Django (1966)

Post by: monsterhunter on July 11th, 2008 | File Under All Reviews, Italian Cinema, Western

Django (1966)

Django is widely regarded as the other movie that kickstarted the entire spaghetti western genre. Coming out about two years after Clint Eastwood’s and Sergio Leone’s A Fistful Of Dollars, Django somehow was the one that actually caught on in a huge way in the foreign market (though it remained virtually unseen in America for years) and caused not only every Italian guy with access to a camera to make a new-style western, but also caused them to put Django’s name in every one of their titles whether it was actually about a guy named Django or not. Read More »

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Buffalo Bill And The Indians, Or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)

Post by: monsterhunter on May 22nd, 2008 | File Under All Reviews, Comedy, Drama, Western

Buffalo Bill And The Indians, Or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)

Robert Altman and Paul Newman team up to give us some revisionist history about America’s greatest hero, Buffalo Bill. Mind you, I have no idea what Buffalo Bill ever did that was so dang great. I’m guessing that he killed hisself some buffalo and Indians or something back in times when that sort of thing could pass for an occupation. Read More »

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The Big Country (1958)

Post by: monsterhunter on May 10th, 2008 | File Under All Reviews, Classic, Western

The Big Country (1958)

I don’t know who thought it would be a good idea to feature a picture of Gregory Peck lazily leaning over a fence on the front of the DVD. This is, after all, an almost three hour long western that also stars Charlton Heston as the ranch foreman who is quite the arse hole. I don’t know about you, but Gregory Peck isn’t my president. Read More »

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