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Dirty Harry

24 and the Tortuous Politics of Torture

William Bradley | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dirty Harry, Gallup Poll, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, Kiefer Sutherland, Dick Cheney, James T. Kirk, Bob Graham, Jack Bauer, 24, Leon Panetta, John McCain, Torture, mi5, Al Qaeda, Howard Gordon, Cia, Laura Ingraham, Annie Wersching, Jon Voight, Saddam Hussein, Blackwater, Aclu, Fbi, Powers Boothe, Spooks, Politics News
William Bradley

For Dick Cheney, if there's a 1% chance of a terror plot existing, it should be treated as a certainty. It's one thing when that sort of manipulation is used to entertain, and quite another when it's used to govern.

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Whither Watchmen? Is This Big, Dark, Geeky, Lefty Movie The Next Comic Book Blockbuster?

William Bradley | Posted 04.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: John F. Kennedy, The Golden Compass, Alan Moore, Alternate History, Lord of the Rings, McLaughlin Group, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Soviet Union, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Constantine, From Hell, Batman, Anarchy, 300, Fascism, Nuclear War, The Dark Knight, Watchmen, Richard Nixon, Vietnam War, Dirty Harry, Dave Gibbons, V for Vendetta, Watergate, Bruce Wayne, Woodward and Bernstein, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Video, Zack Snyder, Entertainment News
William Bradley

Watchmen lays out and alternate America in a stunning opening sequence that presents the 20th century as a relentless slog of war and murder. If hope is on the menu, it's in short supply.

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Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino: Who Knew He Could Act? Like John Wayne in True Grit, it May Lead to an Oscar

Michael Russnow | Posted 12.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Dustin Hoffman, Million Dollar Baby, Russnow, William Holden, Bee Vang, Laos, True Grit, Oscar, John Wayne, Movies, Clint Eastwood, Laurence Olivier, Nick Schenk, Ahney Her, Dave Johansson, Vietnam, Michigan, Michael Russnow, Dirty Harry, Cambodia, Korean War, Leonardo Dicaprio, Unforgiven, Hmong, Breezy, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

John Wayne found True Grit towards the end of his career and now Clint Eastwood has done the same with an unforgettable performance in Gran Torino.

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The Incredible Shrinking Man

Peggy Drexler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Dirty Harry, Cashmere Mafia Men, In Treatment, Big Shots, Gender Studies, Cashmere Mafia, Masculinity, Law and Order SVU, Steve McQueen, Living News
Peggy Drexler

If television reflects the state of the sexes, men are in trouble.

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