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Clint Eastwood gets a new heart, but never cracks a smile, in his latest competent, hard-boiled detective yarn.
But Eastwood is competent, and if that sounds like damning him with ... Eastwood doesn't linger on the bodies at the crime scenes, and Helgeland has ...
By Charles Taylor
Friday, August 9, 2002
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Clint Eastwood's boxing movie floats like a lead balloon and stings like a dead bee.
Eastwood plays Frankie Dunn, a journeyman boxing trainer who has never gotten a shot at a title. ... Eastwood takes the opposite approach -- he thinks that he can turn hokeyness ...
By Charles Taylor
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
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He may be pushing 70, but Clint Eastwood just hit his stride with 'True Crime'.
Clint Eastwood is more than a preeminent figure in American movies. ... Remember that Eastwood rose to stardom as a representative of the era of ...
By Andrew O'Hehir
Friday, March 19, 1999
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The director's sports drama stars Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as the world's oldest teenager
Eastwood is often lauded for his great artistry as a filmmaker, though more ... But Eastwood, regardless of what his personal politics are, does seem to be ...
By Stephanie Zacharek
Thursday, December 10, 2009
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Eastwood and his pregnant star bring their moody 1920s L.A. thriller to Cannes. But what's it called?
Angelina Jolie in Clint Eastwood's new film, which premiered Tuesday in Cannes. ... Eastwood and his crew apparently scrambled to get the picture completed for its ...
By Andrew O'Hehir
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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Clint Eastwood keeps it real as a retired Detroit autoworker in this antidote to the season's glossy prestige pictures.
Clint Eastwood keeps it real as a retired Detroit autoworker in this antidote to ... Clint Eastwood brings Dennis Lehane's Boston revenge saga to the screen as a ...
By Stephanie Zacharek
Friday, December 12, 2008
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Jon Stewart's anchor hopes dashed? Plus: Eastwood, "Incredibles" rack up awards and Jackson discusses his "nightmare."
Plus: Eastwood, "Incredibles" rack up awards and Jackson discusses his " ... Awards updates: Clint Eastwood has been named this year's best director by the ...
Monday, January 31, 2005
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Is "We Own the Night" a rip-roaring shoot-'em-up or an ambiguous, subversive saga? Plus: Michael Caine and Jude Law get sadomasochistic in "Sleuth."
At the end of the film, after Clint Eastwood has his final confrontation with the Gene Hackman character, he then proceeds to kill everybody on ...
By Andrew O'Hehir
Thursday, October 11, 2007
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The cinema icon talks about reshaping American mythology with his WWII epic, "Miracle at St. Anna," and what Hollywood would look like if he were in charge.
Eastwood said he should "Shut his face," to which Lee responded, "The man is not ... A British paper lures Eastwood and Lee into an unfortunate feud. ...
By James Hannaham
Thursday, September 25, 2008
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Samuel L. Jackson's vigilante take on the famous black badass cop fuels a lean, fast and undeniably entertaining remake.
Well, for one thing, Jackson, unlike Eastwood, suggests a human being. And unlike "Dirty Harry," "Shaft" (up until a final, sour wrong turn) knows it's a fantasy. ...
By Charles Taylor
Friday, June 16, 2000
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Indiana Jones meets art cinema as the world's leading festival offers its most exciting lineup in years.
Eastwood is one of a tiny handful of American filmmakers who's widely respected ... One might add that this is Eastwood's fifth film in competition at Cannes, he's ...
By Andrew O'Hehir
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Eastwood's "Changeling" and Soderbergh's four-hour "Che" top an impressive Eurocentric ... Clint Eastwood brings Dennis Lehane's Boston revenge saga to the ...
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An interview with "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" director Kirby Dick. Plus: The "real" Warhol and the Clint Eastwood of Japan.
"Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles": The Clint Eastwood of Japan, on a long journey of reconciliation ... an impassive he-man type sometimes called the Clint Eastwood of Japan. ...
By Andrew O'Hehir
Thursday, August 31, 2006
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Arnold starting to look like a Kennedy, Gwyneth says Ben makes life tough and does Meg Ryan have a new face? Plus: Clint Eastwood has something to say.
Plus: Clint Eastwood has something to say. By. Californians are nothing if not ... Clint Eastwood knows what it's like to go from acting to politics ...
Wednesday, October 8, 2003
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The Oscar nominations are in, with a few surprises. Plus: The critics' predictions: Who got it right? Who didn't?
Martin Scorsese, Paul Greengrass, Stephen Frears, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Clint Eastwood. Helen Mirren, Meryl Streep, Penelope Cruz, Kate Winslet, Judi Dench ...
By Scott Lamb
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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Laurent Cantet's joyful, tragic "The Class" is the first French Palme d'Or winner in 21 years; Benicio del Toro named best actor for "Che."
Penn's jury handed out special prizes to Catherine Deneuve and Clint Eastwood, which amounted to a de facto apology for the fact that neither Arnaud ...
By Andrew O'Hehir
Monday, May 26, 2008
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In his directorial debut, Ben Affleck proves he can evoke a place, better even than Clint Eastwood can. But is that enough?
"Digital Nation": What has the Internet done to us? The President ... Ben Affleck proves he can evoke a place, better even than Clint Eastwood can. ...
By Stephanie Zacharek
Friday, October 19, 2007
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Clint Eastwood's "Invictus": Can rugby heal a nation? The director's sports drama stars Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as the world's oldest teenager ...
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Since the days of Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn, swashbuckling heroes have brought much-needed joie de vivre to a cynical Hollywood. Can "Pirates of the Caribbean" revive that glorious tradition?
For conservative audiences, there were rotten bastards like Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" who knew no limits and recognized no codes of conduct ...
By Charles Taylor
Tuesday, July 8, 2003
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Sean Penn to attend Oscars; David Hasselhoff feels excluded; and Donald Trump pens book. Plus: Charlize Theron isn't the first one to get Oscar's attention with a new look.
Sean Penn to attend Oscars; David Hasselhoff feels excluded; and ... Perhaps it's out of respect for Clint Eastwood, who direced the film Penn is nominated ...
By Amy Reiter
Thursday, January 29, 2004
