Tag: Clint Eastwood
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This Classic Western Turned a Beloved Hollywood Hero Into a Vicious Monster
Sergio Leone’s 1968 Hollywood epic Once Upon A Time In The West is widely praised as one of the greatest films in the Western genre (if not the greatest). The Italian director’s fourth outing in the genre, following his Clint Eastwood-starring Dollars trilogy, Once Upon A Time is both a love letter and a critique…
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For a Brief Moment, Clint Eastwood Could Have Been Batman
Clint Eastwood has played more iconic characters than nearly any other actor in film history. While his role as the enigmatic “Man With No Name” in Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is perhaps his most iconic, Eastwood also directed himself in…
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Michael Keaton Almost Starred in This Oscar-Winning Clint Eastwood Film
The transformation of Michael Keaton from a mainstay in 1980s American comedies to one of the most dynamic leading men in the industry has been one of the most surprising developments of the last few years. Keaton was already beloved by audiences for his role in blockbusters like the Batman series and Beetlejuice, but he…
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‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’s Production Was an Explosive Mess
If one were to make a list of the best Westerns of all time, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly would be at the top. The Spaghetti Western, the third in director Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy, finds three men competing against one another to find a buried stash of Confederate gold. Clint Eastwood, aka…
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Clint Eastwood’s Failed 2021 Awards Contender Found A New Audience On Netflix
As (in)famous as Clint Eastwood is for playing reticent gun-slingers and starring in violent conservative fantasies, he’s spent nearly as much of his career making films that warn against the dangers of machismo and letting your sons grow up to be cowboys. His 2021 directorial effort, “Cry Macho” was polite if decidedly lukewarm. Read full…
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10 Most Underrated Sean Penn Movies, Ranked
Sean Penn is unquestionably one of the greatest living actors, and someone who Hollywood has been keen to reward for his contributions to the industry. Penn already has two Academy Award wins on his resume thanks to his victories in the Best Actor category for Clint Eastwood’s grizzly crime thriller Mystic River and Gus Van…
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Juror No. 2 Cast, Plot, Director, And More Info
Move over, “Jury Duty,” there’s another twist-filled jury story in town. This time it’s “Juror No. 2,” the upcoming movie from veteran filmmaker Clint Eastwood. Eastwood is in his 90s now, but age hasn’t stopped the prolific actor-turned-filmmaker from working on new stories to bring to the silver screen. Though the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike means…
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Forget Eastwood and Wayne, This Is the Greatest Western of All Time
Ever since its first rise in popularity, the American Western genre has been dominated by action-adventure films that tend to feature dominant, hyper-masculine heroes who use a fair amount of gunplay to get the job done. Movie stars like Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, James Stewart, Gary Cooper, Yul Brynner, and Franco Nero forged their legacies…
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Why Does Clint Eastwood Seem To Only Direct True Stories Now?
In the vast history of Hollywood and the filmmaking medium as a whole, there is no career quite as illustrious and seismic as Clint Eastwood’s. The actor-director has been a mainstay in cinema for roughly seven decades. Before the SAG-AFTRA strike, he was in production for what is believed to be his final film, Juror…
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‘Origin’ Could Make Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor the Next Halle Berry in Lead Actress, and Give the Oscars Its First Ava DuVernay in Best Director
Every awards season, pundits leave themselves open to late-year breakers. This is where a film not necessarily on anyone’s radar comes in and walks away with the industry’s most coveted prize for best picture. Past examples include Clint Eastwood’s 2004 winner “Million Dollar Baby.” Now, and coming only days after I declared “American Fiction” from…