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LATEST ARTICLES ( 313 )

• The Man with a Cloak

  

  Lots of different things draw us to movies. Personally, I’ve always been a fan of Gothic mysteries, particularly those where the Hollywood majors cooked up... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten of the Best – Western Directors

  

  Well, I’ve given myself another tough task here. Having tried something similar with actors before, I thought I’d have a go at the men behind the cameras. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Mask of Dimitrios

  

  To me the most important thing to know about an assassination is not who fired the shot – but who paid for the bullet.The passage of time can have a nasty... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Saddle the Wind

  

  It’s a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he’s got and all he’s ever gonna have. – Unforgiven (1992)I decided to open with the above quote to prove... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Shake Hands with the Devil

  

  The conflict in Ireland has provided the backdrop for a number of quality movies over the years, and I’ve covered a few of them on this site: Odd Man Out The... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Canyon Passage

  

  The western is a genre which, although it’s certainly not the only one, is sometimes accused of being overburdened by clichés. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Man from Colorado

  

  The years following WWII saw a number of movies looking at the problems encountered by veterans returning home and the difficulties they faced in trying to... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Last of the Fast Guns

  

  I’ve met a lot of men in my time. A woman they forget, a mine busting with gold, even the faces of their own children. But I’ve never met a man who forgot a... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• High Treason

  

  There’s a tendency to view the Red Scare of the 1950s, as represented in the movies, as a purely American phenomenon. The whole HUAC affair and the subsequent... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Proud Ones

  

  The minute you people smelled money, this town got an attack of larceny. I don’t blame it on Barrett; I blame it you. You’re supposed to be respectable. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Will Penny

  

  It’s just a case of too soon old and too late smart.Choices and chances – life offers its fair share of both to all of us as it meanders along, and the way we... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Gun Glory

  

  I happened to be involved in an online discussion elsewhere today, and the talk turned to how certain movies can be categorized. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Heat Wave

  

  These days it’s hard to think of Hammer Films without recalling visions of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee battling it out in luridly colored horror movies. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Readers Choice 2

  

  Having tried out this idea before and finding that it proved to be generally popular, I’ve decided to give it another go. Once again I’m letting readers of... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Man from the Alamo

  

  The worst that can happen to you is that somebody will say you died a hero. That man’s going to be called a coward the rest of his life. Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Two Flags West

  

  Civil War films have a reputation for doing poor business, which is probably why the era tends to have been approached somewhat obliquely by Hollywood. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Fallen Angel

  

  We were born to tread the earth as angels, to seek out Heaven this side of the sky. But they who race above shall stumble in the dark and fall from grace. Then... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Readers Choice

  

  Today, I had planned to post one of my usual pieces but as you can see that hasn’t happened. I won’t bore anyone with the mundane reasons – suffice to say that... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Bend of the River

  

  You’ll be seeing me. You’ll be seeing me. Every time you bed down for the night, you’ll look back to the darkness and wonder if I’m there. And some night, I wil... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond – Scott Allen Nollen

  

  Biographies and critiques of the work of John Ford and John Wayne abound to be perfectly frank. As such, any new volume on these men needs to offer some... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES