Herod is the corrupt mayor of the Western town of Redemption. A haven for lawbreakers of every type. To enforce his position of absolute power he hosts a shootout contest every year with a cash prize for the winner. Herod always wins...until sexy Ellen rides into town with a six-gun on her shapely hip...and burning revenge in .. Read more
| Starring | Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Roberts Blossom |
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| Director | Sam Raimi |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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As topical as the next terrorist attack, Ridley Scott’s CIA thriller has all the ingredients of a powerhouse movie, but it takes an awfully long time to cook. Scripted by William Monaghan (who wrote The Departed and Kingdom of Heaven) from a novel by David Ignatius (like Monaghan, a political journalist), the movie aspires to be less James Bond and more Syriana – with a handful of Jason Bourne set pieces thrown in. But while it does have some shrewd things to say about the state of Read more
The shoot-out. As both Shoot Em Up and 3:10 to Yuma demonstrate this week, this is one of those dramatic situations that's essentially cinematic. Writers, painters and playwrights might convey something of the tension and excitement, but none of them can compete with the full-blown experience of the expertly staged movie gunfight. That said, it was a novelist who started it all. Owen Wister's "The Virginian" was published in 1902, and set the template for what became the standard climax of the Read more
Leonardo DiCaprio aspires to greatness. Most actors dream the dream, but Leo lives it. Sure, he's been lucky. Since the billion dollar bonanza Titanic, he hasn't had to worry about anything so mundane as proving his box-office worth. He commands top dollar, no matter that he hasn't appeared in a bone fide blockbuster since. If James Cameron's movie had turned out to be the disaster some Twentieth Century Fox executives feared it was going to be, you can be sure his filmography would look very... Read more