MOVIE OF THE WEEK:DEATH RIDES A HORSE

Holy shit. This film is PERFECT. It begs to be remade by a great modern director. Who could play Lee Van Cleef though? While I work my up through the movie industry from lowly grip to producer/director I'll think on it.
 Murder, robbery, viscous rapes, and the revenge of a little boy. So enjoyable. Don't steal my idea.

MY NAME IS NOBODY

This is a hilarious but beautifully filmed parody and tribute to spaghetti westerns. Its written by Sergio Leone and directed by his old assistant. Its essentially about the end of one old gunfighters career (played by Henry Fonda) as he passes the torch to a younger guy, 'Nobody'. Its filled with tons of references to other westerns and lots of slapstick. It even reminds me of older Jackie Chan movies sometimes. Hard to find, but well worth the search.

HAWMPS

What an original premise. A cavalry outpost is needing fresh horses and they are promised a shipment of Arabians. What arrives? CAMELS!!! Hilarity ensues. Appearances by every actor from the 70s who's name you don't know.

Bad Jack Cutter

BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE

This is a pretty good western but totally oddball. Sam Pekinpah directed, Jason Robards, Slim Pickens, Stella Stevens(how can you go wrong)...a desert, some lizards and a whore-and ain't nobody got the water except for Cable Hogue.....Its pretty much what Rango was ripped off from except not really like that at all. Oh yeah, and Stella Stevens got some sweet cleavage....

CASTAWAY COWBOY

James Garner is the greatest actor ever. I swear I'm just watching a documentary when he's on. This movie is pretty good, except for the kid in it is a ginger and has a weird mouth. It's annoying. Theres some racism againt Hawaiins which is heartwarmingly Disneyish. Basically, a cowboy is shipwrecked in Hawaii and teaches them to farm cattle instead of potatoes. An hilarious premise I assure you. Now available on DVD.