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BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: Comanche Station (1960)

BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: Comanche Station (1960)

by Travis Mills | Jan 22, 2023 | Uncategorized

    Like Howard Hawks did with Rio Bravo, El Dorado, and Rio Lobo, Budd Boetticher and Burt Kennedy recycled elements of The Tall T and Seven Men From Now over and over again. Some viewers take no issue with this. Some even enjoy Ride Lonesome and Comanche...
BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

by Travis Mills | Dec 6, 2022 | Uncategorized

    As I revisit the Boetticher/Scott Westerns, Buchanan Rides Alone is my third favorite of their collaborations or a possible tie for my second. Wrongfully put aside compared to the attention given to Ride Lonesome, Buchanan is a far more original and...
BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: Decision at Sundown (1957)

BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: Decision at Sundown (1957)

by Travis Mills | Nov 24, 2022 | Preview

  Budd Boetticher sure did like the idea of having Randolph Scott hunt down the man responsible for his wife’s death, a plot point he recycled from Seven Men From Now to Ride Lonesome to this film that fell in between the former two. Trading the traveling...
BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: Ride Lonesome (1959)

BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: Ride Lonesome (1959)

by Travis Mills | Nov 24, 2022 | Uncategorized

  When I went through the Boetticher/Scott collaborations years ago, I felt that Ride Lonesome was inferior to The Tall T and Seven Men From Now. My viewing the other night confirmed that opinion. Hailed by critics and filmmakers like Scorsese, Ride Lonesome does...
BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: The Tall T (1957)

BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: The Tall T (1957)

by Travis Mills | Nov 8, 2022 | Uncategorized

  The Tall T is the backbone of the Western, the closest any film could come to a definition of the genre and a textbook for any filmmaker wanting to worth within it. Budd Boetticher’s film is also arguably the best Western ever made. It may not match the...
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