Clint Eastwood has been responsible for some of the most iconic and lasting movies ever made, both as a director and an actor. In films such as “A Fistful of Dollars” and “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” he helped redefine the western for a modern audience—but it was as a director that he […]
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The Terrorists Have Won
Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper shoots (and misses)
Perhaps you or someone you love saw The Hurt Locker—director Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar-winning story of a bomb-defusing sergeant in the Iraq war who can’t disengage from his duties and ends up returning to the country for multiple tours. And perhaps someone or someone you love thought it wasn’t “American” enough. Well, do I have the […]
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Jazz Hands? Or SAD HANDS?
I love all musicals, including Jersey Boys. Sue me.
Like television shows, young adult fiction, and the cherished toys of our childhoods, no popular Broadway musical is currently safe from film adaptation. Hey, no complaints from this repressed musical theater nerd over here; I love all of them. Even the ones that aren’t as good as they should be. Segue to: Jersey Boys. Jersey […]