by Travis Mills | Nov 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on a random assortment of movies expiring from Tubi at the end of the month. Tin Cup (1996) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars This is the most fun I’ve had watching a movie in weeks....
by Travis Mills | Nov 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Each Monday, I continue to share Western movie reviews. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Westerns and the overall filmmaking process. Click here to listen. Week 183: Seven Angry Men (1955) This pre-Civil War set Western focused on...
by Travis Mills | Nov 24, 2022 | Preview
Budd Boetticher sure did like the idea of having Randolph Scott hunt down the man responsible for his wife’s death, a plot point he recycled from Seven Men From Now to Ride Lonesome to this film that fell in between the former two. Trading the traveling...
by Travis Mills | Nov 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
When I went through the Boetticher/Scott collaborations years ago, I felt that Ride Lonesome was inferior to The Tall T and Seven Men From Now. My viewing the other night confirmed that opinion. Hailed by critics and filmmakers like Scorsese, Ride Lonesome does...
by Travis Mills | Nov 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
John Marrs, who I co-founded the upcoming Tombstone Film Festival with, must have been a little surprised when I suggested we should not include a Best Director category for our awards ceremony. Most of you might be surprised to hear it too since I am a movie...