Tag Archives: Clint Eastwood

Film review | J Edgar – Clint and Leo’s warts’n'all study of FBI boss Hoover: one for the waxworks museum

Posted on 21 January 2012 by Jason Best

Leonardo DiCaprio puts his pin-up days well and truly behind him to play notorious FBI chief J Edgar Hoover from youthful idealist to paranoid old age in Clint Eastwood’s solid but stodgy biopic J Edgar. It’s not a flattering portrait. Playing … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Meek’s Cutoff – “A woman’s gotta do…” Michelle Williams & co hit the Oregon trail

Posted on 8 August 2011 by Jason Best

Michelle Williams, Zoe Kazan and Shirley Henderson remind us that cowboys didn’t have the Wild West entirely to themselves with Meek’s Cutoff, a rare Western with a female slant. They play a trio of doughty pioneer women whose mettle is … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Sudden Impact and one of the most memorable movie quotes ever

Posted on 19 July 2011 by Beth Williams

Yes, Sudden Impact is the film in which Clint Eastwood‘s rogue cop Harry Callahan utters the infamous line: “Go ahead, make my day.” In 2005 this popular phrase was voted in at Number Six in the American Film Institute’s 100 … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato’s Top 10 Country Music Movies

Posted on 26 March 2011 by Beth Williams

As promised – with Wednesday’s country-themed Name That Chest to mark the UK release of Country Strong this weekend – here is my Top 10 of country music movies: By the way, I’m leaving Country Strong out of this list, … Continue reading →

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True Grit – The Dude fills the Duke’s boots for straight-shooting Coens

Posted on 11 February 2011 by Jason Best

Jeff Bridges steps into John Wayne’s oversize boots to play the larger-than-life role of whiskey-soaked, one-eyed marshal Rooster Cogburn in the Coen Brothers’ Western True Grit. Rapturously received in the US by critics and public alike, the Coens’ film sticks … Continue reading →

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Hereafter – The Big Sleep: Clint Eastwood’s soporific movie ponders the afterlife

Posted on 28 January 2011 by Jason Best

Clint Eastwood’s latest movie opens with a spectacular natural disaster, an awesome scene (inspired by a real event) that takes the viewer’s breath away. After that, disappointingly, this earnest drama about the afterlife is a bit of a plod as … Continue reading →

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News Muse – Ageing gracefully and dying hard in Hollywood

Posted on 22 October 2010 by Adele Craciun

It’s that time of year when it seems that everybody around you is either coughing (with that rattle that sounds like they’re dying), repeatedly and loudly emptying nasal cavities of all content or sneezing – usually a really wet one … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 1 July 2010 by admin

The Princess and the Frog Wet kiss… Set in the lively French Quarter of New Orleans in the Twenties, this traditional 2D Disney animation charts the fortunes – and misfortunes – of hardworking young waitress Tiana after her fateful kiss … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 24 February 2010 by admin

Avatar Out of this world… Titanic director James Cameron creates an alien world starring Sigourney Weaver in what could be the most expensive movie ever made – but this time the aliens are the good guys.


 The Princess and the … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 10 February 2010 by admin

Avatar Out of this world… Titanic director James Cameron creates an alien world starring Sigourney Weaver in what could be the most expensive movie ever made – but this time the aliens are the good guys.


 The Princess and the … Continue reading →

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