The Running Wild Blog
Articles on the craft of filmmaking and the films we create.MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of The Black Stallion, Rodeo, and The Perils of Priscilla
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two short films and the debut feature film by director Carroll Ballard. THE BLACK STALLION (1979) Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars What an incredible feature debut from director...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of No Regrets for Our Youth, The Most Beautiful, and One Wonderful Sunday
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three early melodramas from Akira Kurosawa. NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH (1946) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars I've long been a fan of Akira Kurosawa's historical pictures, his...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 204 – The Man Called Noon (1973)
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. THE MAN CALLED NOON (1973) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars I knew nothing about this 70s Western other than it was directed by Peter Collinson, a director I'd never heard of until I recently watched...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Cast a Deadly Spell and Witch Hunt
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two TV movies made about the Lovecraft detective character. CAST A DEADLY SPELL (1991) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars I barely knew this film existed. And I certainly didn't know it...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Where Eagles Dare, Ice Station Zebra, and You Can’t Win ‘Em All
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films in the men-on-a-mission subgenre. WHERE EAGLES DARE (1968) Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars I watched this the other night for the umpteenth time with my friends John and...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 202 – The Iron Horse
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. This week focuses on John Ford's early Western which we showed at the Tombstone Film Festival as a 100 year anniversary screening. THE IRON HORSE (1924) Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars We recently...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Three Adaptations of Ernest Hemingway’s The Killers
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. Having just completed my own screenplay adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's short story, I watched the three previous adaptations again. THE KILLERS (1964) Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars Don Siegel's...
WHY REACHER SEASON TWO MISSED THE TARGET
When I find a good TV show, I always approach its continuation with excitement and caution. Rarely do series keep up quality season after season and ultimately there’s a point where they should have stopped and inevitably keep going. REACHER, recently returning with...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 201 – 4 for Texas
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. This week focuses on a Western directed by Robert Aldrich starring Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. 4 FOR TEXAS (1963) Rating: 1.5 out of 5 Stars The first ten minutes of 4 FOR TEXAS...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 200 – Rancho Notorious
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. This week focuses on a Western directed by Fritz Lang. RANCHO NOTORIOUS (1952) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars What I've seen of Fritz Lang's work is very direct, full of style in its visuals and...