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Revisiting Rio Bravo

Posted in Directors, Howard Hawks, John Wayne, Movies, Rio Bravo on September 16th, 2007 No Comments »

Although I’ve had the relatively recent release of Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Special Edition), it has taken me most of the summer to get around to actually watching it. And I actually picked up Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition), which is the same thing just with more stuff like a comic book of Rio Bravo […]

The Shootist - John Wayne’s last film

Posted in Actors, DVD, John Wayne, Movies, The Shootist on June 1st, 2007 No Comments »

For me, The Shootist (1976) is a funny movie. Not funny “ha-ha” but funny in the oddball sense. I really enjoyed it. It’s a good, maybe even close to great movie. But at the same time, there are aspects of it that don’t quite work for me.
I think what I have problems with are Don […]