Sentences with phrase «good classic westerns»

At a time when it's difficult to find even one well - written Classic Western, it's great to get a 6 - Book Box Set with 6 very good Classic Westerns from 6 bestselling authors.

As is common with many of the best classic westerns («Red River» and «The Searchers» come to mind in particular), the land is just as much of a character as the people.

Set in the Outback in the 1920s, the film absolutely nails the poise of the best classic westerns, painfully weaving the thorns of colonialist inevitability into its fabric.

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But Lawn added that while ayahuasca appeared to have a better side effect «profile» than classic Western psychedelics such as LSD or magic mushrooms, taking the drug is not without risk.

Overall, this classic western isn't bad or good or ugly, just moderately interesting.

Beard, the actor (stars as Irish never - do - well James McKinnon) never shows why would we accept him and follow him - while the bunch of other classic spaghetti Western - style group of antiheroes, men who normally would have nothing to do with one another but who are thrust together by circumstances beyond their control - are all doing their own thing.

Remaking a classic John Ford western might sound like a good idea, but there's just one problem: You're not John Ford.

The action is more intense and the drama is better portrayed with a closer adaptation of the original novel and while the classic westerns hold a certain place in my heart I doubt they've ever been able to portray the west as well and as beautifully as they did in this film.

His cinematography and camera orchestrations are as sumptuous as ever, almost worth watching without dialogue, and yet, he doesn't exactly offer anything new here — it occasionally seems like he is trying to remake his cult classic, Chungking Express, for a Western audience, with some of the more interesting bits of his other films tossed in for good measure.

There are some good ideas in Meg LeFauve's screenplay, such as the idea of inverting the classic boy - and - his - pet narrative so that the boy is the pet, and the way that it threatens to become a full - blown Western with the introduction of the T - Rexes (including a campfire scene complete with someone playing a mournful tune on a «harmonica»).

He draws thematic inspiration from classic Western director John Ford (specifically 1956's «The Searchers») and from his beloved»30s and»40s crime movies as well as the visual aesthetic of French New Wave auteurs.

Whilst playing Call of Juarez I couldn't help but think of Clint Eastwood classic «The Good, the Bad and the Ugly», not only as a good representative of the western genre but also at how appropriate the title seeGood, the Bad and the Ugly», not only as a good representative of the western genre but also at how appropriate the title seegood representative of the western genre but also at how appropriate the title seemed.

The western reunites Hunger Game co-stars Woody Harrelson and Liam Hemsworth, in a classic battle of good and evil.

You have classics like Western Land and Pirate Land, as well as the day and night changing board known as Horror Land.

Leone is even more notable than the other directors on our list as not only did he never receive an Oscar for direction he didn't even once get a nomination despite producing such classic Spaghetti Westerns like the trilogy of A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

The Good, the Bad and the Weird (Unrated) Sprawling spoof of the Clint Eastwood classic, a wacky Western set in Manchuria in the 1940s where we find three outlaws (Byung - hun Lee, Kang - ho Song and Woo - sung Jung) being chased by both the Japanese army and Chinese bandits while in a race to find a map leading to a priceless, buried treasure.

Ghostland plays out something like a neo-realist reboot of Jamie Uys comedy classic The Gods Must Be Crazy, at least for Western audiences, and that's a very good thing.

So there's a bit of a Western thing going on in «Faster», which otherwise seems mostly influenced by gritty 1960 - 70s revenge films like «Point Blank» or «Rolling Thunder», with shades of John Woo's Hong Kong classics as well.

One of «The Good Dinosaur's» zanier ideas is that the dinosaurs would end up amusingly duplicating the lifestyles of characters in classic movie westerns.

A clever, well - acted summer blockbuster which is an involving cross between a classic Western revenge and a war movie, dropping somewhere between The Searchers, Platoon and Watership Down, if that can be imagined.

While on the publicity tour for Deadpool 2, the film's co-star Ryan Reynolds and Josh Brolin stopped by The Late Late Show with James Corden to have some fun with a a parody of the classic western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

However, along came more enlightened times, and the classic Western gave way to comedies like Blazing Saddles (1974), as well as iconoclastic variations on the theme a la Little Big Man (1970) and Dances with Wolves (1990).

Lew Ayres, who starred in the classic 1931 anti-war film (and Best Picture Academy Award winner), «All Quiet on the Western Front,» was so affected by that movie, he became a conscientious objector and served as a medic in World War II (and was later to earn a Best Actor nomination for «Johnny Belinda»).

Technical issues aside, Nightwar is an excellent well - crafted modern take on the classic JRPG style from a Western developer.

Stagecoach has a few significant historical facts that make it a good Western to begin your journey into the classic era of the genre.

The latest Deadpool 2 marketing promo brings together the film's stars, Ryan Reynolds and Josh Brolin, for a parody of the classic Western The Good, The Bad and the Ugly with The Late Late Show host James Corden.

Film Review by Kam Williams Big Sky Adventure Features P.C. Variation on Classic Western Theme I suppose the good old days are gone forever when you could make a Western without worrying about being political correct.

Like a gunfighter in a classic Hollywood Western — Shane comes to mind, most obviously — he does his best to fit in to his new and alien surroundings, but there's always the looming threat of his past catching up to him.

Near the end of the series run, however, he transitioned from TV actor to international film icon in Sergio Leone's 1964 classic Western A Fistful of Dollars, launching a long collaboration with the director that included For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

Instead, what they basically did was to make a good western film in the classic style, have aliens invade it, and then carry on in the same vein.

