In “Gran Torino,” Clint Eastwood plays a retired auto worker in Michigan who could literally stand in for his iconic character a quarter of a century later. Crotchety as hell and a gun never ...

The first time I saw the trailer for this film ... gun and barking at Asian people to “get off my lawn.” Was this Dirty Harry: The Retirement Years? Thankfully, no. As it turns out, Gran ...

Seeing Clint Eastwood squinting down the barrel of his gun ... his oeuvre -- with "Gran Torino," Eastwood explores the ravages of violence upon the psyche. At heart, the film is a character ...

Still, as movies about crusty old men whose hearts melt through their friendship with young people go, “Gran Torino” is mostly a hoot, thanks to Eastwood’s Archie-Bunker-with-a-gun performance.

Clint Eastwood is without doubt familiar with that film; it was made by his mentor ... the 78 year-old Eastwood’s irresistible turn in Gran Torino may be his final role as an actor.