Spaghetti Western fans are bound to be disappointed by this double feature, no matter how appealing the packaging for the Mill Creek Entertainment Blu-ray is, which is a lot. The two films just don’t have the balls of Sergio Leone and the like. In fact, for being of the same era as The Man with […]
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El Topo
I say this to note that just because a film is a cult classic doesn’t make it good, and his debut — a “hit” only by midnight-movie standards of the early ’70s when filmgoers had their mind expanded by more than what was happening onscreen — is more weird than wonderful, although visually interesting. From […]
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Head West
Foodies had their eyes on the construction under way next to the N. Western Avenue Hideaway for months. Slowly, the old Iguana location transformed into a modern building surrounded by a chic, low-walled wood patio. For sibling co-owners Rick and David Haynes, the journey from concept to opening night was even longer. Their latest venture, […]
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True Grit
When you dare open your film with a biblical quote about revenge, as “True Grit” does, you better deliver a story about revenge, and it better be epic. Rest assured, writing/directing siblings Joel and Ethan Coen (“No Country for Old Men”) have done that with their latest foray into the sinister side of the American […]
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Jonah Hex
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