John Wayne
JOHN WAYNE DOUBLE FEATURE: RIO LOBO & BIG JAKE
JOHN WAYNE DOUBLE FEATURE: RIO LOBO & BIG JAKE REVIEWED “Rio Lobo” is a collection of Western stars and talents realizing that the end is near. John Wayne plays a cowboy trying to aven...
BLOOD ALLEY
BLOOD ALLEY REVIEWED “Blood Alley” is about a maverick boat captain trying to save Chinese refugees and a doctor’s daughter from imprisonment. Set during the present day of 1955, Joh...
SEA CHASE, THE
THE SEA CHASE REVIEWED “The Sea Chase” is one of those film oddities that makes me glad for platforms like Warner Archive. John Wayne plays an anti-Nazi German freighter captain who appear...
I LOVE LUCY: SUPERSTAR SPECIAL #2
I LOVE LUCY: SUPERSTAR SPECIAL #2 REVIEWED “I Love Lucy: Superstar Special” returns with a look at Lucy’s trip to Hollywood in 1955. While there, she met John Wayne and got to hang o...
THEY WERE EXPENDABLE
THEY WERE EXPENDABLE REVIEWED “They Were Expendable” is this weird World War II recap movie from John Ford and Robert Montgomery. The retired Naval officers had made this bizarre greatest hits f...
SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON REVIEWED “She Wore A Yellow Ribbon” is one of the best films about retirement. That sounds pretty odd for a Western, huh? John Ford and John Wayne were on the same page ...
MCLINTOCK!
THE PLOT THUS FAR Wayne shows off his funny side in this 1963 western, a comedy inspired by THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Starring as wealthy cattle baron G.W. McLintock, Wayne shows a real sense of...
PORFLE’S “HOLLYWOOD BABBLE-ON”
When you come right down to it, there’s nothing in this whole wide world that’s more fun and entertaining than looking back at the magic that is Old Hollywood. And if you disagree with th...