The Running Wild Blog
Articles on the craft of filmmaking and the films we create.MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 215 – Butcher’s Crossing
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. BUTCHER'S CROSSING (2022) Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars It puzzled me when BUTCHER'S CROSSING premiered at festivals to high praise from critics and then nearly disappeared, getting barely...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Never Let Go, The Hills Have Eyes, and Maniac
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films shot by Maxime Alexandre who I recently worked with on my new film FRONTIER CRUCIBLE. NEVER LET GO (2024) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Why this film didn't do better at...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 214 – Adios Gringo
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. ADIOS GRINGO (1965) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars This is the only other Western movie adapted from a novel by Harry Whittington besides FRONTIER CRUCIBLE, the one I'm currently directing from...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 213 – For a Few Dollars More
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (1965) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars This is the one of Sergio's "Dollar Trilogy" that I've seen the least of, watching it only once decades ago when I was a teenager. So I...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 212 – The Dead Don’t Hurt
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. THE DEAD DON'T HURT (2024) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Viggo Mortensen's new Western is his second after the incredible APPALOOSA, or his third if you count HIDALGO or is fourth/fifth if you...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 211 – Ride in the Whirlwind
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND (1966) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars Of Monte Hellman's three Westerns, I feel RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND is his best effort in the genre. My second viewing the other night...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Rebel Ridge, Coup de Chance, Knox Goes Away, and Love Lies Bleeding
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...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of The Devil’s Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses, and 31
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...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 210 – WAGON MASTER
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...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Children of Times Square, and Too Big to Fail
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...