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Django Strikes Again (1987) – Review

November 8, 2024 greigzilla

Surely there isn’t another franchise that exists that carries as much unnecessary baggage as Django, the 1966 gothic spaghetti western that spawned over thirty (count

Son Of Django (1967) – Review

March 31, 2024 greigzilla

Also known as Return Of Django and the far more apt, Vengence Is A Colt 45, Son Of Django is one of the more blatant

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) – Review

March 28, 2024 greigzilla

Often, people say that life is not so much about the destination than it is about the journey and it’s a motto that turns out

Pale Rider (1985) – Review

March 2, 2024 greigzilla

There probably isn’t another filmmaker alive who understands the importance of American myth more than Clint Eastwood. Having portrayed more enigmatic, mysterious, quickdrawing leading men

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter (1999) – Review

December 10, 2023 greigzilla

When embarking on fashioning a sequel, there’s usually two paths you can go down – either do something completely new or honor the original as

Near Dark (1987) – Review

July 27, 2023 greigzilla

For all the glorious gifts it selflessly gave us, it’s still utterly unfathomable to me that ridiculously stylish vampire/western Near Dark isn’t as universally adored

True Grit (2010) – Review

June 24, 2023 greigzilla

The Coen Brothers are probably two most reliable filmmakers working today, but their output during the ’00 was uncharacteristically shakey. Starting the decade off with

Cat Ballou (1965) – Review

June 8, 2023 greigzilla

During the golden years of the American Western, countless examples of gun slinging, cattle rearing, train robbing and every other rootin’, tootin’ trope of the

The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) – Review

June 1, 2023 greigzilla

The Magnificent Seven, in many ways, is the perfect American western insofar that it takes its mythical (and borrowed) premise and infuses it with enough

Guns Of The Magnificent Seven (1969) – Review

May 13, 2023 greigzilla

I don’t think that I’m out of line suggesting that the previous, 1966 incarnation of The Magnificent Seven was anything but; however Return Of The

Return Of The Seven (1966) – Review

April 30, 2023 greigzilla

Rinse and repeat sequels have always had their pros and cons. For example, your leads and the world they operate in has already been established,

Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot! (1967) – Review

February 2, 2023 greigzilla

Anyone even remotely familiar with the knowledge that Italian exploitation producers treat copyright and trademark laws like something they’ve just scraped of the sole of

Django (1966) – Review

January 19, 2023 greigzilla

For the majority of casual western fans, the alpha and the omega of the Spaghetti Western is usually considered to be Sergio Leone’s legendary contributions

The Magnificent Seven (1960) – Review

December 30, 2022 greigzilla

Expertly panel beating the plot of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai into a shape that could comfortably sustain cowpokes instead of sword swingers, The Magnificent Seven

The Last Of The Mohicans (1992) – Review

December 15, 2022 greigzilla

Michael Mann is known as one of greatest directors of cops and robbers movies that’s ever set foot on a film set, and rightfully so

Joe Kidd (1972) – Review

September 14, 2022 greigzilla

How many westerns have you watched where the lead character (usually played by the charismatic human sneer known as Clint Eastwood) strides into town and