Category Archives: Westerns

Western Wednesdays: ‘The Professionals’

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Elisabeth Rappe

When I grow up, I want to be Claudia Cardinale. There are plenty of beautiful women in movies, but few goddesses. Cardinale is a goddess. Even when she’s sunburned and running around in a rag, as she is in The … Continue reading →

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What A-List Actor Will Smell ‘Gunsmoke’?

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Elisabeth Rappe

Hollywood has been remaking old television shows into big screen adventures for years now. It’s been a trend with limited success, and every time you think it’ll die off with something like The Mod Squad,  we get news of another … Continue reading →

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Western Wednesdays: ‘Captain Apache’

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Elisabeth Rappe

In some alternate dimension, it’s Lee Van Cleef who rocketed to squinty-eyed fame after The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Clint Eastwood just kept doing spaghetti westerns in Europe, never to be seen in a serape again and starring … Continue reading →

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