Specifically, Ten Thousand More Ways to Die, Mill Creek Entertainment’s follow-up to 2010’s Ten Thousand Ways to Die (naturally), counts Django, Kill! (If You Live Shoot!) among its dozen films. True, the quality of the print pales in comparison to Blue Underground’s recent Blu-ray reissue, but newcomers to the character — and there will be […]
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The Last Challenge / The Hanging Tree
First, 1967’s The Last Challenge features the late Chad Everett (TV’s Medical Center) as Lot McGuire, a cocky quick draw who rolls into town, and Marshal Blaine (Glenn Ford, hangdog as ever) not only takes offense to that, but tries to run the jerk right back out. Coming between them is a saloon girl — […]
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Packed parking
On quiet nights, 12 to 18 of the 31 residential parking spaces are occupied with cars belonging to the residents. On Cafe Nova party nights, all 31 spaces are full before 8 p.m. Residents who come home after the party starts end up forced to park halfway to Shartel. N.W. 42nd west of Western suffers […]
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Django, Kill! (If You Live Shoot!)
After helping steal a trunkful of Wells Fargo gold, half-breed Django (Tomas Milian, Traffic) and his fellow minorities are not only denied their share by Oaks (Piero Lulli, My Name Is Nobody) and his evil white bandits, but gunned down and dumped in a mass grave they were forced to dig. Being the hero of […]
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Parking plight
Credit: Shannon Cornman Since at least May, some business owners along the section of Western between N.W. 40th and N.W. 50th streets have protested against an alcoholic beverage permit in buildings formerly occupied by Fruiti Yogurt and Sipango Lounge. The issue also involves Cafe Nova, which sits across the street from the forthcoming restaurant, Cork […]
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Slumber party
When it comes to membership, country music group Asleep at the Wheel is like a revolving door. “I’ve had a hundred people through this band,” said leader and founding member Ray Benson. “It’s been 42 years.” Playing Sunday at the Blackout Block Party fundraiser at Grady’s 66 Pub in Yukon, the Texas outfit has been […]
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Grand Duel / Keoma
They should also take the back cover’s claim of “two masterpieces” with a grain of salt, even two for good measure, although both films are indeed better than average. That goes especially for Lee Van Cleef, who enjoyed another career in Italy cranking these things out, with little regard to quality. However, Grand Duel — […]
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A Bullet for the General
New to Blu-ray from Blue Underground, the 1966 picture begins with a grand set piece in which revolutionaries halt a train via an army captain chained alive to the tracks. The bandits, led by Volonté’s El Chucho, say they only want the rifles and ammo aboard the locomotive, but take plenty of lives, too. It’s […]
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Justified: The Complete Second Season
Fresh off an Emmy nomination for his starring role, Timothy Olyphant owns his character of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens to such a degree, it just may prove to be the one that defines his career. In short: He’s badass. Givens remains in his godforsaken hometown of Harlan County, Ky., a backwater, redneck-ridden hellhole that he […]
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A cowboy Christmas
Yee-haw, cowboys and cowgirls! Time to don festive attire and celebrate the holidays in true cowboy fashion. An old-timey Western dance and dinner accompany Michael Martin Murphey’s annual Cowboy Christmas Ball, 7 p.m. Friday at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 N.E. 63rd. After 16 years of the ball, it’s still going strong. […]