Articles tagged "christopher carley"![]() NewsHanging tough with the old master Clint Eastwoodby Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][30.Dec.08] :. As Gran Torino opens, Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski (played by Clint Eastwood) has just buried his wife - and with her, his remaining interest in the world around him. An unapologetically racist,... ![]() NewsHollywood, race and the Age of Obamaby Christopher Kelly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][26.Dec.08] :. Gook. Dragon lady. Swamp rats. These are but a few of the cringe-inducing racial epithets spewed by Clint Eastwood’s Walt Kowalski in “Gran Torino,” the cringe-inducing new drama... ![]() Film ReviewGran Torinoby Cynthia Fuchs[12.Dec.08] :. As Gran Torino breaks down the iconic Eastwood Movie, it recalls The Searchers, another timely evocation of collective wrongheadedness and terrible legacies. |
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