The Running Wild Blog

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films by Terry Gilliam.   THE FISHER KING (1991) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars This is probably Terry Gilliam's best riff on the fantasy genre because it is most grounded in...

I am finally back to reviewing Western movies, which I will share now and then along with my other thoughts on films. For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. This week focuses on a two Fatty Arbuckle / Buster Keaton silent "Westerns"....

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films set during WWII.   THE TRAIN (1964) Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars John Frankenheimer's THE TRAIN was one of my late grandfather's favorite films. I regret that we never...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three sci-fi films from the 1990s.   JOHNNY MNEMONIC IN BLACK AND WHITE (1995) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars I hadn't seen JOHNNY MNEMONIC since it came out, when I was 10 or 11 years...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three Joe Pesci films I hadn't seen before.   DEAR MR. WONDERFUL (1982) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars Imagine a lost Scorsese film from the early 80s, influenced by his Neo Realist...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three more films from the Sword & Sorcery genre.   EXCALIBUR (1981) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars John Boorman's adaptation of the Arthurian legend is a visual feast. The...

movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three Italian films I'd never seen before.   IL SORPASSO (1955) Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars It's not often that I watch a film I'd call a "masterpiece", a movie I'd change nothing about. The...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films with Sean Connery.   HIGHLANDER (1986) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars "Does it hold up?" A friend asked me when I told him I'd rewatched the iconic 80s film. The answer is...

My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three very different American movies from the 80s and 90s that I liked a lot recently.   THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH (1994) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars This has been on my list a long...