The Running Wild Blog
Articles on the craft of filmmaking and the films we create.
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Tin Cup, Suspect, and The Third Miracle
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on a random assortment of movies expiring from Tubi at the end of the month. Tin Cup (1996) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars This is the most fun I've had watching a movie in weeks. I'd...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 183 – Seven Angry Men
Each Monday, I continue to share Western movie reviews. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Westerns and the overall filmmaking process. Click here to listen. Week 183: Seven Angry Men (1955) This pre-Civil War set Western focused on...
BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: Ride Lonesome (1959)
When I went through the Boetticher/Scott collaborations years ago, I felt that Ride Lonesome was inferior to The Tall T and Seven Men From Now. My viewing the other night confirmed that opinion. Hailed by critics and filmmakers like Scorsese, Ride Lonesome does...
Some Thursday Thoughts: I DON’T BELIEVE IN BEST DIRECTOR AWARDS
John Marrs, who I co-founded the upcoming Tombstone Film Festival with, must have been a little surprised when I suggested we should not include a Best Director category for our awards ceremony. Most of you might be surprised to hear it too since I am a movie...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Let’s Get Harry, The Soldier, and McBain
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. Let's Get Harry (1986) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars This forgotten 80s action film is better than it has any right to be, especially with an Alan Smithee credit. According to what I've read, director...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 182 – The Black Whip
Each Monday, I continue to share Western movie reviews. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Westerns and the overall filmmaking process. Click here to listen. Week 182: The Black Whip (1956) Charles Marquis Warren's The Black Whip has an...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of The Catcher was a Spy, Alone in the Dark, Where the Rivers Flow North, and The Witches of Eastwick
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. The Catcher was a Spy (2018) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Moe Berg, the subject of The Catcher Was a Spy, is as much a mystery as the reason why this fascinating film did not get more attention. Even...
BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: The Big Trail (1930)
Early John Wayne pictures can be a little indistinguishable from each other but Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail is another story. His epic presentation of the journey out west may not have the sharpest screenplay but it is necessary viewing for any Western fan or...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 181 – Ride a Violent Mile
Each Monday, I continue to share Western movie reviews. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Westerns and the overall filmmaking process. Click here to listen. Week 181: Ride a Violent Mile It's amazing to think that in the same year Charles...
BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: The Tall T (1957)
The Tall T is the backbone of the Western, the closest any film could come to a definition of the genre and a textbook for any filmmaker wanting to worth within it. Budd Boetticher's film is also arguably the best Western ever made. It may not match the...
