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Honkytonk Man *** (1982, Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, John McIntire, Verna Bloom, Alexa Kenin, Matt Clark, Barry Corbin, Jerry Hardin) – Classic Movie Review 4111

Producer-director Clint Eastwood wants to charm, amuse and depress us in his poignant, bitter-sweet 1982 personal statement movie, in which he stars as Red Stovall, a roguish, hard-living US Dust Bowl country singer during the Depression trying to make […]

Jul, 31 · in Uncategorized

Firefox * (1982, Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke, Ronald Lacey, Kenneth Colley, Nigel Hawthorne, Clive Merison) – Classic Movie Review 4110

Director Clint Eastwood’s ham-fisted 1982 action adventure thriller is a rare misfire for Eastwood, who also stars as Mitchell Gant, a crinkly US aviator who comes out of retirement and goes undercover to the Soviet Union […]

Jul, 31 · in Reviews

The Outlaw Josey Wales ***** (1976, Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George, Sam Bottoms, John Vernon, Bill McKinney, Matt Clark) – Classic Movie Review 4,109

Clint Eastwood’s 1976 storming revenge film The Outlaw Josey Wales is still the last great Western. Clint Eastwood’s 1976 storming revenge Western film The Outlaw Josey Wales is still the last great Western, despite later […]

Jul, 31

The Gauntlet *** (1977, Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, Mara Corday) – Classic Movie Review 4108

Director Clint Eastwood’s robust and feisty 1977 thriller finds him playing dirty as a maverick cop in a bent police force – yet again! Eastwood’s character Ben Shockley is told by the police commissioner Chief Commissary Blakelock (William Prince) […]

Jul, 31

Kinky Boots **** (2005, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton, Sarah-Jane Potts) – Classic Movie Review 4107

Director Julian Jarrold’s gloriously entertaining, feel-great 2005 British comedy drama is written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, based, believe it or not, on a true story. Actually, they don’t make you believe it is based on a true story, as […]

Jul, 31

Bronco Billy *** (1980, Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers, Bill McKinney) – Classic Movie Review 4106

Director Clint Eastwood’s 1980 movie paid the price at the box office with fewer customers than usual for an Eastwood movie, thanks largely to Dennis E Hackin’s screenplay being on the inconsequential and preachy side. […]

Jul, 30

Any Which Way You Can **½ (1980, Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Ruth Gordon, Geoffrey Lewis, Harry Guardino, Glen Campbell, William Smith) – Classic Movie Review 4105

Director Buddy Van Horn’s ragged but lusty 1980 action adventure Any Which Way You Can is the hasty sequel to Clint Eastwood’s surprise 1978 hit Every Which Way But Loose. It finds the ever-popular star […]

Jul, 30

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