Clint Eastwood (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, director and producer 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 had success as a director with films like "Million Dollar Baby" and "Changeling." He has won five Academy Awards. Find more pictures, news and articles about Clint Eastwood here.
Movie Monday for August 31/09
What did you watch over the weekend?
In a nutshell, here’s how Movie Monday works. I will post a quick review of a movie, or movies, I happened to watch over the weekend. Then, you’re invited to comment on the movies I watched, and also write about movies you may have watched in a comment too.
Actually, you can either simply tell us about the movies you watched over the weekend in the comment section of this post - or - you can write a post on your own... Read Full Story
I’ve killed women and children. I’ve killed everything that walks or crawls at one time or another. And I’m here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you done to Ned.
– William Munny
I can cross Unforgiven from my list of great movies that I have never seen. Touted as Clint Eastwood’s final western the movie went on to win a four Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Eastwood and Best Supporting Actor for Gene Hackman. As many of you know that I am not a big fan of westerns... Read Full Story
Eye on the Oscars: The Director: Director gets a kick from soccer World Cup story -- No-nonsense in his approach and frighteningly prolific, Clint Eastwood again enters kudo season with a horse in the race.
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Actor Clint Eastwood arrives at the Grand Opening of the new One&Only Cape Town resort on April 2, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Clint Eastwood (Getty Images) more pics » Clint Eastwood was in his mid-30s when he had kids, and he believes it was the perfect moment to start a family because his lifestyle had calmed down. The Gran Torino star told GQ magazine: “I’m a loyal citizen to the family. And that wasn’t necessarily a given... Read Full Story
I just watched an excellent movie called Gran Torino . “Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood , who also stars in the film. The film marks Eastwood's return to a lead acting role after four years, his last leading role having been in Million Dollar Baby . The film features a predominantly Hmong cast, as well as Eastwood's younger son, Scott Eastwood , playing "Trey". Eastwood's oldest son, Kyle Eastwood , provided the score . The film opened to... Read Full Story
There's a little bit too much Photoshop on the face of Mr. Damon , but the new poster for Clint Eastwood 's Invictus is here, and it's got the look of an inspirational sports movie.
Poster courtesy of Yahoo!
Of course, that's in no uncertain terms what it is: The story of the 1995 South African rugby team, employed by newly released dissident Nelson Mandela ( Morgan Freeman ) to bridge the chasm between the white Afrikaaner minority and the black majority, held under thumb for nearly a... Read Full Story
Growing up, when I thought of Clint Eastwood, I thought of a bad-ass. Like Charles Bronson. Or Chuck Norris. A real tough guy. There was Dirty Harry and Blondie and Josey Wales. Now Clint Eastwood is old. 79 years old. And he mostly directs movies. When I saw that he was starring in Gran Torino I got excited. Not only because he was going to be in a new movie, but because my family also owned a Ford Gran Torino. We didn't own a 2-door fast back coupe like his, nor did we own a red one with a... Read Full Story
Walt Kowalski’s wife has just passed away, and he is the lone white person in a neighborhood of asian people. Walt, having served in the Korean war, you can imagine some of the racist feelings he has. While defending his property, he is viewed by the familiess in the neighborhood as saving Thao’s life. Living next door to Thao, Walt has the services of Thao for a week as Thao works for him as a favor. Friendships and relationships grow from there, and Walt in the end has some interesting... Read Full Story
Quickly after the release of the poster comes the trailer for Clint Eastwood’s “Invictus” and this really does have Oscars 2010 written all over it. It really does look and will be that good. The biggest questions will be, if Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon will go up against each other to get nominated and go forward to win in the Best Actor cateogory or not.
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In the last few days I have watched two films with my son Ben. I have to confess both films, released in 2008, Gran Torino and Lakeview Terrace , are 15 certificate….and Ben is 12. I never was a legalist.
Aside from a smattering of ‘bad language’ (the kind of language Ben hears everyday at school), and violence levels no worse than most 12 certificate films, there was nothing in either film that I would consider remotely damaging to a 12 year old boy (who are the British Board of... Read Full Story
