WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE LAST OF THE FAST GUNS (**)
An elegiac-themed Western, THE LAST OF THE FAST GUNS (1958) was David Morrell’s choice for our latest Western Night at the Movies virtual gathering.
This Universal B picture opens intriguingly with a black-clad rider passing a cemetery where an open grave waits. In the town, the rider dismounts, faces a gunfighter in a shoot out and kills him. (The open grave was for the loser of the contest.) The rider then gets invited to see a wealthy old man who’s confined to a wheelchair who offers him $25,000 to go to Mexico to find his long-lost brother.
SEAN CONNERY, GIFTED ACTOR
Many poignant and wonderful tributes have appeared about Sean Connery who died a few days ago on October 31, 2020.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE PROPOSITION (** 1/2)
For our October Western Night at the Movies session, Sheila Ellis chose THE PROPOSITION, an Australian film from 2005.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA (***)
A film set in the contemporary West was Kirk Ellis’s choice for our latest Western Night at the Movies gathering. THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA (2005) tells a disquieting yet fascinating story of loyalty and friendship mixed with torment and consequences.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: MONTE WALSH (*** 1/2)
For our latest Western Night meeting, I chose MONTE WALSH, the 1970 film starring Lee Marvin. It’s a haunting, bittersweet picture.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: ALONG CAME JONES (**)
It was Johnny D. Boggs’s turn to choose the film for our Western Night at the Movies virtual meeting this time and he selected ALONG CAME JONES, a charming little comedy from 1945 starring Gary Cooper and Loretta Young.
