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Rate The Man Who Shot Them All - The Top Ten John Ford Westerns

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Fri, Jun 26

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By Robert Silva Stagecoach helped raise the Western's profile into A-picture territory. It's also the first of Ford's films to be shot in the region that would become his favorite stage, Monument Valley. And finally, it's the movie that marked the director's most important invention: John Wayne as West...

Rate The Worst Game Ever Played

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Sun, Jun 14

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 CA When John Wayne played two seasons at tackle for USC. When Cornell was a football powerhouse. The college football season started with the Washington Huskies beating Willamette College 108-0 and ended with the Huskies losing to Alabama 20-19 in a game ...

Rate Wimbledon Rewind: Roger Federer Vs. Pete Sampras 2001

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Sun, Jun 14

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 CA John Wayne, crippled and dying, draws one last time in The Shootist. In American cinema, the Western is an art form with traditional plot conventions and classic heroic characters. The image of the aging gunfighter being challenged and eventually ...

Rate Could McConaughey, Affleck, or Maguire Usurp Eastwood's Crown as Western King?

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Sat, Jun 13

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By Cory Abbey Is it the sparkly spurs or the chance to practice a Southern drawl? Even thoroughly modern actors like Christian Bale and Tobey Maguire can't help heading out West for a taste of the action. Everyone, it's time to let go. The days of John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Glenn Ford patrolling the frontie...

Rate REVIEW: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Original at Allentown Morning Call external link    Fri, Jun 12

 PA In a dizzying display the actors skewer John Wayne, the '60s sitcom "the Patty Duke Show," "The Godfather" and Elton John, among others. Even former president George Bush takes a shot. (Hint: He's a stand-in for a long-eared character in "Midsummer ...

Rate Search Past 7 days Archives

Original at Boston Herald external link    Thu, Jun 11

 United States When you think of a splendid film partnership there is Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire, Billy Wilder & IAL Diamond, John Wayne & John Ford, Emma Thompson & Anthony Hopkins and, just maybe, Humphrey Bogart and Claude Rains going off to fight the good fight ...

Rate ON THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ: JOHN WAYNE DIES

Original at Hollywood Outbreak external link    Thu, Jun 11

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On this day in 1979, John Wayne, an iconic American film actor famous for starring in countless westerns, died at age 72 after battling cancer for more than a decade. The actor was born Marion Morrison on May 26, 1907, in Winterset, Iowa, ... Remembering the Duke Again American Spectator

Rate REMEMBERING JOHN WAYNE ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH

Original at cinemaretro.com external link    Thu, Jun 11

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By nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) John Wayne has always been, and probably always will be, my favorite actor. My earliest memories of going to movies are filled with images of John Wayne. I was about four years old when I remember seeing him on-screen for the first time in The Horse Soldiers - and I knew who he was even then. He was...

Rate Cabaret Festival review: Every Film Ever Made

Original at Adelaide Independent Weekly external link    Wed, Jun 10

 Australia Once this simple fact has been established, it is easy to reduce all westerns into a John Wayne look or all Asian films into a quick kung fu move. The audience was in stitches the entire time, whether they actually knew which film was referenced or not ...

Rate Eastwood and The Duke Don't Just Know How to Shoot, They're Great at Goodbyes

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Fri, Jun 5

By Robert Silva Kirk Douglas has his Eddie Murphy moment in this Australian Western, taking on dual roles as the eccentric old coot Spur and the evil rancher Harrison. While the film showed that the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral star (then in his 60s) still had plenty of lust for life, critic Roger Ebert wasn't u...

May of 2009

 

Rate El Dorado – DVD Review

Original at Blogger News Network external link    Sat, May 23

and the Duke growls, “I'm lookin' at a tin star with a drunk pinned on it.” El Dorado is basically your generic John Wayne Western – but it boasts a top-notch cast, all of whom seemed to be having a thoroughly marvelous time – and there are many much, ...

Rate 'Liberty Valance' among new DVDs

Original at Deseret News external link    Fri, May 22

 UT By Chris Hicks An interesting mix of new and old films have found their way to DVD this week, led by a couple of remastered Westerns starring John Wayne. "Centennial Collection: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"(Paramount, 1962, b/w, $16.99). ...

Rate DVD Review: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Paramount Centennial ...

