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Articles tagged "gran torino"News‘Woodstock: 40th Anniversary,’ ‘Gran Torino’ top new Blu-ray titlesby Doug Nye [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][9.Jun.09] :. A documentary classic, “Woodstock: 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition” (Warner, 1970, $69.99),” and an absorbing Clint Eastwood film, “Gran Torino”...  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.  Music ReviewGran Torino: Gran Torino Twoby Patrick SchabeAs much as synthesis of musical backgrounds can add to bands, there is always the danger of becoming too derivative. For Knoxville, Tennessee’s Gran Torino, this hazardous precipice is crossed... |
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