The Magnificent Seven (2016) - One of the better remakes supporting the contemporary western revival - 7/10 (11/10/16)

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The Magnificent Seven is the remake of a remake that neither has the epic intensity of the original ''Seven Samurai'' movie by Kurosawa Akira from 1954 nor the outstanding acting skills portrayed in John Sturges' ''The Magnificent Seven'' from 1960. Still,...

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The Hateful Eight (2015) - All of Quentin Tarantino's trademarks united in one movie - 8/10 (20/01/16)

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''The Hateful Eight'' is a typical Quentin Tarantino movie. It has a slow build-up that carefully introduces the eight different characters. The dialogues are very elaborated and mix crude vocabulary with more intellectual expressions to create an emotional...

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Gallowwalkers (2012) - Weak effort from any possible point of view - 2/10 (26/07/15)

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"Gallowwalkers" does pretty much everything wrong that anyone could possibly expect from a movie. The plot is not just really ordinary but got cut into many pieces and separated into confusing flashbacks which make this film quite hard to follow and almost...

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Das finstere Tal / The Dark Valley (2014) - Something fresh and different: Heimatfilm meets western and film noir - 8/10 (13/07/15)

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"The Dark Valley" is a truly unique film. It mixes the usually stereotypical Heimatfilm genre with classic Italian American western parts and adds a gloomy film noir atmosphere to it. This genre is extremely rare and precious in German-speaking regions...

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Django Unchained (2012) - Many lovely details and an outstanding acting disarm the mediocre story - 8/10 (12/01/13)

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Here it comes, Quentin Tarantino's new blockbuster and Italo Western homage "Django Unchained". Personally, I happen to find Tarantino's movies quite a mixed bag as he has done anything from stupid disaster pieces such as "Kill Bill Vol. 1" up to very...

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The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy (2011) - A big piece of trash - 2/10 (16/09/12)

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I lately watched this modern Western with a friend and as a big fan of the genre, I must admit that this flick is one of the worst Westerns I have ever watched and in general one of the worst movies I have seen in quite a while. The only reasons why this...

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Jonah Hex (2010) - A plate of classic western tributes garnished with some fantasy elements - 6/10 (05/06/12)

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Jonah Hex is a short and therefor quite fast paced and entertaining mixture of a western with some fantasy elements. The classic vengeance plot is settled in a historic context that is not always accurate but somewhat charming and therefor still better...

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Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. / The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) - An epic masterpiece for the ages - 10/10 (05/04/11)

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Exactly one year ago, I wrote my first reviews on this web site and this one is my review number one hundred. To underline and celebrate this kind of anniversary, I decided to pick one of my favourite movies of all times. Everything about this movie just...

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True Grit (2010) - Neither the true hit nor the true s*it - a boring western with some great acting - 6/10 (19/01/11)

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I am a huge fan of Western movies and also of Matt Damon's acting and that was why I was really looking forward to this movie. I haven't seen the original with John Wayne but I have seen other movies starring him and know about his strong presence and...

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