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, May 12

 OH The film, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, and Lee Marvin, is practically a perfect western. It features a classic tale of good versus evil, law versus order, a lie, and a love triangle for the ages. ... Saddle up for Liberty North Island Midweek

Rate Oh, for a Western

Original at American Thinker external link    Fri, May 8

 WA Would such a phrase ever escape the lips of John Wayne? What kind of President expects the American people to take such nonsense seriously? That one has been worth a lot of good laughs in every barber shop in the country! So what are we missing from ...

Rate JOHN WAYNE AND DEAN MARTIN IN "THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER" ORIGINAL TRAILERVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at cinemaretro.com external link    Sun, May 3

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By nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) Original French release poster One of our favorite westerns of the 1960s is Henry Hathaway's The Sons of Katie Elder starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Michael Anderson Jr and Earl Holliman as four estranged brothers reunited for their beloved mother's funeral. They soon learn that ther...

April of 2009

 

Rate James Bond in Cowboy Boots? Believe It.

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Sat, Apr 25

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By Robert Silva John Wayne, Gary Cooper, and Clint Eastwood are synonymous with six-shooters and spurs, but the Western also lured more surprising faces onto the frontier. While John Wayne, Gary Cooper, and Clint Eastwood are virtually synonymous with six-shooters and spurs, the Western also lured s...

Rate Finally, it's time to cast informed ballots

Original at Chicago Daily Herald external link    Mon, Apr 6

 IL That year, Oscars went to "Midnight Cowboy" for Best Picture, John Wayne for Best Actor in "True Grit" and Maggie Smith for Best Actress in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie." Further in the "oh-my-gosh-where-has-the-time-gone? ...

Rate Today In Entertainment History April 7

Original at WFMY News 2 external link    Mon, Apr 6

 NC John Wayne won the best actor award for "True Grit." In 1975, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple. He went on to form Rainbow. In 1995, models Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell opened the Fashion Cafe in New York. ...

Rate April 6 dog breed of the week

Original at Examiner.com external link    Mon, Apr 6

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Actor John Wayne had one of these dogs, named "Little Duke." Author John Steinbeck also owned one, and so did three US Presidents. Woodrow Wilson had one named "Davie", Calvin Coolidge's dog was named "Paul Pry", and Warren Harding's was "Laddie Boy". ...

Year 2009

 

Rate TCM TO BROADCAST DIRECTOR'S CUT OF JOHN WAYNE'S "THE ALAMO" ON MARCH 17

Original at cinemaretro.com external link    Sat, Mar 14

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By nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) Yet another occasion in which we use a reader's letter to give a cheap plug to a Cinema Retro book. In case you are not aware, TCM is broadcasting a letterboxed 203 minute version of The Alamo on March 17 @ 2:15pm. I have to assume that is the directors cut that was released on laser disc some years...

Rate John Lennon stars in new commercial for charity; top five disturbing posthumous commercialsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at network.nationalpost.com external link    Tue, Dec 30

By NP Editor Admittedly, this Coors commercial is kind of cool. You know that if you plopped John Wayne in the middle of a modern American bar, he'd behave exactly like this. But what's disturbing about the commercial is the way that Wayne has been digitally rendered. In certain shots he looks about three...

Rate Paul MacInnes: Would Marlon Brando have been flogging a dead horse on QVC?Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at The Guardian (UK) external link    Tue, Dec 23

By Paul MacInnes Many of the best Hollywood stories, like John Wayne chasing Dennis Hopper around the Paramount lot with a loaded revolver, the nocturnal habits of Richard Gere's pet gerbil, or Frank Sinatra securing a part in From Here to Eternity, have an air of the apocryphal about them.

Rate Philip French's screen legends

Original at The Guardian (UK) external link    Sat, Nov 8

By Philip French Alternative career She took a business course at 16, had a typing speed of 90 words a minute and helped type the screenplay of The Quiet Man. Essential DVDs How Green Was My Valley, The Black Swan, Sitting Pretty, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, The Wings of Eagles.

Rate Providence

Original at Winds of Change.NET external link    Sun, Nov 2

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William McIntosh, the "White Warrior" of the Creek nation, had risen to the leadership of the Creeks in spite of being of mixed Creek and Scottish blood. That Scottish ancestry offered no shame to a warrior people: he was of the blood of John Mohr McIntosh (the Gaelic byname meaning, "the Gr...

