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Win McLintock! starring John Wayne on DVD

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To celebrate the release of the classic John Wayne western McLintock! on June 3rd, we are offering you the chance to win one of three copies of the DVD. Middle-aged cattle baron, George Washington McLintock (John Wayne) has his hands full.   He’s the most successful rancher in town but things on his homestead are far [...]




Six Of The Best – The Directors – Howard Hawks

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At the risk of stating the obvious and redundant, there are a lot of directors out there and so this series could merrily run for years, but in the interests of avoiding modern-centricity (yes, it’s a word. I know it is because I thought of it just now) let’s tuck into the resumé of Howard [...]




Video Vault: The Searchers

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There are few more tragic losses in the history of Hollywood film than the disappearance of the western. Once one of the most popular genres in cinema, the myth of the west has been replaced with box-office focused action movies which dedicate more time to explosions than to character development or setting the scene. The [...]




The Lone Ranger Scrapped By Disney!?

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It appears now that not even Disney is safe from the economic crisis that has gripped the world economy as of late. Up until a few days ago, the studio giant was poised to start production on a modern adaptation of the classic 1930s radio and tv show The Lone Ranger. However apparently the film’s [...]




Rock Hudson’s Home Movies & The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender DVD Reviews

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Two documentaries by Mark Rappaport reach DVD in the UK for the first time with the Bounty Films’ releases of Rock Hudson’s Home Movies & The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender. The first, Rock Hudson’s Home Movies, is something of an experiment from Rappaport, as he creates a collage of clips from Rock Hudson’s cinematic output with actor Eric Farr [...]




True Grit Review

If I’m being honest here, I’ll start this by saying that I went into True Grit with absolutely no bias to the original film.  Full Disclosure: I’ve never read the book, I’ve never seen the original film, and really, I’m not a fan of the Coen Bros. films.  I know, that last part can be [...]




HeyUGuys’ Night In With Some Cowboys

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There’s something about cowboys that makes them irresistible- whether it’s the extravagant facial hair, or the super-machoism, or all that tarnished leather, there is certainly an unspoken desire in most men to be a bona-fide Wild West, six-shooter slinging cow boy. I remember, even up to my late teens, whenever I was asked what I [...]