Clint Eastwood

Actor Interview: Toni Collette Makes her Case for “Juror #2”

October 31, 2024
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“I still pinch myself that I got to work with Clint Eastwood. But any anxiety quickly dissipated upon meeting him. He is so cool and calm and funny and easy.”

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Blue Lives Madder, “Dirty Harry” Turns 50

June 4, 2021
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The path Dirty Harry (and too many of his defenders, then and now) chose to pursue — the urban policing version of “killing the village in order to save it” — was outdated and discredited even in 1971.

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Film Review: “Sully” — A Solid Shot of American Heroism

September 9, 2016
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I was never bored during Sully‘s brisk 90 minutes.

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Film Review: “American Sniper” — Keep Telling Yourself … It’s Only a Movie

January 27, 2015
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American Sniper is classic Clint Eastwood. Dirty Harry vs the bad guys, and the bad guys all look like ‘them.’

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