Rate The Final Countdown

Original at Wizbang external link    Wed, Oct 15

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By Jay Tea As I said, the movie is set during World War II, in the years 1941-1943 or so. It was filmed in 1965. John Wayne died in 1979. As I said, the movie is set during World War II, in the years 1941-1943 or so. It was filmed in 1965. John Wayne died in 1979.

Rate Susan Brison: Backwards, in High Heels

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, Oct 14

By Susan Brison Don't be fooled: we've seen before that the first women to be let into bastions of male power can serve to reinforce existing gender norms and make things even harder for those who'd follow. Watching John McCain and Sarah Palin on the campaign trail, I'm reminded of Katherine Hepburn sayin...

Rate Miracle at St. Anna

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Fri, Sep 26

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Rating: 2 Stars Starring: Omar Benson Miller, Michael Ealy, Derek Luke, Laz Alonso Review: Critics are raining down hard on Spike Lee's first war epic. And it's not like I don't have objections. Miracle at St. Anna is too long, lazily constructed, and crammed with too many characters and sub...

Rate Opinion: Goody's Q&A with Spike LeeVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Thu, Sep 25

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We think, John Wayne is that guy. That's Mr. America, whether he was kicking Japanese butt or Nazi butt or in one of John Ford's Westerns, ... Spike Lee is doing the right thing National Post Review: 'Miracle at St. Anna' Los Angeles Times San Jose Mercury News - USA Today

Rate I feel like a bullet in the gun of Robert Ford

Original at Tallahassee.com external link    Sun, Sep 7

By Mark Hinson(noreply@blogger.com) LET'S GO BLOG WILD: I came along just in time to witness the death of The Western in the '70s. John Wayne died after making "The Shootist" and, when I was a kid, it was hard to know who to cheer for in morally murky oaters such "High Plains Drifter" and "McCabe and Mrs. Miller."

Rate Classic Ten - Greatest Slackers

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Thu, May 29

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By Michael Rowin America prides itself on being a land of hardworking go-getters, ready to make good on the promise of that coveted Dream with a little fortitude, gumption, and inventive spirit. Yet at the movies, it's often the type B losers who win our hearts: John Wayne may be what we want to be, but Benjam...

Rate Purchase Hondo (Full Screen) Online - Best Hondo (Full Screen) Review

Original at screenwriters.la external link    Wed, Apr 16

By travelagentbusiness1909 I cannot think of another actor I would pay to see act than John Wayne, the performance is well worth the price of a ticket. John Wayne performance in Hondo (Full Screen) is no exception, the way John Wayne and Geraldine Page work ...

Rate Films in Review 2007 - the Top Ten List

Original at CinemaDave external link    Mon, Dec 31

The John Wayne Centennial reminded people of better movies that involved storyline, character development and impressive visuals. One free screening of "The Searchers" easily outclassed "Shrek the Third," "Spider-Man 3" and "Pirates of ...

Year 2007

 

Rate New DVD releases include 'Pirates of the Caribbean' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Mon, Dec 3

New DVD releases include 'Pirates of the Caribbean'  PA - John Ford is best-remembered as the man behind such John Wayne classics as "The Searchers," "The Quiet Man" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," yet this ...

Rate JOHN FORD AT FOX - New York Post

Original at New York Post external link    Sun, Dec 2

JOHN FORD AT FOX  NY - John Wayne, who would often work with Ford, makes his first appearance as a featured extra during a race scene in "Hangman's House," while a young Spencer ...

Rate 5 reasons we love the Western movie - Dallas Morning News

Original at Dallas Morning News external link    Sun, Oct 7

5 reasons we love the Western movie  TX - Oct 7, 2007 The point is brought home in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, one of many fine Westerns John Ford made with John Wayne. A tenderfoot lawyer (James Stewart) ...

Rate DVD Review: The John Wayne Film Collection Box Set

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, Jul 1

By Ian Woolstencroft Wayne looks like he’s having a good time and with much of the film shot on location in Hawaii, it’s no wonder. From an acting point of view he seems uninterested but this isn’t a film about character it about making a political statement. Big Jim McLain makes Wayne’s The Alamo and The Green Bere...

