The Man Called Noon (1973)
Here’s a western that in my opinion tries it’s best to imitate the style and feel of a spaghetti western and kind of succeeds despite the cast and director. None of them being […]
Now Playing Monday July 21st, 1969.
Western fans rejoice! I’d be in my glory taking in five westerns we all know and love playing at the same time in downtown Toronto if I could go back […]
The Jackals (1967)
This South African western remake of 1948’s Yellow Sky is easily one of the more unlikely credits during the latter part of Vincent Price’s storied career. Here he plays an […]
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
It’s hard to come up with a better vehicle to showcase the on screen chemistry of cinema icons Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas than the tale of Wyatt Earp and […]
Johnny Guitar (1954)
I hadn’t actually seen this Nicholas Ray western since I was first discovering films as a kid and my tuning in to see it on a late show was mainly […]
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Years ago when I was connecting names to genres and movies, Lee Van Cleef was one of those faces a youngster doesn’t easily forget. Death Rides a Horse quite frequently would play […]
It’s a Novel Idea Continued
If you enjoyed having a look back at how movie tie ins were marketed through your local book shops,( Novel Idea part 1) here’s another dose of just what was available […]
Gregory Peck as the Bad Guy? Impossible! ….. The Boys From Brazil (1978)
After 34 years and 47 motion pictures to his name, Gregory Peck joined the ranks of Hollywood Royalty like Henry Fonda (Once Upon a Time in the West) to finally […]
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
The pinnacle title in the career of Chuck Norris is a very easy mark for fun and games and while I may do just that, consider it a form of […]
Spotlighting Jason Robards Beginning September 2nd.
For 5 consecutive days I’m going to going to look at some films featuring an actor I never really liked much while growing up. Perhaps it’s because many of the […]
The Great Silence (1968)
From director Sergio Corbucci comes a “spaghetti” western I have long heard of and finally got the chance to see for myself. Generally when I have come across a comment […]
Lee Van Cleef : A Top Gun
It’s no secret that I have always admired the not so good looking tough guys of cinema. Once the late sixties came around, guys like Lee Van Cleef became household […]
A Promise is a Promise (Once Upon a Time…..)
My Number 2 Son is in grade 11 and has a movie class on his schedule. Where was this choice when I was in high school? I so badly want […]
Hidden Titles on VHS.
Remembering the days of VHS titles and how some remain rare finds.
Taste of Killing (1966)
Throughout the history of cinema it is hard to find one title anymore influential than Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars. It practically started a genre of it’s own in the […]
ELI WALLACH : Before Tuco There Was Calvera
When the opening credits of John Sturges’ The Magnificent 7 come to a close, Elmer Bernstien’s memorable western score shifts dramatically as an army of bandits on horseback ride into the frame. […]
