Dirty Harry News

If the revenge thriller seems like an especially inflexible genre, it might be because its founding formula is basically a biblical credo: an eye for an eye.

Caption: Clint Eastwood signs an autograph as he leaves Dan Tana's restaurant after having dinner with his son Kyle and friends West Hollywood, California .... Movie icon CLINT EASTWOOD swapped Hollywood for central France this weekend, when he was made an honorary mascot for soccer team OLYMPIQUE LYON.

I have, at times, jokingly admonished friends with a quick, "Put ... that coffee ... down," channeling Alec Baldwin's irate salesman in "Glengarry Glen Ross." Or attempted to intimidate with Clint Eastwood's classic "Do you feel lucky ... punk?" from "Dirty Harry." In my younger days, I took inspiration from Sean Penn's archetype stoner Jeff ...

Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, has declared that any attack on his country's embassy in Honduras will lead to war between the two nations, and I can't help wishing that the Hondurans would call his bluff.

Venezuelaa s president, Hugo Chavez, has declared that any attack on his country's embassy in Honduras will lead to war between the two nations, and I can't help wishing that the Hondurans would call his bluff.

It's all in the sneeze. If you want to know why 1970s thrillers are so much better than their counterparts today, you just need to pay attention to the part that flu and coughing play in the original The Taking of Pelham 123 , the film that has now been remade by Tony Scott with Denzel Washington and John Travolta in roles first filled by Walter ...

This week's DVD releases boast timeliness that makes each film resonate as more than merely the latest additions in the action genre.

Is it just me, or does anyone else get the impression Michael Ignatieff spent a lot of time as a kid watching Clint Eastwood movies, and mimicking his toughest lines? You can picture the Liberal leader in front of the TV, working up a sneer, cocking a finger at the tube and muttering as menacingly as he could manage: "Go on punk, make my day." Bam, ...