Trouble with the Curve Directed by Robert Lorenz Written by Randy Brown USA, 2012 For someone who puts on a brave face about the subject or would rather ignore it, Clint Eastwood is obsessed with aging. In movies like Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino, Eastwood portrays, for all intents and purposes, a version of …
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Throughout the first half of February, the Sound On Sight staff will take a look at the Academy Awards. (Warning: plot spoiler alert!) The 76th Academy Awards ceremony was a memorable year. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King swept the board with its 11 awards, Sofia Coppola was the first American woman to …
J. Edgar Directed by Clint Eastwood Written by Dustin Lance Black imdb USA 2011 Clint Eastwood has a deceptively simple formula for filmmaking: Start with a great script. Work with a talented crew that you have known for decades. Hire talented actors and let them work. Work quickly. Go home at a reasonable hour every …
Hereafter delivered nominations for Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell in “Achievement in Special Effects” at this year’s Academy Awards. This marks the first nomination for each of the four Hereafter senior artists. The effects in the film recreates the Indonesian tsunami from 2004 and the following five-minute video offers an extensive …
Clint Eastwood’s upcoming biopic J. Edgar written by Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black, is shaping up to be a stellar movie with Eastwood directing and Leonardo DiCaprio on board as the infamous first director and founding member of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation: J. Edgar Hoover. Now comes word from Deadline that Josh Lucas (Poseidon, Sweet …
“Ultimately, Hereafter is an uninspired narrative, full of promise, but ultimately lifeless.” Hereafter Directed by Clint Eastwood Hereafter offers a handful of good performances and a helping of sincere emotion but squanders its potential by letting its themes overshadow the storytelling. Clint Eastwood’s latest offering falls well below a standard of excellence he established with …
There are two timely justifications for revisiting the career of Clint Eastwood at this particular moment. The most obvious is the premiere of Eastwood’s latest directorial effort, Hereafter, at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month. The other is his appearance on the Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2014 which came …