The Running Wild Blog

When I find a good TV show, I always approach its continuation with excitement and caution. Rarely do series keep up quality season after season and ultimately there’s a point where they should have stopped and inevitably keep going. REACHER, recently returning with...

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. This week focuses on a Western directed by Robert Aldrich starring Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.   4 FOR TEXAS (1963) Rating: 1.5 out of 5 Stars   The first ten minutes of 4 FOR TEXAS...

For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. This week focuses on a Western directed by Fritz Lang.   RANCHO NOTORIOUS (1952) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars What I've seen of Fritz Lang's work is very direct, full of style in its visuals and...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. In honor of Nicolas Cage's birthday (January 7th), I caught up on nearly all of the movies he released during 2023.   THE RETIREMENT PLAN (2023) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars I spent the first week of...

As the year comes to an end, I look back in this retrospective piece about my journey through 2023. Above: select crew and cast during the final week of filming THE PENDRAGON CYCLE, photograph by Dávid Lukács. 2023: YEAR OF THE PENDRAGON   Around this time last...

I saw no exceptional new movies during 2023, nothing I would describe as truly great. Perhaps something slipped by me, especially since I've had less time than ever to watch movies but I doubt any of the highly-acclaimed major motion pictures that I purposefully...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three Christmas movies.   THE HOLDOVERS (2023) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Alexander Payne is in top form again with THE HOLDOVERS, not his best or most poignant piece (ABOUT...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two period pieces films I watched in reference to the series I'm currently producing.   ROB ROY (1995) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars I watched ROB ROY again for the most random...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films starring Robin Williams that I'd never seen before.   BEING HUMAN (1994) Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars BEING HUMAN should be shown to every filmmaker as an example of how...