The Running Wild Blog

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on four new crime films, released during 2024.   REBEL RIDGE (2024) Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars I'm an outlier here but I did not find REBEL RIDGE to be one of Jeremy Saulnier's...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films directed by Rob Zombie.   THE DEVIL'S REJECTS (2005) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars What amazes me about Rob Zombie's second film in the trilogy is that it defies having a...

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   WAGON MASTER (1950) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars WAGON MASTER is a solid Western adventure. However, I can see no reason why this was one of Ford's three favorite films of his own work, along...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films directed by one of my favorite filmmakers, Curtis Hanson.   THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (1992) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars Rebecca De Mornay makes this film worth...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two very different musical "biopics".   8 MILE (2002) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars I never saw this quasi-biopic back in the day but with Curtis Hanson's name on it, I couldn't stay...

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   PURSUED (1947) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars I don't subscribe to the school of thought that Raoul Walsh was as good or better than John Ford and Howard Hawks. He made some memorable crime films...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three recent action films starring Aaron Eckhart.   MUZZLE (2023) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars MUZZLE starts strong with a first half that focuses on character and relationships,...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three documentaries by one of my favorite French filmmakers, the late great Bertrand Tavernier.   MISSISSIPPI BLUES (1984) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars What surprised me most about...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two new films I saw in theaters.   TWISTERS (2024) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars Worth seeing on the big screen more than any other film I’ve seen so far in theaters this year,...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two films in the Sword & Sorcery genre.   LABYRINTH (1986) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars I never saw this when I was young (weird, I know) and perhaps that is some explanation for...