• June 4, 2018
• At Home, Crime, Drama

It’s hard to be critical of a movie celebrating a heroic act when said heroes are also actors in the movie. Clint Eastwood’s film adaptation of The 15:17 to...

• January 3, 2017
• At Home, Drama, Thriller

Imagine being judged on 208 seconds of your life. This is what happens when Captain “Sully” Sullenberger (Tom Hanks), a mild-mannered, cool-as-a-cucumber commercial airline pilot, managed to avert a...

• December 28, 2014
• At Home, Drama

Clint Eastwood, as a director, is certainly in his prime. In his 80s, he is extremely prolific, and is producing dramas, one after another that range from solid (Hereafter,...

• November 12, 2014
• At Home, Drama, Music

Clint Eastwood has directed so many fine films, one after another, that it comes as a surprise that his film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys is...

• June 2, 2014
• At Home, Drama, Romance

The first time I saw The Bridges of Madison County I got swept up in the romance of it all. I loved that you could experience the affair of...

• February 24, 2014
• At Home, Drama

I remember seeing Million Dollar Baby in the theater with a group of girlfriends. Hey, it’s an empowering story about a female boxer, is critically acclaimed, and won the...

• December 21, 2013
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Alrighty, I’ll readily admit that I’ve been sitting on this review for awhile. I saw Mystic River several months ago, and since then have had pounded into me the...

• September 9, 2013
• At Home, Western

Clint Eastwood movies have always been essential viewing at our house, but I remember thinking that Pale Rider was especially hot. I was only about nine when I saw...

• July 5, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Western

Clint Eastwood’s 1992 revisionist Western Unforgiven not only swept up major prizes, including Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Eastwood) and Supporting Actor (Gene Hackman), but it acknowledged what...

• January 3, 2013
• At Home, Drama

Clint Eastwood has been trying to tell us something with his movies for the past several years, and I’m finally starting to get the memo: he is old. Apparently...

• September 23, 2012
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Thriller

When escaped convict Butch Haynes (Kevin Costner) plucks Buzz Perry (T.J. Lowther) from his idyllic life, this sweet, wide-eyed little boy soon becomes attached to his captor. After all,...

• June 8, 2012
• Action, At Home, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Clint Eastwood has a broken heart. Actually quite literally… his heart is giving out, which makes it hard to chase the bad guys through city streets. Even though Clint...