Tag: Western Films

The Magnificent Seven – 1960 UHD review (Shout Factory)

The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges (Bad Day at Black Rock, The Great Escape). The film is a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai and is a Western version of that movie. John Sturges’ film is also known for launching the careers of several iconic and legendary Hollywood…


Man from Del Rio / The Ride Back Blu-ray review

Anthony Quinnhad an amazing career in Hollywood that spanned for over 60 years. He was nominated for several Academy Awards and two for Best Supporting Actor for Viva Zapata! and Lust for Life. In 1987 he won the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. A pair of Westerns that he starred in during…


ROUGH NIGHT IN JERICHO BLU-RAY REVIEW

Rough Night in Jericho is a Western thriller that was directed by Arnold Laven and stars three screen legends in Dean Martin George Peppard, Jean Simmons. In this film, Dean Martin is the antagonist, which is the one and only time he played a villain. The movie was based on the 1965 novel The Man…


Two Mules for Sister Sara Blu-ray review (Kino Lorber)

Two Mules for Sister Sara is another Western starring the great Clint Eastwood. This movie also stars another screen great in Shirley MacLaine (The Children’s Hour).  The film was co-written by Budd Boetticher, who was synonymous with Westerns, having directed plenty of them in the mid to late fifties.  At the helm for this film…