The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) Review – A Great Finale
By the time The Magnificent Seven Ride! arrived in 1972, the Western landscape had changed. The genre had grown darker,...
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) Review
By the time Guns of the Magnificent Seven rode into theaters in 1969, the franchise was operating on familiar terrain....
Return of the Magnificent Seven (1966) Review
Following a classic is never easy—especially when that classic casts as long a shadow as The Magnificent Seven. Return of...
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988) Review – A Great Bookend To The Franchise
By 1987, The Dirty Dozen formula was firmly established: gather a squad of condemned soldiers, drop them behind enemy lines,...
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985) Review – It’s Not Great
Nearly two decades after The Dirty Dozen redefined the “men on a mission” formula, The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission attempts...
In a Valley of Violence (2016) Review – A Great Western
Ti West’s In a Valley of Violence walks into town like a familiar Western — lone drifter, dusty main street,...
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs (PS2) Review – This Is Still Great
Developer: Zipper InteractivePublisher: Sony Computer EntertainmentPlatform: PlayStation 2Release Year: 2002Genre: Tactical third-person shooter Before online console shooters became the norm,...
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) Review
Some Westerns build legends. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford quietly dismantles one. Directed with meditative...
Rio Bravo (1959) Review-One Of The Treat Old School Classics
Rio Bravo isn’t in a hurry. It doesn’t charge toward its climax or drown itself in spectacle. Instead, director Howard...
Bone Tomahawk (2015) Review – A Great and Uneasy Western
Bone Tomahawk doesn’t announce what it’s about to become. It eases you in with the dusty confidence of a traditional...
