Westerns > 15 GBP to 20 GBP Westerns

Is that you John Wayne?

Advantages: Seven films in one box set
Disadvantages: none

...respects at her funeral. John Wayne is the eldest and toughest son who is a gunslinger, Dean Martin, is a poker player who can also use a gun when the need arises. Earl Holliman is the quiet one, no one ever called him yellow to his face twice, and Michael Anderson Jnr is the youngest, and most respected of the Texans. El Dorado Robert Mitchum plays the drunken alchoholic who battles against the demon drink, Ruthless cattle barons and crooked ...
...film. Hatari Here John Wayne leaves the stetson for a bush hat, as he plays a big game hunter, not a ruthless killer, but a trapper for zoo parks and circus attractions, lots of great scenes where man pits wits against beast. Donovan's Reef John Waynes life on a remote Pacific Island could'nt be any better for two former navy buddies, until a long comes a beautiful young girl in search of her father. True Grit One of Waynes best films which ...

Tonyc7 12.09.2005 · Read full review
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Review of John Wayne (Box Set) (DVD)

An epic tale of the American West

Advantages: interesting story
Disadvantages: the love story part

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: Kevin Costner stars as Lt John Dunbar, a hero of the American Civil War who travels to his new post on the Western frontier. At first an emotionless, up tight soldier, things soon change as he begins to interact with a tribe of Sioux Indians, causing him to re-evaluate his loyalties. WAS IT ANY GOOD: I just re-watched this last night, and have to say I still enjoyed it just as much as I did when it came out in 1990. Costner plays ...
...all play into his strengths and he does a good job. Ironically, Dunbar in the first hour is a very unlikable guy - a nerd, a workaholic, a goody goody who can't relax or have fun, and although this is used to show the extent of his later changes, it's funny to quite dislike the hero of a film for the first half. The movie was trying to be profound and I don't think it quite reached that - Costner's soundbite narration over the top is often naïve ...

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Review of Dances With Wolves (DVD)

Don't bully me Jack

Advantages: Good acting and a good story
Disadvantages: None

The Jack Bull- A Review By Addy The Jack bull is based on based on a novel by Heinrich von Kleist called Michael Kohlhaas. This made for Television film was released in 1999. The Jack Bull film is a western film that relies more on a heavily entertaining plot rather than all out action for entertainment. Jack Bull: A metaphorical Jack Russell terrier that, once it's annoyed enough to close its jaws on something, will hang on to the point of ...
...Synopsis Set during the latter years of the nineteenth century in Wyoming territory, the law Henry Ballard is a powerful rancher and to all intents and purposes a law unto himself and pretty much does as he pleases with no consequence. One day whilst he is in town horse breeder and trader Myrl Redding signs a statehood petition against the wishes of Ballard who is threatening folk to discourage them from signing. Not only that, but Myrl humiliates ...

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Review of The Jack Bull (DVD)

O' Rourke doesn't take the Mickey

Advantages: The pyschology of the film
Disadvantages: the ending is a slight let down but forgiveable

...Rated 15 Genre- Western The Cast ~~~~~~~ Paul Ben-Victor- Grubb Steve Buscemi- Philo Keith David- Lovecraft Ted Levine- Potts John C. McGinley- Wills Dermot Mulroney- Eustis Mickey Rourke- Colonel Graf Daniel Quinn- Loomis Richard Fancy- McClintock Gavan O'Herlihy- Marshal Sharp Synopsis ~~~~~~~ The Civil War is over but a band of outlaws, still wearing their confederate uniforms, roam from town to town robbing Yankee banks. Inevitably ...
...a bank at the start of the movie, The marshal and some townsfolk are ready for them. In the desperation of the impending gun battle ahead when they leave the bank, the cracks already start to show in the weary gang lead by psychotic, eccentric Colonel Graf {Mickey Rourke} These desperado's manage to escape, but at a cost. Graf has a shoulder wound, and Loomis is severely wounded by a nasty bullet in the gut. With an ardent, determined posse on their ...

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Review of The Last Outlaw (DVD)

A Slow Burning Western

Advantages: Script, direction, cinematography, Danny Huston
Disadvantages: Ray Winstone and John Hurt, well.... Hurt.

The Proposition is a star cast led Western set in Australia in 1880's. It's about a gang of 3 lawless brothers on the run for rape and murder. Two get caught and handed over to Capt. Stanley (Ray Winstone). Brother Charlie (Guy Pearce) is practical and brother Mikey is a childish simpleton. Stanley wants to capture the third brother Arthur (Danny Huston) as he is the most dangerous and wanted of the 3 so offers a deal to Charlie. If he finds and ...
...Charlie sets out to do the deed unsure whether he can see it through. This is an incredibly bloody film which on the whole works well but is let down by some performances. It is superbly directed by John Hillcoat who together with writer Nick Cave have created a vision of true menace and lawlessness. The cinematography is superb too and with many beautiful panoramic scenescapes of the Australian outback. In terms of performances, Danny Huston is ...

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Review of The Proposition (DVD)