Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach Directed by: Sergio Leone Plot Three gunmen set out to find a hidden fortune. Who will walk away with the cash? But is it any good? Hrm. Well, let’s start by comparing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly with Once Upon a Time in the West because I watched [...]
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Starring: Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda Directed by: Sergio Leone Plot: Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad. But is it any good? As with High Noon, I wasn’t expecting to enjoy Once upon [...]
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Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt Directed by: John Huston Plot: Three down-and-out men tackle a mountain in Mexico in search of gold, battling opportunists, bandits – and each other – to get rich. But is it any good? Luckily this is one of the films on my list that turns out to be [...]
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<br /> Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges Directed by: Fred Zinnemann Plot: Marshal Will Kane has just gotten hitched and is hanging up his silver star to leave town when he hears that a former nemesis called Frank Miller, who he had arrested five years earlier, has been released from jail and is [...]
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<br /> Starring: Toshiro Mifune Directed by: Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai) Plot: A drifting Samurai warrior arrives in a new town in 1860 and pits the two criminal gangs against each other, moving from one side to the other depending on who’s offering the best sake. But is it any good? Put it this way: [...]
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