WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: MACKINTOSH & T.J. (***)
Western Night At The MoviesRogers is remarkable in the lead role. His weathered face shows more about him than any explanation we are given later, but even that is precious little.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: REQUIESCANT (2 Stars)
Western Night At The MoviesAbsurd, grotesque, violent, and bizarrely humorous pretty well sums up the 1967 Italian spaghetti Western REQUIESCANT (translated roughly as “May they rest in peace”) that Kirk Ellis chose for our latest Western Night at the Movies get-together.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES : RIDER OF DEATH VALLEY (**1/2)
Western Night At The MoviesAt our Western Night at the Movies evening last Sunday, it was Johnny D. Boggs’ turn to curate. He brought RIDER OF DEATH VALLEY (aka RIDERS OF THE DESERT), a Tom Mix film from 1932 about greed and its terrible price.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: FACE OF A FUGITIVE (** ½)
Western Night At The Movies For some actors, the Western seemed familiar terrain, as though they were as much a part of it as it was part of them. John Wayne, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott quickly come to mind. One name that doesn’t is Fred MacMurray....WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: JUNIOR BONNER (***1/2)
Western Night At The MoviesSweet and lyrical are not terms usually associated with Sam Peckinpah, the man who directed THE WILD BUNCH, the man whom Western author Max Evans called the “Master of Violence.” Most of Peckinpah’s films are violent, one way or another, and most of them depict scenes of bloody mayhem and death. The one exception, though, was JUNIOR BONNER released in 1972. David Morrell chose it for our Western Night at the Movies meeting this past Sunday.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE WESTERNER (*** 1/2)
BlogThe Western had been a staple during the silent era and into the talkies, but from 1931 to 1938, it was relegated to B pictures and serials with a few exceptions such as THE PLAINSMAN (1937) and THE TEXANS (1938). Then came 1939 which saw the release of STAGECOACH, JESSE JAMES, DODGE CITY, UNION PACIFIC and DESTRY RIDES AGAIN.