It comes with a nice booklet too, but is even better when accompanied by the new monograph, Jiří Brdečka: Life — Animation — Magic, likewise issued by a publishing house bearing the name of his classic Western parody, Limonádový Joe, which was a book and play written by Brdečka before he was a party, as co-screenwriter, to its wonderful 1964 adaptation to film (dir.

Some shots will never be rid of their overexposed softness, but others look as good as any classic western, with detail so fine you can see the contrast of real dirt caked over fake blood, or the excessive bronzer applied to white actors playing Native Americans (a sadly ubiquitous sight in the genre and a compromise to standards in the otherwise full - throated subversion of racist Hollywood tradition).

Better yet, the film is graced with James Coburn and a whole raft of veteran western players from classic westerns and TV series including Dub Taylor, Doug McClure, Henry Darrow, Robert Fuller, Denver Pyle, Leo Gordon, William Smith, James Drury, and Will Hutchins.

Update April 11: Kodansha Comics announced today it is continuing to expand its growing list of well - received digital - first manga titles with the series debuts of GTO Paradise Lost, Toru Fujisawa's sequel to his beloved manga classic Great Teacher Onizuka, and Domestic Girlfriend (Japanese title Domestic na kanojo), Kei Sasuga's love - triangle romancer that's a top requested title by Western fans — and a bestseller in Japan.

The characters — and there are not a few in Rick and Billy's world — are refreshingly straight out of a classic Western, in which good and bad guys are easy to pick - much in the same way a dog sees the world.

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The new Best Western Premier logo uses a classic yet contemporary font, along with unique design elements to exude elegance and style.

Comprised of three distinctive brands — SureStay Hotel by Best Western (classic economy), SureStay Plus Hotel by Best Western (premium economy) and SureStay Collection ® by Best Western (lower - midscale soft brand)-- SureStay Hotel Group's rapid success can be credited to its unique, competitive fee structure and Best Western's staunch reputation for enhancing the guest travel experience by providing real, consistent value and an industry - leading, return - guest loyalty program.

Best Western Kuta Villa offers a modern take on traditional Balinese styles including the washing earthy shades of sandy browns and light colors as well as the Hindu shades of orange and reds that create that classic Balinese feeling in the tropical light with airy open areas which are shaded.

A classic gazebo style restaurant with excellent sunset views over the horizon offers a selection of Indonesian and western food as well as Chinese and Thai.

It's one thing if a game is a remake or re-release of a long - time classic like the Final Fantasy VII Remake, (which, be warned, looks like it's going to be censored as well), but if a western audience has no prior affections for a game, as is the case with Tokyo Mirage Sessions, what do we have a right to know?

Good use of classic western audio helps as well, with bullets making that unforgettable whizzing sound as they go by your ears and delivering that unmistakable ting as they ricochet off of buildings and rocks, making you feel like you're in one of this iconic battles.

Jap developers will prefer Nintendo handheld, look at Dragon Quest sales on the 3ds, and the original DS... look at monster hunter sales on the 3ds... every game you seen for the 3ds will now have newer versions with newer hd graphics so now when jap developers make a ps4 game they do not have to think about how they will downgrade it to fit on the NX... with the NX being more powerful than the Vita, and Wii U.... if it use the Tegra 2 chip it will be right next to ps4 1.8 teraflops or higher, but most likely if they use that, Nintendo might underclock it to increase battery power, but lets say they lock it to ps4 1.8 teraflops... every game for ps4 will be on the NX... and this is where the fear comes from... the 3ds have many exclusives, only thing that hold it back was graphics, now that wont be the issue in the NX... look how they announce Dragon quest 11 for NX already... Square Enix is thinking about money... and which console sold most of their games... the 3ds... so do not be surprised every big game from Square Enix and other Japanese developers come to the NX... and if they are anything like CAPCOM they will rather save money and make their game for one console aka the NX like they do with Monster Hunter... me personally I can not wait to see all my favorite games on the 3ds in better graphics... i am a RPG lover and the 3ds have some classics that I love... only thing Nintendo have to worry about is how Western and European side of the world will feel about the new handheld... Japan will love it, handheld sell the most, so it wont take long for NX to pass ps4 sales... but if they can get the attention of western and european... then Sony have reasons to worry and theWestern and European side of the world will feel about the new handheld... Japan will love it, handheld sell the most, so it wont take long for NX to pass ps4 sales... but if they can get the attention of western and european... then Sony have reasons to worry and thewestern and european... then Sony have reasons to worry and their fans

Technical issues aside, Nightwar is an excellent well - crafted modern take on the classic JRPG style from a Western developer.

The series never captivated western audiences like other classics such as Dragon Ball Z so will the game stand up against other well established fighting titles?

While Square Enix is known for its classic JRPG franchises, it has expanded its portfolio in recent years with a nice variety of Western titles as well, with its conference focused on a mix of big franchises and localization announcements.

Good news for the PC Master Race, SEGA of Europe (western division in charge of PC ports), has confirmed the PC Sonic the Hedgehog titles available on Steam will be also available for the upcoming PC Mega Drive Classics Hub, which releases on Friday this week (April 28th, 2016) for all regions.

The sale's still up too, so it's well worth checking out if you like western RPGs — particularly the classics.

It is very well done, and feels like a classic western film.

Making frequent use of new as well as outdated technologies, Douglas appropriates existing Hollywood genres (including murder mysteries and the Western) and borrows from classic literary works (notably, Samuel Beckett, Herman Melville, and Franz Kafka) to create ready - made contextual frameworks for his complex, thoroughly researched projects.