WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: WARLOCK (** ½)
For our latest Western Night session, David Morrell brought a film that generated much discussion, mainly due to the fact that while we all found things to admire, we also agreed it was just a mess. (We enjoy discussing films, good and bad.)
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE PROUD REBEL (***)
One of the most enjoyable things about our Western Night gatherings is watching a film that defeats expectations. Kirk Ellis did just that with THE PROUD REBEL (1958). It’s not about an ex-confederate still fighting the Civil War. Rather, it concerns a confederate who’s accepted the war is over and comes to Illinois trying to find a cure for his mute young son.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: OLD HENRY (***)
This time it was my turn to select the film for our Western Night gathering and I chose OLD HENRY released back in October of this year.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE DAUGHTER OF DAWN (** ½)
It was Johnny Boggs’s turn to select the film for this Western Night session and he chose a surprising silent released in 1920 called THE DAUGHTER OF DAWN, a film about Native Americans with a cast of all Native Americans, namely Kiowas and Comanches.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: AMBUSH AT TOMAHAWK GAP (** 1/2)
For our latest Western Night gathering, Robert Nott brought AMBUSH AT TOMAHAWK GAP (1953), a breakneck-paced B Western, the kind that made Saturday afternoon matinees so much fun. Avarice and determination drive this movie about four prisoners...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL (***)
For our October gathering David Morrell brought LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL (1959). It’s a tension-filled tale about Marshal Matt Morgan (Kirk Douglas) out to arrest the two men who raped and killed a woman.
