The Running Wild Blog

You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on the new horror film by Osgood Perkins, THE MONKEY.   THE MONKEY (2025) Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars The first big disappointment of 2025, Osgood Perkins' THE MONKEY is not the follow up to LONGLEGS that I...

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   JOE CRIST (2024) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars   I've mostly steered away from reviewing Westerns made by my peers but I heard so many good things about JOE CRIST that I added it to my list....

  For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   THE THICKET (2024) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars There's a lot to like about this new Western, especially the winter landscapes, the sets, and Peter Dinklage is quite good. Unfortunately,...

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   A MAN CALLED HORSE (1970) Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars This 70s Western hasn't aged well. It pales in comparison to films that would follow with the same subject matter, especially DANCES WITH...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three Film Noir classics I'd never seen before.   STRANGE FASCINATION (1952) Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars My friend Gus mentioned Hugo Haas to be years ago but I never took the...

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   GO WEST (1925) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars We recently screened Buster Keaton's GO WEST at our third annual Tombstone Film Festival. I programmed the film as a 100 year anniversary screening but...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on the first and second of Christian Gudegast's DEN OF THIEVES films.   DEN OF THIEVES (2018) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars The comparisons to HEAT kept me away from DEN OF THIEVES....

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd.   BAD GIRLS (1994) Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars Look, I had to see it eventually. Though I dreaded watching this 90s Western flop, it also satisfied the curiosity I've had since glaring at the cover...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three Alfred Hitchcock movies I'd never seen before.   THE WRONG MAN (1956) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars You wouldn't know this is a Hitchcock movie without the titles and the...