Tag Archives: westerns

“Silver River”

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I watched this mid-period Raoul Walsh western a while back on the recommendation of co-blogger Sax von Stroheim. It stars Errol Flynn as a disgraced Union officer who’s decided to live in a purely selfish manner. In … Continue reading →

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“Django Unchained”

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: The latest in Tarantino’s Minorities Get Revenge on White People Series, the director said on Fresh Air that if the audience doesn’t cheer Django at the end, he’s failed. Well, the audience I saw it with didn’t cheer. … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Christoph Waltz, Jaime Foxx, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, westerns, Worst Director Cameo Ever | 23 Comments

“Until They Get Me”

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In 1916 Frank Borzage made a terrific early western, entitled “The Pilgrim.” It starred Borzage himself in the role of a drifter whose gallantry is brought to the fore by the plight of a lovely girl. … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Frank Borzage, John Ford, movies, Pauline Starke, The Searchers, westerns | 2 Comments

“Blood Meridian,” a Western for People Who Hate Westerns

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This summer I read two wonderful novels, Hombre and Valdez is Coming, early Westerns written by the masterful Elmore Leonard. After finishing those books I decided it was time to tackle one of the Big Kahunas of the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing | Tagged Blood Meridian, Bulwer-Lytton, Chip Kidd, Coen Brothers, Cormac McCarthy, David Pearson, Elmore Leonard, fancy writin', Glanton Gang, Harold Bloom, Heart of Darkness, Hombre, Moby-Dick, No Country for Old Men, Patrick O'Brian, Philip Roth, Thomas Pynchon, Valdez is Coming, westerns | 26 Comments

25 Awesome Things About “Rio Bravo”

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Please feel free to add your own. 1. The names: Chance, Dude, Stumpy, Colorado, Feathers. 2. The bit where Chance kisses Stumpy on the head, then runs out the door like a little kid who’s just stolen … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music, Performers | Tagged Angie Dickinson, Dean Martin, Howard Hawks, John Wayne, movies, Ricky Nelson, Rio Bravo, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, westerns | 8 Comments

“The Mercenary”

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

I found this 1968 spaghetti western from action legend Sergio Corbucci pretty entertaining, if in a relentlessly hyperbolic, showboating way. It’s an amusing mix of the buffoonish, the witty, the visually spectacular and the stirring. A group of Mexican miners … Continue reading →