gran torino

Mall Cop, Serial Killer, Stray Dogs Vie For Clint Eastwood’s Cash Crown

1:55AM STV | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and nightmarish at the US box office. This week: Blart saves, Biggie lives and My Bloody Valentine sucks in three dimensions. More »

Clint Eastwood’s $US29 Million Going-Away Present

4:10AM STV | No remedy works better for that piercing Golden Globes hangover than the all-natural, FDA-approved wonder drug that is US Box Office: More »

Keanu Reeves Devastates ‘Doubt,’ ‘Che,’ Rest of Earth

1:45AM STV | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or Keanu-rrific at the movies. This week: Earth is doomed, Clint is done, and Che is looooonnng. More »

Clint Eastwood Revisits His Fascist Avenger Glory Days in ‘Gran Torino’

3:20AM STV | Here’s your first look at what is expected to be Clint Eastwood’s last performance, as a grizzled racist widower taking on an Asian gang in his forthcoming drama Gran Torino. The catch: He’s defending an Asian family along with the rest of his quiet, diversifying neighbourhood. At first rumoured to be the capstone of the Dirty Harry franchise, Gran Torino’s trailer instead hints at a kinder, gentler vigilante — a surly old coot whose prostate enlargement defers only to the growth of his chosen weapon from finger-pistol to rifle to the titular automobile itself, a washed-and-waxed piece of vintage American steel not so unlike the growling icon behind its wheel. Which isn’t to say Gran Torino looks like it will make anyone forget the rogue San Francisco cop (though after 37 years, “Get off my lawn” is a clever enough permutation of “Do you feel lucky, punk?”), but it may provide just enough nostalgia to bring bullet-riddled closure you didn’t even know you wanted. Check all the feel-good fascism after the jump. [YouTube] More »