In an inspired bit of casting, sexy and effervescent Shirley MacLaine is cast against tough and laconic Clint Eastwood.The result is a frothy little frontier romance that is two-thirds wonderful.The last third, when TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA returns to its action roots and involves us in a long rebels versus the establishment battle scene, [...]
Although many say the Western is dead, in books as well as movies, it continues to rear its head and make itself known every so often.There’s something inherently noble and visceral about the artform and the subject matter, the calm delineation between good and evil, that stubbornly continues to attract an audience. In 2007, the [...]
SPAGHETTI WESTERNS 20 Movie Pack includes works made primarily in Italy and other European locations. (Note that “Apache Blood” is an Americanfilm.) Half of these have not been previously issued by MCE and are marked (*) on the list below. MILL CREEK box sets offer good-to-average-quality audio and video transfers of public domain material at [...]
This is the second and ,as many have said, best in John Ford’s famed cavalry trilogy. I go further in claiming for it high status in the genre of western films, it is one of the finest. Wayne wears makeup that ages him 20 years and his acting performance transforms him into that older man [...]
It amazes me how incredibly well this 1969 western has held up after all these years. At once classically structured and satirically executed, director George Roy Hill and screenwriter William Goldman have pulled together a supremely entertaining period picture that caters to contemporary sensibilities to this day. It is to their credit that the film [...]
I bought this DVD for only one movie on the DVD.I have been looking for “International Velvet” on DVD for years and haven’t been able to find it as I have the first “Velvet” movie and wanted the second.This was the only way to get it.I actually watched all four movies in succession and loved [...]
The setting of this western is the town of Clearwater, TX (near Laredo), probably in the 1870′s. The four sons of Katie Elder, who had not seen each other, or her, in years, come to her funeral. The eldest brother, John Elder (John Wayne), watches the funeral from a distance. Why are some of the [...]