Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef Director: Sergio Leone That scene where three men face off in a graveyard, each with guns drawn, and close ups on shifting eyes and trigger fingers, which has often been homaged in films since, comes from this iconic Western. It's the story of three men, in a… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
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Classic Movie Of The Week: High Noon (1952)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell Director: Fred Zinneman Marshall Will Kane (Cooper) is a well respected man who has just married Amy (Kelly) and is looking at a comfortable future when he is told that an evil man he put away years ago is heading into town for revenge, and will arrive on… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: High Noon (1952)
Classic Movie Of The Week: Stage Coach (1939)
Starring: John Wayne, Clair Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Louise Platt, Director: John Ford A group of very different strangers are travelling in a stage coach, when they find out that they're about to pass through dangerous territory. They decide to go on together, and in the process of facing danger learn that those who… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Stage Coach (1939)
Preview: The Ballad Of Lefty Brown (2017)
Starring: Bill Pullman, Peter Fonda, Kathy Baker, Jim Caviezel, Tommy Flanagan Director: Jared Moshe In their youth, four men rode the West, raised Hell, fought bad guys, and became heroes. Now in their golden years, Tom (Flanagan) has become a US Marshall, James (Caviezel) has become Governor, and Eddie (Fonda) has retired to a ranch,… Continue reading Preview: The Ballad Of Lefty Brown (2017)
Classic Movie Of The Week: Little Big Man (1970)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George Director: Arthur Penn Dustin Hoffman stars as Jack Crabb, in this darkly comedic film that skewers American Western narratives. He’s Little Big Man, a man claiming to be 111 years old, telling his tall tale to a judgemental journalist. In it, he tells the story of being… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Little Big Man (1970)
The Longest Ride (2015)
Starring: Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson, Alan Alda Director: George Tillman Jr Insipid but sweet story about a rodeo rider (Eastwood) who meets-cute with an arts student (Robertson), and falls at first sight. Complications ensue when the girl admits she’s leaving for art college in the big city in one month, so the relationship is doomed,… Continue reading The Longest Ride (2015)