New on DVD: Tina Fey's 'Baby Mama' delivers laughs Sep 12, 2008
More new oldies on Blu-ray: Clint Eastwood's 1977 The Gauntlet and 1985 Pale Rider (both Warner, R, $29); Jerry Maguire (1995, Sony, R, $29). Cool Hand Luke* * * 1/2 1967, Warner, unrated, $20; Blu-ray, $29. (USA Today -- Life)
'Mermaid' returns; Kutcher hits 'Vegas' Aug 24, 2008
Also this week:TV: "Entourage," season four; "Everybody Hates Chris," season three; "Go Diego Go!: Diego's Halloween"; "Heroes," season two; "Max and Ruby"; "NCIS," season five; "One Tree Hill," season five; "The Shield," season six; "The Untouchables," season twoFilm: "The Adventures of Robin Hood"; "Brotherhood of the Wolf"; "Fishtales"; "Never Say Macbeth" "Pale Rider"; "Postal"; "Redbelt"; "Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas". Read Comments > | Share This Story. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
"Doctor Zhivago," "Casablanca" and Other Distinguished Movies to Be Offered for the First Time in High Definition VOD as Part of Warner Bros. Entertainment's 85th Anniversary Celebration on Demand Aug 14, 2008
"Doctor Zhivago," "Casablanca" and Other Distinguished Movies to Be Offered for the First Time in High Definition VOD as Part of Warner Bros. Entertainment's 85th Anniversary Celebration on Demand: Financial News - Yahoo. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Latest Ted Bell Book Comes in the Nick of Time Aug 8, 2008
Theres an old theory in Russian history called "pale rider/dark rider." Historically in Russia, a pale rider is a leader who is sensitive and not too worried about world politics, but just concerned about music and the arts. He usually falls, and is replaced by a dark rider and that's what happens in Tsar. (Newsmax)
Clint takes on Cannes May 25, 2008
Mystic River and three previous Eastwood films Pale Rider, Bird and White Hunter, Black Heart all played in competition at Cannes. While Bird won the lead-actor prize and a technical award at Cannes, Eastwood has never received the festival's top award. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Clint Eastwood, a director who aims to get to the heart of 'whole story' May 23, 2008
But when he came to Cannes in the '80s with "Pale Rider" and "Bird," his film on the jazz great Charlie Parker, he became an American auteur. His films have been five times in competition, and he has presided over the jury. (International Herald Tribune)
Clint and Angelina Bring a Child to Cannes May 21, 2008
Since 1985 this Hollywood legend has brought five films to Cannes not as special screenings, where he has nothing to lose, but in the ego-bruising competition for the top prize and the first four times (with Pale Rider, Bird, White Hunter Black Heart and Mystic River he's gone home empty-handed. It's not that the old cowboy needs another trophy: he's twice won Oscars for best director and best picture, with Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby. (Time.com)
Clint's 'Changeling' set for Cannes Apr 23, 2008
Pic will be Eastwood's fifth to compete in Cannes, after "Pale Rider," "White Hunter, Black Heart," "Bird" and "Mystic River.". In a reversal of how the situation looked late last week, Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," which stars Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem, will appear in Cannes after all, with Allen attending the fest over the initial weekend. (Variety)
Smith, Wesson, and me Jan 7, 2008
As a preacher in 1985s Pale Rider, he offered to help a miner with some physical labour, but was asked if he would not prefer to do something more spiritual. His retort: That Spirit aint worth spit without a little exercise. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
God and Glocks: Why Churches Should Not be Gun Free Zones Dec 16, 2007
Given that young people are opting for murder verses sucking it up and getting a life, ministers had better morph PDQ from imitating Mr. Rogers to mimicking Clint Eastwoods character in Pale Rider ... Given that young people are opting for murder verses sucking it up and getting a life, ministers had better morph PDQ from imitating Mr. Rogers to mimicking Clint Eastwoods character in Pale Rider. (Townhall.com)
What a way to run a railway Sep 17, 2007
The first was in 1985 (the year of Pale Rider, one of only two Clint Eastwood westerns these past 30 years); the second in the early 1990s, led by Dances With Wolves; the third in 2003 (when Costner returned to the genre with Open Range). The fourth came this year with the Coen Brothers going West, Brad Pitt as the latest actor to impersonate Jesse James and James Mangold using the clout gained from the success of Walk the Line to fulfil a cherished project of remaking 3:10 to Yuma. (The Observer)
Television movies for the week of Sept. 2 Sep 2, 2007
TV Movies: Sept. 2-8. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Avenging Angel Jul 6, 2007
Owing a debt to pics ranging from "Shane" to "Pale Rider," this not-so-original movie introduces Sorbo as a preacher who watches his wife and child's murder by the minions of land baron Col. Cusack (Wings Hauser), headed by his snarling henchman Quinn (Nick Chinlund, adding to a lengthy resume of bad-guy roles). It's enough to prompt the preacher -- who vaguely references killing men in the war before donning the collar -- to strap on a gun, seeking justice as a bounty hunter. (Variety)
PELOSI, REID TO ANNOUNCE NEW EFFORT TO END WAR... Jun 30, 2007
The Crypt's Blog - Politico. Subject Closing Time. (The Drudge Report)
Unsteady Eddie Apr 30, 2007
It would pitch well, with its me-against-the-world themes (a bit Gladiator), the network's cries for help from the outsider (a bit Pale Rider), and the injection of adrenaline into the heart of a struggling network described by one Nine insider as "a madhouse" (a bit Pulp Fiction). So, what's happening with the man at centre stage. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Change is as good as arrest Feb 12, 2007
Hot Fuzz gives it a modern twist by bringing on the firepower and doffing its cap to the kind of back-from-the-dead avenging angels that Clint Eastwood played in High Plains Drifter and Pale Rider. When Pegg comes riding down a silent village street armed to the teeth and ready for death you fear genre spoofing may have reached its limits. (Scotsman)
Placer County Playgrounds Feb 4, 2007
It is the darling of Hollywood, having co-starred with Clint Eastwood ("Rawhide," "Pale Rider," "Unforgiven"), Gary Cooper ("The Virginian," "High Noon") and Michael Landon ("Little House on the Prairie") to name just a few. And now it is slipping quietly away for a two-year face lift. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
The Last Cowboy Feb 3, 2007
The festival kicks off with a showing of Eastwood's breakout role as the nameless stranger in A Fistful of Dollars, then follows the mysterious Western character he defined in High Plains Drifter (the first Western he directed) and Pale Rider ... Before the Oscars started giving him props, he had been nominated for the Golden Palm at France's Cannes festival for Pale Rider, Bird and White Hunter Black Heart ... A Fistful of Dollars will be shown at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St.,... (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
