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Get off my CGI lawn

The trailer mash-up thing is pretty well played out, but this one made me smile and that’s just what this Tuesday morning needed.

Review: Gran Torino (2008) *** 1/2

Grrrrrr…
In Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood steps out from behind the camera and onto the big screen for the first time since 2004’s Million Dollar Baby. Taking a page from the character continuum he began with Dirty Harry, here he plays Walt Kowalski, a racist Korean War veteran, retired Detroit autoworker and recent widower. Alienated from [...]

Trailer: Gran Torino

Eagle-eyed and ever-vigilant Nick Plowman noticed that Apple has the new Gran Torino trailer that’s supposed to be playing this weekend in front of Changeling.
74 bonus points to Jennybee for anticipating the “Get off my lawn!” line in the poster thread.
Click the image below for Apple’s Gran Torino trailer page.

I like the trailer. The simple [...]

Poster: Gran Torino

McPaper has the first look at the poster for Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino. Click the image to see the whole thing largified. It reminds me of something from the ’70s…like Walking Tall.

The film about a racist Korean War veteran living in Detroit is set to open December 17. The trailer is supposed to premiere this [...]