Look, I’m going to explain this in terms you might be able to understand. I like chocolate cake just fine. I think chocolate cake is one of the things that makes life worth living. As a fat guy, I not only return to chocolate cake more often than is healthy for me, but can actually […]
First Review by Adam-Troy Castro The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (original title: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo; 1966). Directed by Sergio Leone. Screenplay by Age and Scarpelli, Sergio Leone, and Luciano Vincenzoni. Starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, and Lee Van Cleef; also Luigi Pistilli. 177 minutes. *** 1/2. The Good, The Bad, […]
First Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro {The} Seven Samurai (1954). Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura. Various Cuts from 160 minutes to 207 minutes exist. **** The Magnificent Seven (1960). Directed by John Sturges. Screenplay by William Roberts, Walter Newman, and Walter Bernstien (latter […]