Colin

LATEST ARTICLES ( 313 )

• Fury

  

  I’ll give them a chance that they didn’t give me. They will get a legal trial in a legal courtroom. They will have a legal judge and a legal defense. They will... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ride Clear of Diablo

  

  Revenge, or at least the quest for justice, is a theme frequently featured in westerns. Relentless duplicity, on the other hand, is more often to be found in... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Series Sleuths

  

  Growing up in an era when the TV schedules were regularly padded out with all kinds of vintage entertainment was a great experience. It meant that my tastes... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Streets of Laredo

  

  Late 40s westerns are always of interest, existing as they do on the cusp of the genre’s golden age. Some are very clearly products of their era, combining... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Party Girl

  

  Last time, I had a look at a gangster/noir crossover movie, an early example of the emergence of a darker sensibility in crime movies in Hollywood. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Johnny Apollo

  

  It seems that I’m drawn back, time and again, to what we can term transitional works, be they westerns or any other genre. I suppose that reflects my own... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Powder River

  

  Seeing as I’ve reviewed the majority of the movies which directly featured the character of Wyatt Earp, I thought I might as well have a look at Powder River... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Cattle Empire

  

  The trail drive, like the wagon train, is a regular feature of westerns. Long treks across hard, unforgiving territory where adversity must be challenged and... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wake of the Red Witch

  

  Mention John Wayne and the tendency for most people is to think of his western roles. He has become so strongly identified with that particular genre in the... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 99 River Street

  

  There are worse things than murder. You can kill someone an inch at a time.I guess it’s no secret that I have a real fondness for low budget movies; there’s... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Last Wagon

  

  There she lies…as far into the west as your eyes can see, and then some – The Canyon of Death. The Indians say you can hear cries in the night down there that... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Eyewitness

  

  British attempts at producing noir thrillers have tended to be a hit and miss affair, the greatest stumbling block generally being an inability to strike the... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Hombre

  

  We all die, just a question of when.I’m an unashamed fan of westerns from the 1950s, the genre’s golden years, but I’m also pretty fond of those from the... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Tomahawk

  

  Over the years I’ve tried to turn the spotlight where possible on those films which I reckon have either been unfairly maligned or, more commonly, just fallen... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Fallen Sparrow

  

  Wartime propaganda movies can be a bit of a mixed bag when viewed with modern eyes, the passage time allowing them to be considered more objectively as pieces o... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Fistful of Dynamite

  

  I know what I am talking about when I am talking about the revolutions. The people who read the books go to the people who can’t read the books, the poor people... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Robbery

  

  Films centered around heists generally fall into two categories – those which take a light-hearted, comedic approach such as Ocean’s Eleven, The Italian Job or... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Big Sleep

  

  But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. The detective in this kind of story must be such a man.... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 7th Cavalry

  

  On June 25 1876 Lt Col George Armstrong Custer led his famed 7th Cavalry into the valley of the Little Bighorn, and into the pages of history. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 2012 in Review, and a Word of Thanks

  

  I reckon my first full year on the WordPress site has been a very successful one, and very satisfying for me. I just want to take the opportunity to say thanks... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES