Sunday, June 27, 2010

WESTERN SUNDAY #11: The Fox and the Bandit...

ZORRO: EL BANDIDO and ADIOS, EL CUCHILLO
(1960)

Josh brings a 1960 Zorro two-parter, originally aired on The Wonderful World of Disney!


Mexican bandits fleeing north to California under the leadership of clever and charismatic El Cuchillo (The Knife) ride into Los Angeles and decide to steal a shipment of silver. Don Diego quickly becomes suspicious of them and saves the day as Zorro, but the sword fight between El Zorro and El Cuchillo has to be aborted when Sgt. Garcia and his lancers arrive. Nevertheless, Zorro leaves Cuchillo with a "Z" slashed into his coat and a warning to get out of California.

WESTERN SUNDAY #10: Sharon Stone, gunslinger.

THE QUICK & THE DEAD
(1995)

Hershal brings the Raimi, replete with goofy DiCraprio-ness and Sharon Stone's bewbs.

The Quick & The Dead is the story of 'The Lady', a gunfighter visiting the town of her father's killer, John Herod. At the time of her visit, a contest is being held. A contest of dueling. She joins, thinking it will help her get vengeance, and meets former henchman for Herod, Cort, and Herod's son, 'The Kid'.

Monday, June 14, 2010

WESTERN SUNDAY #9: Vampire gunslinger!

CURSE OF THE UNDEAD
(1959)

Kurt introduces a Universal Monster to Western Sunday!

The cinema's first vampire Western! Young women in a small Western town are dying one by one of an unknown malady involving massive blood loss. The Carter family's ranch is being terrorized by ruthless land baron Buffer. And a mysterious black-clad gunfighter with an aversion to sunlight has just arrived in town!

(I would glady have posted the trailer, but I can't find the damned thing!)

Thursday, June 10, 2010

WESTERN SUNDAY #8: Civilizing Oz...

THE PROPOSITION
(2005)

Josh brings Western Sundays back to the Outback with this bleak tale of revenge and betrayal!

Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the four Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the gang's mastermind, remains at large has and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley's proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days



WESTERN SUNDAY #7: Jumping the shark with Angelica Huston...

SERAPHIM FALLS
(2006)

Hershal brings a stark and Spartan western drama that goes apeshit with weird supernatural cameos at the end!


In the 1860s, five men have been tracking a sixth across Nevada for more than two weeks. They shoot and wound him, but he gets away. They pursue, led by the dour Carver, who will pay them each $1 a day once he's captured. The hunted is Gideon, resourceful, skilled with a knife. Gideon's flight and Carver's hunt require horses, water, and bullets. The course takes them past lone settlers, a wagon train, a rail crew, settlements, and an Indian philosopher.