WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE WILD BUNCH: AN ALBUM IN MONTAGE and A DAY OF FURY (***)
It was David Morrell’s turn to choose the films for our Western Night at the Movies gathering last night. As 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of THE WILD BUNCH, Sam Peckinpah’s cinematic ode to the end of the West, David’s first film was the excellent 1996 documentary, THE WILD BUNCH: AN ALBUM IN MONTAGE.
SPEAKING ABOUT THE ALAMO AT THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA FE
Yesterday I had the distinct pleasure of speaking to the Rotary Club of Santa Fe about the battle of the Alamo.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: I WILL FIGHT NO MORE FOREVER (***)
Our Western Night at the Movies group met this past Thursday and selected the 1975 made-for-television film, I WILL FIGHT NOT MORE FOREVER.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: VALDEZ IS COMING (***1/2)
Last night at our Western Night at the Movies gathering, it was my turn to choose the films and I brought VALDEZ IS COMING (1970).
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (*** 1/2)
At our Western Night at the Movies gathering the other night, Johnny Boggs provided an excellent double feature: BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK, a modern-day Western noir from 1955, and JOE DAKOTA, a low-budget remake of BAD DAY made a few years later and...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: HELL BENT FOR LEATHER (**)
Directed by George Sherman, who made a name for himself in the thirties and forties directing B Westerns, and written by Christopher Knopf, perhaps best known for his script for THE EMPEROR OF THE NORTH, HELL BENT FOR LEATHER sometimes runs on the Starz Western channel.
