Part 1 of of 3: RETURN OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1966)

Posted on May 15th, 2018 by Adam-Troy Castro

Originally published on Facebook 15 May 2016. So today we hied our way to Best Buy to see how to spend a gift card burning a hole in our pockets, and among multiple acquisitions was the Blu-Ray boxed set of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN and its sequels. Let me say this. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN is an […]

Tags: Eli Wallach, Movies, Seven Samurai, Steve McQueen, The Magnificent Seven, Westerns, Yul Brynner

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The Weird

Posted on May 29th, 2012 by Adam-Troy Castro

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, […]

Tags: A Fistful Of Dollars, Airplane, Akira Kurosawa, Clint Eastwood, Dracula, Eli Wallach, High Plains Drifter, Kim Ji-Woon, Lee Van Cleef, Nosferatu, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Sergio Leone, Stagecoach, The Road Warrior, Westerns, Zero Hour

Samurai, Gunfighters, Starships, Insects, and Amigos

Posted on March 26th, 2012 by Adam-Troy Castro

  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 […]

Tags: Action, Akira Kurosawa, Battle Beyond The Stars, Brad Dexter, Chevy Chase, Eli Wallach, George Peppard, James Coburn, John Landis, John Sturges, Kevin Spacey, Martin Short, Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, Samurai, Science Fiction, Seven Samurai, Steve McQueen, Streve Martin, Sybil Danning, Takashi Shimura, The Magnificent Seven, Toshiro Mifune, Yul Brynner