The clearest example was Taken, the worldwide hit that saw Liam Neeson take on human traffickers who had kidnapped his ...

The tone of Gran Torino is augmented when Walter comes to the aid of one of his neighbors, Thao Van Lor (Bee Vang). This incident brings Walter into the good graces of the Van Lors and his other Hmong ...

Last Sunday I predicted that The Dark Knight would be a big Oscar contender because there wasn't anything else that was gaining strong buzz. Fellow critics had all seen the other big Oscar contenders ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2008, "Gran Torino" became the first major U.S. film to feature Hmong American actors. Among them was Bee Vang, then a ...

We've seen an enormous amount of new trailers this week, so it couldn't be more fitting to see Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino trailer wrap up the week. Warner Brothers is debuting this trailer in front ...

The erstwhile Dirty Harry defends one of the country's lesser-known minorities in director Clint Eastwood's second production in as many months. Gran Torino combines the usual elements of Eastwood's ...

Clint Eastwood knows better than anyone else his meaning as an actor and his effect on audiences, so it's hard to believe he could direct "Gran Torino" without knowing how funny it is. He plays a ...

Back in 2008 I starred opposite Clint Eastwood in "Gran Torino" playing the lead Hmong role in a tale of two people transcending their differences to form an unlikely human bond. It was a historic ...