WATCH NOW A stilted yet polite B Western set in the New England Mohawk Valley before the revolution, depicts the conflicts between settlers and the Iroquois caused by a spiteful white man. Yoni Zohar’s “The Desperados Are in Town”/ “Rocketship X-M” came up with Kurt Neumann’s vision for it and Maurice Geraghty and Milton Krims […]
WATCH NOW Louis Clyde Stouman; editor: Gerald Roberts; music: Billy Barber score added in 1985; cast: John Wayne (John Wyatt), Marion Burns (Linda Carter), Earl Hodgins (Dr. Carter), Yakima Canutt (Curly Joe Gale), Reed Howes (Tugger), Perry Murdock (Ike), Gordon Clifford (Mike), Gino Corrado (Rurales captain), Henry Hall (Colonel Peters); Runtime: 55; MPAA Rating: NR;
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WATCH NOW In “Hijacked: Flight 285,” a thriller movie with no risks or depth, Anthony Michael Hall gives a singularly obnoxious portrayal of a psycho kidnapper; murderer turned-hijacker. Some critics trace the roots of the spaghetti western back to as far back as 1943, and while this era is up for contention, what is universally
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WATCH NOW Demas Harrod( Tom Tryon), a US cavalryman, guides a rookie group of motley individuals out west with the purpose of battling Native American ‘hostiles’. At the cavalry outpost, he is overjoyed to be reunited with his partner, the stunning widow Lou Woddard (Senta Berger). To his dismay, he finds out that Sol Rogers
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WATCH NOW This little western caught me unaware, which ultimately turned out to be a pleasant surprise. It’s not just brief, but I hadn’t heard about most of the actors apart from James Coburn, who makes his entrance in a debut supporting role. But this is much more than a story outline, it is a
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WATCH NOW It’s not typical to see a movie made after a roleplaying game. There are some, and as I said, they are best enjoyed with a bunch of friends and possibly alcohol. And of course, we remember the execrable Dungeons & Dragons. There is a sequel, and there are more rumours of one, plus
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WATCH NOW I was ecstatic when I heard that Kino was coming out with a Blu-Ray copy of A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die (1968). This is one of my favorite spaghetti Westerns, and I was curious if it was going to feature the original uncut 118 minute international print. Unfortunately, this is
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WATCH NOW I guess I was something like halfway through my first viewing of Captain Apache when I understood that this is one of those movies that really has to be seen twice in order to get something out of it. My notepad, usually filled with gauzy outlines of the story, character names, and other
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WATCH NOW This man, John, sure is an intriguing subject. He also happens to be the Englishman who in the movie ‘A Man Called Horse’ from 1969 was on a hunting expedition in the unexplored parts of the American West. Sadly, he was in an unfortunate event where his party was attacked by a tribe
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WATCH NOW The mid-20th century Apache Territory is one of my personal favorites of the western genre, and for a good reason. An archetypal western, Rory Calhoun plays a drifter who enters the deadly Apache Territory a land notorious for the warrior tribe that resides there and readily kills intruders. And then the narrative begins.
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