John Wick (2014) – I can think of no other actor but Keanu Reeves whose habitual expression is equal parts that of a wide-eyed innocent and a dead-eyed shark. I’m not saying that this story of a retired hitman forced back into his old life for revenge could never have been made with another star,…
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I Want Him Dead (aka Lo Voglio Morto) (1968) – Civil War cattle driver Clayton (Craig Hill, who bears a remarkable facial resemblance to Daniel Davis of TV’s The Nanny) just wants to take his savings and buy a ranch. Instead, his sister (who appears to be half his age and bears him no resemblance)…
Life After Texas
[I posted this yesterday on Facebook. It got absolutely no reaction. This makes me sad.] These are waters I don’t often wade into. Nothing in what follows is meant to be a rah-rah for any sociopolitical side, and there should be something to make anyone uncomfortable. Because everyone should be uncomfortable today. I’m in the…