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Bless the Beasts & Children *** (1971, Bill Mumy, Barry Robins, Miles Chapin) – Classic Movie Review 11,254

‘Who were the misfits? The men who killed for sport… or those who fought for the buffalo!’… Producer-director Stanley Kramer’s 1971 Bless the Beasts and Children is based on Glendon Swarthout’s novel, and stars Billy […]

May, 31

Blood on the Arrow ** (1964, Dale Robertson, Martha Hyer, Wendell Corey) – Classic Movie Review 11,090

‘Their justice was Blood on the Arrow (1964)!’ Director Sidney Salkow’s ordinary and over-familiar 1964 B-movie Blood on the Arrow stars Dale Robertson, Martha Hyer and Wendell Corey, and is only moderately entertaining. Apaches besiege […]

Apr, 11

Young Guns II *** (1990, Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, William Petersen, Christian Slater, James Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 9792

Director Geoff Murphy’s 1990 youth-appeal Western film Young Guns II stars a returning Emilio Estevez, who give a fine, credible reading of Billy the Kid in this sequel to the 1988 Western hit Young Guns, […]

May, 19

A Midnight Clear **** (1992, Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross, Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Frank Whaley, John C McGinley) – Classic Movie Review 9611

Writer-director Keith Gordon’s 1992 war drama A Midnight Clear is a moving anti-war tale adapted from William (Birdy) Wharton’s novel by director Gordon, filming in City Park, Utah, ironically during the Gulf War. It tells […]

Apr, 07

The Plainsman **** (1936, Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford, Helen Burgess, Porter Hall, John Miljan) – Classic Movie Review 6839

Producer-director-showman Cecil B DeMille goes West in 1937 — and he does not take his history book along with him. But he does take a cast of thousands of Indians, lots of Paramount’s money, and […]

Mar, 21

Targets ****½ (1968, Boris Karloff, Tim O’Kelly, Arthur Peterson, Monte Landis, Peter Bogdanovich) – Classic Movie Review 3874

Writer-director Peter Bogdanovich’s controversial 1968 film début hit hard in its day and still packs a punch, remaining a seriously relevant thriller. It promised a great future for Bogdanovich, which, for a while in the […]

Jun, 16

Ride the High Country [Guns in the Afternoon] ***** (1962, Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Edgar Buchanan, Mariette Hartley, James Drury, Ronald Starr) – Classic Movie Review 3069

Director Sam Peckinpah’s 1962 Western is his second film as director (after The Deadly Companions in 1961) and one of his very best. Ageing stars Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott are magnificent as ex-marshal Steve […]

Nov, 17

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