Posts Tagged ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’
Episode 126 – Sometimes in February
In honor of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Spencer and Greg discuss Idris Elba. Then they look at cinematic rivalries, before giving DVD picks of the week.
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An Appreciation – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
No other genre evokes a sense of place better than the western. You have vast rolling hills, expansive barren deserts, horses, hats and pistols, and sleepy towns where sheriffs and robbers shoot it out to the death. It’s a world long since passed, where those…
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An Appreciation – The Lady Eve
If someone were to ask me to suggest a film for the sheer enjoyment value, I would point them toward Preston Sturges’ great comedy, The Lady Eve (1941). It is so fun, so witty, and so clever, that it is just a pleasure to watch.…
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Top 5 – Westerns
Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Ben and Ed share their top 5 westerns. This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes, and Zune. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here.
READ MOREAction Junkie: Hard Boiled
John Woo’s 1992 Hong Kong film Hard Boiled is to action films what Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West was to westerns. Leone’s epic was itself an ode to the western genre, from its plot to its locations to its camera placements.…
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