Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Steven Schochet has an excellent piece on The Duke over on Big Hollywood. Since we're a little over a week away from the anniversary John Wayne's birthday, I found it to be a darn good tribute to The Duke. Please, give it a read.
Interesting to note that one of the ...
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Yesterday I committed sacrilege. I went to see the Coen brothers remake of True Grit, one of John Wayne’s most famous films. A lot of people have already tackled the topic of whether or not it is a good idea to remake a classic, so I think I will skip ...
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Friday, December 31st, 2010
It's been awhile since I had last seen The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and I was able to steal away the time to do so this week. This has always been one of my favorite John Wayne films, and for good reason. Shot in black and white, for a ...
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Friday, January 8th, 2010
Too anyone who knows me, it will come as no surprise that I am a big (and I do mean BIG!) John Wayne fan. My in-laws are no exception to this. Indeed, they delighted me the last couple of holidays with some delightful John Wayne related gifts, and this year ...
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