Clint Eastwood

Sinker Ball

Eastwood's return is a decidedly slow-pitch affair.

45 Movie Trends That Need to Die Right Now (A Sequel)

The D — as in Dead — List

Why Does Karl Rove Hate America So Much?

Oh, boy. Another chance to say something good about Detroit. Nothing gets a bigger rise out of a certain element among you loyal Lawners than when I utter anything even faintly complimentary about my hometown. For reasons I may never fully understand, I would incite less mouth-foaming if I sang the ... More >>

The Most Exciting (Non-Football) Super Bowl Moments!

TEXANS CELEBRATE AMERICA - Neither of the pre-game patriotic performances achieved Whitney Houston-level kudos, but both were delivered tastefully and capably. Lindale's Miranda Lambert did some nice harmonizin' with her hubby on "America the Beautiful," and Burleson's Kelly Clarkson shared her Nati ... More >>

An(other) Ode to Deep Ellum's Black Swan

blackswansaloon.comVodka and fruit medley.​On my first pilgrimage to Deep Ellum's Black Swan Saloon, I walked right past the place, thinking the small, windowed room was just an extension of La Grange. There's no sign to speak of; I had to consult my iPhone ("Siri, where the fuck am I?") and ... More >>

The Features Want George Lucas to Remake Star Wars, Cast Them As The Cantina Band

Nashville's The Features may have a couple of marks against them in the eyes of elitist hipsters who don't like to let actual facts get in the way of a too-cool-for-school argument. It's true, the no longer en vogue Kings of Leon, themselves fellow Tennesseans, have lent a helping hand to the quarte ... More >>

Best Films of 2011: Ten and Two to Grow On

J. Hoberman's faves from a mutating medium.

J. Edgar: Mama's Boy

Clint Eastwood's inspired take on the original G-man.

Good Friday: Club Dada's New Year's Eve Do-Over Party, Yells At Eels, Eleven Hundred Springs, The Derailers, Kool Keith, Royal Bangs, Girl Talk, True Widow & More!

Kevin Todora​It's looking like a good weekend of shows, starting with Club Dada's New Year's Eve Do-Over Party on Saturday night. It'll feature performances from Hoyotoho, Damaged Good$, galleryCat, and Datahowler, and includes a Champagne toast at midnight.But that's not the only big show happeni ... More >>

Road Trip Barbecue Makes Traveling I-35 Less Sucky.

With a Soggy Picnic, Celebrating the First Pieces of the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park

Photos by Patrick MichelsThat "rain or shine" picnic was all rain, but about a hundred folks showed up to sign the first beam to be laid under the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park. (Click for a better look at the mural by Cat Lafitte.) This weekend they're laying the first of the concrete beams over Wooda ... More >>

Heaven is a Place Where Nothing Interesting Happens.

The 15 Worst ...and Friends! Albums Of All-Time

​It's hard not to remember Santana's 1999 album Supernatural. Besides just the Rob Thomas collab "Smooth," which we've spent the past decade trying to erase from our memories, the album received a lot of attention at the time for being one of those records that featured a different collaboration w ... More >>

The Monco Poncho

Miserable Man (Self-released)

Today In Music News: Devon Clifford Dies, Domingo Gets Gracious Welcome And Del Tells Us About "Clint Eastwood"

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, April 20, 2010...The drummer for You Say Party! We Say Die has died.  Somewhere irony is grinning.What's the best way to welcome back an opera legend for their first performance after beating cancer?  Boo him.Del The Funky Homosapien te ... More >>

Clint Eastwood, 79 And Facing The End Of A Very Prolific Directing Decade, Is Virtually Unstoppable, Tackling Mandela And The Hereafter

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Dude Food: Chubby's Family Restaurant

Chubby's Family Restaurant7474 S. Cockrell Hill RoadDude Factor: 8, or "Jack Palance in City Slickers" on a scale of 1 ("Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones And The Crystal Disappointment") to 10 ("Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven")Of all the billboards on the way to and from work, Chubby's Family Restaurant ... More >>

10 Questions: Jamie Samford

Jim White, left, enjoys one of chef Samford's creationsAs Winn Meats corporate executive chef, you'd expect Samford to know his brisket, his steak...hell, anything carved, cured or barbecued. Before stepping into this role, he developed Central Market's "fresh market" concept in Dallas, ... More >>

Our annual Death Pool: Which artists will croak in '09?

Who should fear the reaper this year?

Clint Eastwood, America's Director

Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood finds salvation

Good Friday: Rodney Parker, The Happy Bullets, Ivoryline, The Lashouts, Mad Mexicans, Somebody's Darling, THe BAcksliders, Days of the New, Scuba Team Go, Big Chief

Ah, Friday. If this were 1993, I'd be gearing up for a badass night of TGIF on ABC. But, alas, it's 2008. Luckily, there's plenty of live music to take in all weekend long. Some pretty good. Some not as much. But, for the most part, pretty good.Anyway, onto the weekend of shows. First, the one's w ... More >>

Changeling

Angelina Jolie takes on a serial killer and the system in Clint Eastwood's latest

Last Night: Del tha Funky Homosapien at the Granada Theater

Miracle at Santa Anna

No matter the runtime and budget, Spike Lee's World War II drama is an epic bore

Stay Classy, Dallas

Shots in the Dark

Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone

Avoiding Grief in Grace Is Gone

A Marine mom dies in Iraq, but don't let Grace Is Gone get to you

The Clint and the Dead

See the Man With No Name at the Inwood

Film 2007: On Deck

Something to look forward to in 2008: Clint Eastwood'sChangeling

Behind Enemy Lines

Letters sees World War II from Japanese POV, as Eastwood continues to chip away at the hero myth

Hall of Famer

Legend, yes. But Clint Eastwood's not done yet.

Holding Out for a Hero

Get Out

Gorillaz

Demon Days (Virgin)

A Few Dollars Left

Eastwood's latest Baby proves he's still a money player

Year Cheer

Monkey around in 2004

The Sorrow and the Pity

In a year of big-screen sadness, our critics comfort those who triumphed

All the Rage

Eastwood takes a guilt trip down the mighty Mystic River

Bobby Love

De Niro--no surprise--is the reason to like City by the Sea

Heart of Mold

Eastwood's got an infusion of new Blood, but is his ticker up to it?

Snow Job

Vertical Limit isn't a "relationship" flick--it's a numbing Die Hard on ice

Star trek

Clint Eastwood directs a crew of veterans in his most engaging film in years

Do the Crime, do the time

Save his life? Sure, why not? But what about ours?

Wilted garden

Heavy-handed direction plows under Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Power outage

After this absolute mess, Eastwood might consider a ride into the sunset

Seen any good movies lately?

The best of 1995

Rushes