The Running Wild Blog

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on the first and second of Christian Gudegast's DEN OF THIEVES films.   DEN OF THIEVES (2018) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars The comparisons to HEAT kept me away from DEN OF THIEVES....

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   BAD GIRLS (1994) Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars Look, I had to see it eventually. Though I dreaded watching this 90s Western flop, it also satisfied the curiosity I've had since glaring at the cover...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three Alfred Hitchcock movies I'd never seen before.   THE WRONG MAN (1956) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars You wouldn't know this is a Hitchcock movie without the titles and the...

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   SOLDIER BLUE (1970) Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars This might be the most tonally confused Western I've ever seen. In a written preamble, SOLDIER BLUE announces its self-important aims to portray...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on four films I watched as a reference for a screenplay I recently wrote, a thriller called HUNT THE EDGE about D.B. Cooper.   THE GREY (2011) Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars I avoided...

  “What will happen from here, I do not know. Will I go on to produce more projects like THE PENDRAGON CYCLE? Will I return to directing my own work? The future is unknown and I embrace that uncertainty, ready for the next adventure.” Those were the last words of...

  My list will probably look quite different than others. As usual, I didn't see most of the prestige pictures that make top ten lists for film fans and critics. Most I skipped intentionally and one or two I just haven't been able to track down yet (namely THE...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on four films from 2024 as I catch up on this year's releases.   CARRY-ON (2024) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars Spoiler Alert if you haven't seen CARRY-ON yet. There's a lot to like about...

  I only barely met my goal this year to read one book a month, at least twelve. It wasn't an ambitious goal and I just finished the 13th book I picked up during 2024. Perhaps this coming year, I'll double that number. Here's a bit about some of what I read. A...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films from 2024 as I catch up on this year's releases.   THE PROMISED LAND (2024) Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars THE PROMISED LAND is the only great movie I've seen so far this...