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My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two more films directed by Joan Micklin Silver.   CROSSING DELANCEY (1988) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars What's best about Joan Micklin Silver's work, an honest depiction of men and...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on Netflix's new release, COUNTERATTACK.   COUNTERATTACK (2025) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars There's nothing particularly original about Netflix's new action release COUNTERATTACK...

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   THE LAST WAGON (1956) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars Delmer Daves is one of the filmmakers I've focused on for my THE MEN WHO MADE WESTERNS book. He might be the most underrated contributor to the...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two films by Paul Schrader and two by Abel Ferrara.   LIGHT SLEEPER (1992) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars One thing's for sure, when Martin Scorsese, commenting on why he chose...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two films directed by Joan Micklin Silver and starring one of my favorite actors, John Heard.   CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER (1979) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars This is my kind of...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films by one of my favorite French filmmakers, Bertrand Tavernier.   THE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER (2010) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars Bertrand Tavernier knew how to mount a...

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   OUTLAWS: THE LEGEND OF O.B. TAGGART (1995) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars   Mickey Rooney isn't an actor known for his Westerns so when I saw his name headlining this 90s TV movie, I was...

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   RED RIVER (1988) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars   This RED RIVER would be a solid TV Western if it wasn't impossible not to compare it to the Hawks masterpiece. No one can fill John Wayne's...

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   RANGO (2011) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars   This is the best animated Western since FIEVEL GOES WEST. I'm not kidding, though admittedly there aren't too many animated entries in the genre!...

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   STAGECOACH (1986) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars   This 80s remake of the John Ford classic is better than it should be but it still isn't more than mediocre. With a cast of "outlaw" country...