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A John Wayne classic.

Advantages: It is a classic. Perfect Sunday afternoon film.
Disadvantages: Hard to believe that this was made nearly 50 years agao.

...my 22nd review. I guess for me watching Sunday afternoon TV after a Sunday roast meant always sitting down to watch a western. It had to be John Wayne, and one of my favourites is Rio Bravo. If I had to produce a top ten if film ...

Timbo3107 04.03.2007 · Read full review
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The Duke, the Dude, the Boy and the Cripple

Advantages: Pace, patience, acting and direction
Disadvantages: Nothing

...There has always been something magical about the slow pace of a John Wayne western, and there is perhaps none better to use as an example than Rio Bravo. It's the classic stand off film, complete with contrasting characters, patient direction, well appli ...

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RIO BRAVO - pure western joy

Advantages: Great western and very entertaining still
Disadvantages: None

...Hello, everyone! Particularly western movie lovers and devotees of the great Howard Hawks! RIO BRAVO, made in 1958 and first released in early 1959, has proved itself to stand the so-called "test of time". Indeed, 40 years later, this movie is still ...

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People scare better when they're dying

Advantages: Classic Western looking good on Blu-ray
Disadvantages: The extras are very samey

A review of the Paramount Blu-ray, currently £13. It’s quite new, so will doubtless come down in price. This is the greatest of Sergio Leone’s Westerns. It followed his ‘Dollars’ trilogy, which made a star of Clint Eastwood, and was the first time Leon ...

hogsflesh 10.10.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Once Upon A Time In The West [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

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You'll never meet a pair like Butch and the Kid

Advantages: Great cinematography, Challenges the normal expectations of typical western
Disadvantages: None

By 1969, westerns were becoming the least favourite films of the viewing public. People were beginning to get bored after many western films followed the same formula: a clean shaved hero succeeding in action-packed, tension-building gun-fights against th ...

ExtraordinaryGirl 23.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (DVD)

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