Rate DVD Review: The John Wayne Film Collection Box Set

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, Jul 1

By Ian Woolstencroft

Rate Opinion: John Wayne Centenary: The '70s - Big Jake, The Cowboys and The Shootist

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, Jun 25

By Ian Woolstencroft

Rate Opinion: John Wayne Centenary: The '70s - Big Jake, The Cowboys and The Shootist

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, Jun 25

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By Ian Woolstencroft The misjudged True Grit sequel, Rooster Cogburn (1975) followed before Wayne’s final film, The Shootist (1976). Let’s take a closer look at that film and the other high points of the decade. Big Jake (1971) The Cowboys (1972) The Shootist (1976)

Rate Alex Remington: The Coolest Guy in the Room

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, Jun 19

By Alex Remington In earlier days, moviegoers got to see Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, and Toshiro Mifune. We get Chow Yun-Fat. Trust me, we're not getting the short end of the stick. In earlier days, moviegoers got to see Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, and Toshiro Mifune. We get Chow Yun-Fat. Trust me, we're not ge...

Rate Opinion: John Wayne Centenary: The '60s - The Alamo, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, McLintock!, The Sons of Katie Elder, El Dorado, The War Wagon, and True Grit

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, Jun 18

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By Ian Woolstencroft The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) The ‘60s was Wayne’s decade for making fun films, even when not out-and-out comedies like McLintock! his westerns, with the exception of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, had a easy going sense of fun that is hard not to like. True Grit (1969)

Rate John Wayne Centenary: The '40s - Fort Apache, Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Sands of Iwo Jima

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sat, Jun 2

By Ian Woolstencroft John Wayne capitalised on the success of Stagecoach in the '40s, making a string of formulaic films that, while unexceptional, cemented him as a box office draw. Most featured Wayne as one corner of a love triangle, vying with the likes of Walter Pidgeon, Ray Milland, and Randolph Scott (f...

Rate John Wayne Centenary: The '30s - The Big Trail and Stagecoach

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, May 28

By Ian Woolstencroft While John Wayne’s film career started in the 1920s it wasn’t until the 1930s that he got his first shot at stardom. This series of articles will take a wander through five decades of Wayne movies from the '30s to the '70s, picking out classics and personal favourites along the way.After spen...

Rate By: vronsky

Original at MetaFilter external link    Sun, May 27

By vronsky Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of film history and criticism has to know that The Searchers is the most influential film of all time. From the first google hit for "the searchers + influential." Andrew Sarris on Ford and Wayne But over the past three decades, it has gained the respect of...

Rate DVD Pick of the Week: Apocalypto

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, May 22

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By Chris Beaumont She Wore a Yellow Ribbon The Searchers The Green Berets The Wings of Eagles Operation Pacific Stagecoach The John Wayne Western Collection: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, True Grit, Hindo, McLintock!, Big Jake, The Shootist, Rio Lobo, The Sons of Katie Elder, El Dorado)

Rate DVD Review - True Grit (Special Collector's Edition)

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, May 21

By El Bicho This year we celebrate one hundred years of John Wayne, his life and his work. He is one of cinema’s greatest heroes and an American icon. In True Grit we get to see him shine in the role that won him an Oscar for his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn.

Rate Podcast: John Wayne legacy remembered

Original at BBC News external link    Wed, May 16

The daughter-in-law of iconic Hollywood actor John Wayne has been speaking about his legacy.

Rate Movie Review: Rooster Cogburn - Katharine Hepburn Centenary

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, May 15

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By Ian Woolstencroft Blending elements of True Grit and The African Queen must have seemed like a good idea at the time but it inevitably draws comparisons with those superior films. Wayne was almost always at his best with a strong director behind the camera - John Ford and Howard Hawks are, between them, respo...

Rate Movie Review: Rooster Cogburn - Katharine Hepburn Centenary

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, May 15

By Ian Woolstencroft This follow-up to True Grit sees Wayne reprising his Oscar-winning role as Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn six years after that western classic. The pairing of John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn should have been a recipe for cinema gold, but thanks to a less than original story and some o...

Rate TV Review: March Round-Up, Including New Shows Blood Ties, Raines, and The Riches

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, Apr 15

By Ian Woolstencroft US TV 24 Day 6: 5pm – 9pm" “Maelstrom” “Crossroads, Part 1” “Crossroads, Part 2” Blood Ties Blood Price" Criminal Minds Ashes and Dust" CSI “Empty Eyes” Heroes “Parasite” Lost “Enter 77” “Par Avion” “Exposé” Raines “Pilot” “Meet Juan Doe” The Riches “Pilot” “Believe the Lie” UK TV

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