She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

December 8, 2022, Posted in

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

NR 103 min - Western - 22 October 1949

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After Custer and the 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Indians, everyone expects the worst. Capt. Nathan Brittles is ordered out on patrol but he's also required to take along Abby Allshard, wife of the Fort's commanding officer, and her niece, the pretty Olivia Dandridge, who are being evacuated for their own safety. Brittles is only a few days away from retirement and Olivia has caught the eye of two of the young officers in the Company, Lt. Flint Cohill and 2nd Lt. Ross Pennell. She's taken to wearing a yellow ribbon in her hair, a sign that she has a beau in the Cavalry, but refuses to say for whom she is wearing it.

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Nocebo

December 4, 2022, Posted in

Nocebo (2022)

NR 96 min - Horror, Thriller - 3 November 2022

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A fashion designer hires a nanny from the Philippines to assist her in caring for her family while she is suffering from what she believes is a tick-related illness. The nanny uses traditional Filipino folk healing techniques to help her, but in the process of doing so, she uncovers a horrifying truth about why she is there and why her employer is actually sick.

Director: Lorcan Finnegan

Writers: Garret Shanley

Stars: Eva Green, Mark Strong, Chai Fonacier, Billie Gadsdon, Cathy Belton

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The Searchers

November 25, 2022, Posted in

The Searchers (1956)

NR 119 min - Western - 7 May 1956

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As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

Director: John Ford

Writers: Frank S. Nugent

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Stagecoach

November 25, 2022, Posted in

Stagecoach (1939)

NR 96 min - Western, Adventure, Action, Drama, Romance - 3 March 1939

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A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

Director: John Ford

Writers: Dudley Nichols

Cast a Giant Shadow

November 19, 2022, Posted in

Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)

NR 146 min - War - 30 March 1966

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An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.

Director: Melville Shavelson

Writers: Melville Shavelson

Stars: Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson, James Donald, Yul Brynner, Frank Sinatra, Stathis Giallelis, Luther Adler, Gordon Jackson, Chaim Topol, Ruth White, Michael Hordern, All...

Born to the West (Hell Town)

November 17, 2022, Posted in

Born to the West (1937)

NR 59 min - Romance, Western - 10 December 1937

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Dare Rudd takes a shine to his cattleman cousin Tom's girlfriend who asks Tom to hire Dare to head the big cattle drive. Dare loses the money for the drive to cardsharps, but Tom wins it back, but Dare must save Tom's life.

Director: Charles Barton

Writers: Stuart Anthony, Robert Yost

Stars: John Wayne, Marsha Hunt, Johnny Mack Brown, John Patterson, Monte Blue, Syd Saylor, Lucien Littlefield, Jack Kennedy, Art Mix

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Sands of Iwo Jima

November 17, 2022, Posted in

Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)

NR 100 min - War, Action, Drama, History - 1 January 1950

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The relationship between Sergeant Stryker and a group of rebellious recruits is made difficult by the Sergeant's tough training tactics. At Tarawa, the leathernecks have a chance to see Stryker in action, and begin to appreciate him.

Director: Allan Dwan

Writers: Harry Brown, James Edward Grant

In Harm’s Way

November 10, 2022, Posted in

In Harm's Way (1965)

NR 165 min - War, Drama - 6 April 1965

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A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

Director: Otto Preminger

Writers: Wendell Mayes

A Lady Takes a Chance

November 10, 2022, Posted in

A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)

NR 86 min - Comedy, Romance - 19 August 1943

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A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.

Director: William A. Seiter

Writers: Robert Ardrey

Rio Grande

November 3, 2022, Posted in

Rio Grande (1950)

NR 105 min - Western - 15 November 1950

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Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is added when Yorke's son (whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years), Trooper Jeff Yorke, is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment.

Director: John Ford

Writers: James Kevin McGuinness

Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr., Harry Carey, Jr., Chill Wills, J. Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen, Grant Withers, Peter Ortiz, Steve Pendleton, Karolyn Grimes, Alberto...

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