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Tuesday, October 4 2011

‘All Star Western’ Is at Home, Back East

In a longstanding tradition of using company-wide shakeups to offer a new and engaging visions of Jonah Hex, All Star Western offers perhaps the sincerest reboot of the entire New 52 run.


Thursday, June 10 2010

‘Invictus’: Remember the Springboks

The 1995 Rugby World Cup victory by hometown team South Africa may not have had the lasting effects on race relations many had hoped for, but it's still a hopeful moment worth revisiting, as Clint Eastwood does with Invictus


Wednesday, January 13 2010

Marcia Gay Harden on Dreams, Nightmares, and Why There’s No One at the Movies

Oscar-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden talks about being a godmother for a cruise ship, the supposed decline of movie theater attendance, and what it's like to work with "sexy" Clint Eastwood.


Thursday, June 4 2009

Clint Eastwood: American Icon Collection

Again in the Eastwood oeuvre, a man who thinks he's in control, and especially around women, finds out he's not quite.


Tuesday, April 21 2009

Dirty Harry: Nothing Wrong with Shooting the Right People

The year Dirty Harry was released (1971) saw several demonstrations of angry cops questioning why criminals had very solid constitutional protections that often interfered with law enforcement work.


Thursday, February 19 2009

Changeling

There’s a touch of Arthur Miller in the way the audiences emotions are played in this story of challenging authority.


Tuesday, February 17 2009

Clint Eastwood’s firstborn for ‘08 hits the shelves


Tuesday, December 30 2008

Hanging tough with the old master Clint Eastwood


Friday, December 26 2008

Hollywood, race and the Age of Obama


Tuesday, December 16 2008

Culture: Culture and the Deejays at Joe Gibbs 1977-1979

A collection of rare 12" disco singles which extend, and in some cases enhance, the early catalogue of the brilliant Culture with guest DJ slots.


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