The Running Wild Blog
Articles on the craft of filmmaking and the films we create.
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 159 – Springfield Rifle
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 159: Springfield Rifle (1952) This is a thrilling Civil War-set Western with...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Top Gun: Maverick, Operation Mincemeat, Only the Brave, Rules of Engagement, and Men Without Women
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Tom Cruise seems to be the only one left who knows how to make a good old-fashioned Hollywood movie, the kind everyone seems so nostalgic for but...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of The Northman, The Tomorrow War, The Visit, and Fear City
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. The Northman (2022) Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars I know I'm in the minority on this but after three attempts I still fail to see what the big deal is about Robert Eggers. Following The Witch (hated)...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 158 – Riding Shotgun & Thunder Over the Plains
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 158: Riding Shotgun (1954) & Thunder Over the Plains This 1954 Scott/De...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 157 – Last of the Comanches
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 157: Last of the Comanches (1953) If I'd known that this film was a Western...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 156 – Ramrod
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 156: Ramrod (1947) Director Andre De Toth's first Western, reportedly...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Ms. 45, Siege, and Bad Milo
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. Ms. 45 (1981) Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars My first thought when watching this masterful thriller from Abel Ferrara was how did he get from The Driller Killer to this in only two years? The former...
BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: Whitewater Sam (1982)
I continue to study the Western genre. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Western films. Listen here This obscure Western in the "Mountain Man" subgenre is worth watching for a few reasons. The location photography is terrific and stuns even in...
New Project Announcement: Adaptation of Lawrence Block’s GETTING OFF
I am excited to announce that I have written a screenplay adaptation of Lawrence Block's novel, Getting Off. Block is a legendary crime writer whose work has been adapted by Hollywood before including A Walk Among the Tombstones with Liam Neeson and 8 Million Ways to...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of The Boys in the Band, Cat Chaser, Heartbreakers, and The Amusement Park
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. The Boys in the Band (1970) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars After reading Friedkin's autobiography I set off on a mission to watch more of his films and got distracted. Now I'm slowly getting back to...
