Epinions Recent Reviews for mvie mu-1006504

mvie mu-1006504: Ride, Boldly, Ride: El Dorado

Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:05:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author George_Chabot - El Dorado (1966) "I'm lookin' at a tin star with a... drunk pinned to it." Cole Thornton When you team up one of my favorite directors with a favorite actor and a good story you have the makings of a film worth watching. The...

mvie mu-1006504: The great geriatric Western

Sat, 8 Dec 2001 20:48:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Stephen_Murray - Howard Hawks, John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles were the American directors around whom the director as auteur dogma was built by French critics of the 1950s (who then became the nouvelle vague directors). Hawks was an extraordinarily...

mvie mu-1006504: Can a remake improve on the original? You Judge!

Fri, 24 Nov 2000 03:50:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author isinga - The original, in this case, was Rio Bravo, starring John Wayne, written by Leigh Brackett, and directed by Howard Hawks. Wayne had the assistance of Dean Martin as the town drunk, Walter Brennan as the town curmudgeon, and Ricky Nelson as the...

mvie mu-1006504: Ride Bravely, Ride

Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:51:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author GePop - When most people think about a "John Wayne Western," they usually don't immediately recall such films as The Searchers, Hondo, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, or True Grit, possibly because these classics really transcend the Western...

mvie mu-1006504: This is THE western

Sat, 1 Apr 2000 17:19:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author FutherMucker - It's a rainy Sunday afternoon. The only thing on TV is an old western starring John Wayne (as always) and Robert Mitchum. Worth a watch then. Oh, Yes! This is the greatest western ever. Sure it is just another John Wayne vehicle but Robert Mitchum and...

mvie mu-1006504: A Classically done western!

Sun, 26 Dec 1999 14:29:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hestand - This western quite vividly mocked Rio Bravo however, because of the great combination in casting, it came off as another great Wayne flick. And who would have believed that Robert Mitchum could have come off as such a great drunk? He was superb.
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