Clint Eastwood
No disrespect to The Princess and The Frog—which topped the charts with a solid, if not spectacular, $25 million—but the animated film feels like an appetizer to the main course that will be Avatar. Landing in theaters on Friday (as if you hadn't heard) and fresh off a Best Picture win from the New York Film Critics Online, it would be a total shock if James Cameron's latest epic didn't shatter some major records.... READ MORE»
A pair of Oscar-winning directors debut new films this weekend, but all anyone really wants to talk about is the King of the World. Thanks to some embargo-breaking reviews, the first (and second and third) word on James Cameron's Avatar has finally reached the masses. And, apparently, it's better than it looks!... READ MORE»
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Rex Reed | December 8, 2009 | 5:23 pm
InvictusRunning time 134 minutes Written by Anthony Peckham Directed by Clint EastwoodStarring Morgan Freeman, Matt... READ MORE»
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Monday: In the Line of Fire With Gran Torino burning up the box office in limited release, it's clear that people can't get enough of Clint Eastwood. So it might be a good time to revisit him in Wolfgang Petersen's 1993 film, In the Line of Fire. The thriller should be as hackneyed as that title, but thanks to the clenched-jawed Mr. Eastwood and a wildly invested and sadistic John Malkovich, the movie possesses a... READ MORE»
Gran Torino Running time 116 minutes Written by Nick Schenk Directed by Clint Eastwood Starring Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino, from a screenplay by Nick Schenk, based on a story by Dave Johannson and Mr. Schenk, caps his career as both a director and an actor with his portrayal of a heroically redeemed bigot of such humanity and luminosity as to exhaust my supply of superlatives. The movie begins with Mr.... READ MORE»
Normally, the Best Original Song category at the Academy Awards is the bane of our existence: an overloaded mess of badness that extends an already unending night into ass numbing proportions. No matter how the producers try to gussy up the presentation--"let's have Beyonce sing all the songs!"--the performances invariably suck. Of course the exception to this happened last year when Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova performed the ballad "Falling Slowly" from Once to beautiful perfection (and... READ MORE»
Clint Eastwood is the hardest working septuagenarian this side of John McCain. Fresh off the release of his first Oscar hopeful, Changeling, comes the trailer for his next Oscar hopeful, Gran Torino. Someone tell the man to take it easy! In the film, the 78-year-old Mr. Eastwood stars as a tough and grizzled widower who overcomes his severe prejudices to help the Hmong family next door in their struggle with gang violence. Sounds good... READ MORE»
As the temperatures slowly lower themselves towards sweater levels, it's time for Hollywood to start the fall season at the box office in earnest. With two highly anticipated genre films hitting screens, this is sure to be the most lucrative weekend since August. Here's a handy guide to the weekend's new releases: Saw V What's the story: If you're wondering what the October Surprise is, look no further than Saw V. It's absolutely stunning that this... READ MORE»
Changeling Running time 140 minutes Written by J. Michael Stracynski Directed by Clint Eastwood Starring Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Donovan Clint Eastwood’s Changeling, from a screenplay by J. Michael Straczynski, takes place in a prodigiously painstaking re-creation of period Los Angeles from 1928 to 1935. To see a trolley car clanging along past neatly spaced Model T-shaped vehicles in Los Angeles is to feel oneself floating back into the dear, dead past. And the flapper... READ MORE»
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Rex Reed | October 21, 2008 | 12:49 pm
Changeling Running Time 140 minutes Written by J. Michael Straczynski Directed by Clint Eastwood Starring Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Michael Kelly, Jason Butler Harner, Amy Ryan From chicken shit to chicken salad, don’t miss Changeling, Clint Eastwood’s absolutely true and overwhelmingly gripping saga of how crime and police corruption in 1920s Los Angeles led to a lifelong ordeal for a single mother named Christine Collins, a career-defining role for Angelina Jolie. One sunny Saturday in 1928,... READ MORE»
On Saturday, Oct. 4, the paparazzi were in full blitzkrieg blast outside the Ziegfeld Theatre for the premiere centerpiece of the New York Film Festival, Changeling. Director Clint Eastwood, tall and ever-elegant in a dark suit and blue-printed tie, posed with his film’s star, Angelina Jolie—glam and sultry, and apparently back to pre-twins shape in a black Versace dress. Brad Pitt was beside her, and when they posed together the wall of photographers’... READ MORE»
Someone knocked Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld "out cold" after the company's bankrupcy was announced. Seriously. [Radar] Ashley Dupre now travels with three bodyguards (does Eliot Spitzer even still have a security detail?). [R&M] Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who co-stars with Leonardo DiCaprio in the upcoming Body of Lies, may be barred from re-entering Iran because of her participation in the film. [R&M] One piece of good news on the Amy Winehouse front: She is... READ MORE»
Jude Law spent three days last week holed up in the Gramercy Park Hotel with a dancer he met at The Box. [P6] The Lower East Side's Chloe may be the new Beatrice Inn--plus, they're considering serving a full menu until 2 a.m. [Grub Street] At the New Yorker Festival, Clint Eastwood compared Angelina Jolie's talent to Meryl Streep's but added that she is "hampered by her gorgeous face." Meanwhile, Ms. Jolie told reporters that... READ MORE»
Security was nutty this morning (bag searches and wands?) up at the Walter Reade Theater for the first American screening of Clint Eastwood’s Changeling. Based on a true story, the film is about Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie), a single mother who returns home from work in 1928 only to discover her son has vanished. After five months, with lots of publicity, the LAPD reunited mother-and-son--only problem was that Christine knew the boy wasn’t hers.... READ MORE»
