DVD Reviews
Heaven’s Gate
- Published May 13, 2013
- Written by Courtney Joyner
Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate is more than a movie; since its release in 1980, the title and legendary extravagances of the writer/director have become synonymous with Hollywood failure.
Monogram Cowboy Collection, Vol. 2
- Published March 18, 2013
- Written by Courtney Joyner
When Monogram Pictures was formed in 1931, new Poverty Row studios were opening their doors on an almost weekly basis. Everyone was scrambling for the quick dollar that could be had playing off quickies in smaller theaters.
Fifty Years of The Virginian
- Published January 08, 2013
- Written by Courtney Joyner
On September 19, 1962, The Virginian made its debut on NBC, and 50 years later, this seminal series was honored at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, with a cast reunion, screenings, panel discussion and tribute dinner.
Something Big
- Published February 11, 2013
- Written by Courtney Joyner
Imagine charming outlaw Dean Martin kidnapping gorgeous Honor Blackman in a battle of the sexes that includes low comedy, fights (gun, fist and knife), an odd Burt Bacharach song and about 100 Mexican bandits being riddled by a Gatling gun, then you’re ready for Andrew McLaglen’s Something Big.
The 5-Man Army
- Published January 08, 2013
- Written by Courtney Joyner
When the stunning Italian horror film Suspiria was released in 1977, audiences and critics cheered the arrival of a new genre stylist in director-writer Dario Argento. Argento was the mad genius of horror (1975’s Deep Red, 1987’s Opera), but with all the praise for those films, few critics look back on his career in Euro-Westerns.
