Sentences with phrase «gran torino»

He began his professional saxophone career in 1996 when he gave up a scholarship to the University of Tennessee and started a six - year stint on the road with Knoxville - based, nine member rock / R & B group Gran Torino.

In other news, Gran Torino continues its reign as the top downloaded film this week as well.We have a feeling that this won't last too much longer if Paul Blart does as well in digital form as it did in theaters.

Mitchell used to sneak out at night in his mother's ’72 Ford Gran Torino station wagon, while Norris took his first drives in a Volkswagen Beetle before moving up to a Ford Capri.

Take your thoughts on GRAN TORINO, apply them to SYNECDOCHE, and then reverse their positions.

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«GRAN TORINO» The clunky construction and thematic naïvete would have been embarrassing coming from George P. Cosmatos — from Clint Eastwood, it's confounding.

If so, that will mark the first time since Gran Torino that he's done such a thing.

Over at Awards Daily, Sasha Stone has taken it upon herself to whittle down the Best Picture race to a brisk 11 - title list, and it makes for sobering reading: «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» «The Dark Knight» «Doubt» «Frost / Nixon» «Gran Torino» «Milk» «Rachel Getting Married» «The Reader» «Revolutionary Road» «Slumdog Millionaire» «The Wrestler» I -LSB-...]

The song has a jazzy, bluesy vibe, much like Jamie Callum's «Gran Torino» last year.

Richard Jenkins's critically - acclaimed (but also little - seen) role in immigration weepie The Visitor won him a best actor nomination — at the expense, perhaps, of Clint Eastwood, whose Gran Torino has been a hit with critics and audiences alike over the past month in the US.

Clint Eastwood, «Gran Torino» Clint Eastwood is so frequently underestimated at this stage that it's becoming cliche.

Will Be Nominated: Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino), Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), Frank Langella (Frost / Nixon), Sean Penn (Milk), and Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)

But his love of directing hasn't kept the 1930 born performing from taking a starring role in the recent movies Gran Torino and Trouble with the Curve.

What We Watched 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Man on Wire Frost / Nixon Wallace and Gromit in A Matter of Loaf and Death Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Star Trek: Generations Star Trek: First Contact Gran Torino Iron Man Taken Snow Angels This American Life: Season 1

Deepwater Horizon (2016)(Dec. 3) Gran Torino (2008) Hoosiers (1986) Logan (2017)(Dec. 9) Midnight Cowboy (1969) Pitch Black (2000) Something's Got ta Give (2003)

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---- BEST SONG «Down to Earth» (performed by Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman), Wall - E «Gran Torino» (performed by Clint Eastwood), Gran Torino «I Thought I Lost You» (performed Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, written by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele), Bolt «Once in a Lifetime» (performed by Beyonce), Cadillac Records «The Wrestler» (performed by Bruce Springsteen)

BEST SONG «Down to Earth» (performed by Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman), Wall - E «Gran Torino» (performed by Clint Eastwood), Gran Torino «I Thought I Lost You» (performed Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, written by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele), Bolt «Once in a Lifetime» (performed by Beyonce), Cadillac Records «The Wrestler» (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen), The Wrestler

I can honestly say even though Rev. Road wasn't the worst (Gran Torino is far worse) or hardest to watch (Frost / Nixon is a serious case of «When are they gonna get to the fireworks factory»), everything is so stagey, stilted and obvious that I had complete apathy to everything I watched.

Among the films leaving at the end of May are John Wick: Chapter 2 with Keanu Reeves, Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino, superhero movies X-Men: Apocalypse and the 2003 Daredevil, and William Friedkin's The Exorcist.

Eastwood was at the helm for two 2008 hits, «Changeling» and «Gran Torino».

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Gran Torino was old Clint with a rifle, and no one thought it would be a player compared to Changeling.

Whereas Grisham's southern potboilers are driven by plot, suspense, and applications of the law, The Judge, an original screenplay attributed to director David Dobkin, Gran Torino's Nick Schenk, and newcomer Bill Dubuque, substitutes small - town sentimentality for those elements.

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MGM are one step closer to their re-take on the ROBOCOP franchise, having hired GRAN TORINO (2008) screenwriter Nick Schenk to work on the...

And if Gran Torino's release had been handled differently, it too could have been nominated for some Oscars.

Frankly, if Return of the King had been out of the equation, Mystic River would have deservingly won Best Picture — for me, it is far and away Eastwood's best film of the decade (which isn't hard, considering Gran Torino and the overhyped Million Dollar Baby).

Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino — Hammond Sean Penn, Milk — Adams, Brevet, Childress, Feinberg, Kennedy, Tapley Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler — Bona, Stone, O'Neil

Some of them include: Gran Torino, 8 - Mile, Four Brothers, Escanaba in da Moonlight, Detroit Rock City, Robocop.

Thank god, Eastwood seems the least bit interested in making this a comedy, which is good, as it would turn Gran Torino into an average, forgettable flick.

The intergenerational pairing is more Gran Torino than Harold and Maude and it supplies Whatever Works with its best moments.

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• Finally, with whispers circulating that «Gran Torino» could spoil in the Best Picture race, how much of a Best Actor threat is Clint Eastwood?

• With a trailer for «Gran Torino» finally emerging, we wonder if Clint Eastwood is the real frontrunner for Best Actor.

the most recent one that comes to mind for me is Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino.

Gran Torino and Benjamin Button for best picture??

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Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino 3.

John Carroll Lynch's many acting credits include Fargo, Zodiac, Gran Torino, Bug, Shutter Island and Jackie.

WHY: For someone as prolific and revered as Clint Eastwood, six years is a long time to go without making a really good film (2008's «Gran Torino» was his last), and sadly, «American Sniper» only extends that streak.

When Gran Torino was rumored to be the sixth Dirty Harry movie, I hoped Clint Eastwood wouldn't make Charles Bronson's mistake.

The 15:17 to Paris is directed by veteran actor / filmmaker Clint Eastwood, director of the films Gran Torino, Invictus, Hereafter, J. Edgar, Jersey Boys, American Sniper, and Sully most recently.

Language: English Genre: Drama / Action MPAA rating: R Director: Clint Eastwood Actors: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang Plot: When a teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a Korean war veteran decides to take matters into his own hands and reform the boy.

This true story of a patriot is the latest from director Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino, Letter from Iwo Jima, Million Dollar Baby) and it is one of the strongest films of the year.

Eastwood successfully has used non-actors previously, casting Hmong American screen newcomers to play his bigoted character's neighbors in «Gran Torino.»

Segment 3 [12:45]-- Review of Gran Torino, Box Office predictions and the Fat Guy Five (aka, Kevin and Neil's picks for the best of 2008)

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Slumdog Millionaire (unless they put it in comedy) Frost / Nixon Benjamin Button Milk Either Changeling or Gran Torino The Dark Knight Revolutionary Road