The Running Wild Blog
Articles on the craft of filmmaking and the films we create.
MOVIE MONDAY: Review of Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on a new movie I saw in the theater yesterday. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (2023) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars From the sounds of this review, it will probably...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Rising Sun, Meteor, and Wrong is Right
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three movies starring Sean Connery. RISING SUN (1993) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars The first half of this mystery/thriller is quite good, featuring Sean Connery doing what he does...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Three Adaptations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three adaptations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. THE GREEN KNIGHT (2021) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars David Lowery's film is a visual feast but that's not enough to make a...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Thunder Bay, The Glenn Miller Story, and Strategic Air Command
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three non-Western collaborations between James Stewart and Anthony Mann. THUNDER BAY (1953) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars This non-Western from Anthony Mann and Jimmy Stewart...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of The Amateurs, Nadine, and Stay Hungry
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films I hadn't seen starring Jeff Bridges. THE AMATEURS (2005) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars I've skipped over this one for years but when Jeff Bridges recently cited it as...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Color of Night, Criminal Passion, and Fleshtone
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three erotic thrillers, all released during 1994. COLOR OF NIGHT (1994) Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars Good god, this film is so over-the-top at times it makes De Palma look like...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Patty Hearst, The Comfort of Strangers, New Rose Hotel, and ‘R Xmas
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. PATTY HEARST (1998) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars The first twenty or so minutes of Paul Schrader's PATTY HEARST is a cinematic...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Indictment: The McMartin Trial, Dirty Pictures, and The Boost
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films starring James Woods that I recently watched for the second time. INDICTMENT: THE MCMARTIN TRIAL (1995) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Who knew that this made for HBO movie...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Another Day in Paradise, At Close Range, and Thief of Hearts
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films about criminals. Another Day in Paradise (1998) Rating: 4 out 5 Stars On my list since it came out in the 90s, I finally got around to watching ANOTHER DAY IN...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of The New Centurions, Cop Land, and Colors
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three police films from different decades. The New Centurions (1972) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Certainly one of the best films ever made about the police, THE NEW CENTURIONS...
