Brannigan
After he failed to secure the lead role in Dirty Harry (1971), John Wayne made McQ (1974) then he went on to do another cop picture, Brannigan (1975). Brannigan takes… Read more »
After he failed to secure the lead role in Dirty Harry (1971), John Wayne made McQ (1974) then he went on to do another cop picture, Brannigan (1975). Brannigan takes… Read more »
It is Memorial Day. With that in mind I set about looking for a war film to watch and write about. War movies are not a genre that I particularly… Read more »
Nobody likes Howard Hughes’ Jet Pilot (1957). One of the stars of Jet Pilot, John Wayne, has described the film as “too stupid for words”. Hughes poured a fortune into… Read more »
I have always found the westerns of Howard Hawks to be sentimental and the westerns of John Ford more nostalgic by comparison. This juxtaposition is only necessary because in my… Read more »
“Give a man a free hand and he’ll try to put it all over you.”-Raoul Walsh Raoul Walsh is one of the big names in studio-era Westerns, often appearing alongside… Read more »