The most ludicrous thing about all the social media outrage at the recently rediscovered John Wayne interview is the assumption promoted by rhetoric that this is some buried obscurity that only recently came to light. Folks, that interview was notorious THEN. The Playboy Interviews had a huge footprint in general. They didn’t just profile show-business […]
Thanks, AMC Network, for advertising your Thanksgiving Day marathon of John Wayne movies. Excellent! But I hope you’ll forgive me for telling you right now that there is zero chance of watching any of them on your channel. You happen to be a great outlet for original programming, but your treatment of movies is Philistine […]
commentary by Adam-Troy Castro True Grit. *** Starring John Wayne, Glenn Campbell, Kim Darby, Dennis Hopper, Robert Duvall. Screenplay by Marguerite Roberts, from the novel by Charles Portis. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Released 1969. True Grit. **** Starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailie Steinfeld, Josh Brolin. Screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, from the […]