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'Trouble with the Curve' Review

Jordan Hoffman — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:04:39 +0000

My wife doesn't follow movie news and is impervious to advertising. "What is this, a baseball movie?" she asked as we settled in for 'Trouble with the Curve.' "Kinda," I said. "Clint's a gruff baseball scout, out on the road with his estranged daughter." "Uh-oh," she chimed as the lights dimmed. "Life lessons!"

Life lessons indeed, and they come at you with the subtlety of an aluminum bat cranking a deep line drive. Clint, craggier than ever, begins each day arguing with his prostate, eating junk food and rooting through a stack of papers reporting high school and college score results. "He's the last scout in the majors who doesn't use a computer!" they muse at the Braves' home office. Nasty, conniving Matthew Lillard means it in a bad way, while John Goodman looks fondly upon Clint's old fashioned ways.

'Eastwooding' Is Now a Meme

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:44:22 +0000

While the rumor all week has been that a Ronald Reagan hologram would be the “surprise” guest at the GOP convention, instead it was Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood who helped to introduce Mitt Romney in Tampa.

And we think it’s safe to say Eastwood’s performance was “surprising.”

Watch Clint Eastwood's Moving 'Halftime' Super Bowl 2012 Commercial for Chrysler [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:16:23 +0000

For the second year in a row, Chrysler’s Super Bowl 2012 commercial featured a big star, and talk of an inspirational turnaround. Last year, in a memorable spot, Eminem informed the Super Bowl’s audience that Detroit, embattled hometown of both the rapper and Chrysler, was on the comeback trail.

If You Think Clint Eastwood Is Above Doing Reality TV, You Couldn't Be More Wrong

Bob Sassone — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:40:28 +0000

If you were to name 10 celebrities you would never think would agree to appear on a reality show, veteran actor Clint Eastwood would be near the top of such a list (if not the top). But that’s about to change. TMZ is reporting that Eastwood’s family has agreed to star in a new reality [...]

Will Clint Eastwood End His Acting Retirement for a Baseball Movie?

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:29:45 +0000

Clint Eastwood told reporters in 2008 that ‘Gran Torino’ was “probably” his last on-screen appearance as he was preparing to retire from acting.

Now it looks like that isn’t the case. According to Entertainment Weekly the 81-year-old is currently in talks to star in the baseball drama ‘Trouble With the Curve’ as a veteran scout losing his vision.