3:10 Treni

When you think about it, which I have been lately, is they weren't paying me to walk away. They were paying me so they could walk away. 3:10 to Yuma is directed by James Mangold and co-adapted to screenplay by Halsted Welles, Michael Brandt and Derek Haas. A remake of Delmer Daves' 1957 film of the same name, it's…

The price of redemption -- READ THIS if you had problems with the ending This remake involves the capture of a notorious outlaw, Ben Wade (Russell Crowe), who is then escorted to the town of Contention to await the train to Yuma, where he'll be hanged. A desperate rancher, Dan Evans (Christian Bale), hires on for th…

This is the best Western of the 21st Century so far (for mine, just edging out Django Unchained). Building on the classic movie from 1957, James Mangold's remake adds in much needed scenes to fill plot holes and build nuanced characters that were sorely lacking in the original. Our hero now, is a man strugglin…

Most of the time I hate remakes....but I give a big pass to most Western and War movie remakes. Mainly that's because, until M*A*S*H early war movies had soldiers that looked like they stepped out of the shower and put on a freshly laundered uniform...you know, instead of the realities of life in combat zones. An…

First off this film is a remake of the 1957 film of the same name. Casting couldn't have been better for the main characters. The R rating and amount of violence was perfect for the tone of the film. The ending was exactly what the film needed. Not some soft, heroes win feeling most films carry nowadays. One of my f…