Clint Eastwood
Movie Review: Cry Macho
Fans of the genre will find that there is plenty to enjoy here and many may be surprised to learn that this may just be one of the best films of the year.
The Preview Reel: Hanks and Eastwood to Triumph
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. The summer movie season is officially behind us, and even though there seemed to be more disappointments than pleasant surprises, we have a lot to look forward to this fall. This weekend features a potential early award contender in Sully, a romantic thriller in When the Bough Breaks, and another ha...[Read More]
Movie Review: Jersey Boys
Before The Beatles came to our shores in the mid-1960s, I don’t think there was a bigger rock band in America than The Four Seasons. The Four Seasons are one of the best-selling musical groups of all time, having sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide. The story of the band’s formation, success, and their eventual break-up has already been dramatized in Jersey Boys: The Story ...[Read More]
Enter for Your Chance to Win Tickets to An Advance Screening of Trouble with the Curve
Congratulations to the winners of our “Enter for Your Chance to Win Tickets to An Advance Screening of Trouble with the Curve” contest! Here they are: Lempo4, KBA, Just1asc, Kendellann, Scutia51, Charisseryden, Colin Davis, Picky R, Fanfabroj, Adam, Jewel Edwards, Softrose68, Karen, Carolyn H., StephBeth, Drichmond, Mark, brendavt, missmac7655, Ajea, Picky R, slimjohn, misterD, Rrichmond, and Rich...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Clint Eastwood is Back in Trouble with the Curve
Sports movies have been a staple of Hollywood for a long time, all the way back to the silent era. And considering that the 2012 Summer Olympics just wrapped up, it is appropriate that this week marks the first time a sports film has been covered by Trailer Trashin’ – the upcoming Clint Eastwood baseball drama Trouble with the Curve. Premise: An aging Atlanta Braves baseball scout named Gus ...[Read More]
Movie Review: J. Edgar
Clint Eastwood’s biopic of the innovative, paranoid lawman who became as notorious as the criminals he hunted as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar is a modest chamber drama that doesn’t offer its audience many of the comforts of the usual Hollywood historical epics – Eastwood’s whispering piano score and a monochromatic look that almost appears black-and-white in ...[Read More]