Tagged Clint Eastwood

The Mule may be a film about drug cartels and police raids, but it’s also a film made by an 88 year-old. And even if his name is Clint Eastwood, that mature perspective defines the storytelling far more...

Being long-time fans of Sergio Leone's work, and with a new remaster hitting cinemas, we at ORWAV thought it would be timely to look at how the director made A Fistful of Dollars. His first Western is widely...

There’s something curiously seductive about boxing. Whether it’s because there’s a great deal of respect for the sport due to the strength and commitment required to be good at it, or simply the fact...

When it comes to films that portray true acts of heroism, it feels uncompassionate to do anything other than praise them. However, sometimes we’re left in the sticky position where there really isn’t that...

1. Guy Ritchie can show you the world (when he finds a leading man) Regarding a film that still requires a pinch in the arm to believe it exists, Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin has stalled. The Hollywood Reporter...

It's incredible that Clint Eastwood can make one of his best films so late into his career and so soon after one of his worst, American Sniper. Both films demonstrate his uncanny ability to create and...

Alfred Hitchock, regarded by many as the greatest director of all time, once said he thought “all actors should be treated like cattle”, which gives you a good idea as to why the auteur and the talent...

The Western genre is sumptuously classical, historically entwined with cinema since its birth - and yet it is also helplessly turbulent, subject to postcolonial criticism for the histories it depicts in its...

Every four weeks, ORWAV explores the movie month ahead through the medium of song! Upcoming releases, notable births and anniversaries and a general celebration of the films, directors, technicians and...

Tab Hunter Confidential is a fascinating and comprehensive biography that successfully conveys Hunter’s golden-boy status and subsequent career. Through its logical structure, rare film clips and...

Is it possible to laud individual greatness when it’s in service of an unjust cause? This is what Eastwood tries in American Sniper, and he fails miserably. Chris Kyle’s skill and bravery are undeniable...

One Room With A View went another 12 Rounds with Clint Eastwood's go-to master of on-screen war fighting, Sergeant Major James D. Dever USMC (ret.), to get the detail on how he turned Bradley Cooper into the...

South Africa was on the brink of civil war in the early 1990s. Nelson Mandela’s release from prison was not the start of the troubles - he had been in prison for decades for fighting the institutional...

Clint Eastwood helming the film version of an international smash-hit musical generates enormous expectations-  and many will blame him for seemingly adopting an “If it ain’t broke… ”...

La bella Italia, La Dolce Vita – it’s all on display in this glorious Grand Tour, full of good friends and good food and, most of all, full of laughter. Brydon, and Coogan in particular, are less...