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1957

★★★★★ Liked Watched 06 Jun 2025

Lenin said as capitalism progresses, any competition will be rudely stamped out and end at a monopolistic stage controlled by finance capital. Enter Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend, where we get to watch Amazon/Wal-Mart/Uber in real-time. While they progress through wage theft, Ep does it with property theft. Scott now acts as the re-distributor of wealth. Returning what was stolen AND then some. All done with the help of the Brethren in Christ! The BIC were religious radicals in their time…

1952

★★★★½ Liked Watched 03 Jun 2025

In a previous review I mentioned the underrated "sub-genres" of the American Western Golden Age and another one I can add to that list is "Anxiety over Capitalist Railroad Expansion".

Here, the locals are concerned about the railroad and the malevolence it will bring to their current way of life. Funny to see how people throughout time confront modernity and urbanization. In 1952, disruption of American quiet life was occurring in similar fashions.

De Toth gives us a variety of…

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1962

★★★★★ Liked Watched 01 May 2025

It's hard to really grasp in 2025 how much of a stranglehold John Ford had on White America in 1962. One of the prime architects of the White American Cowboy myth that still stands strong to this day. They trusted him fully to advance the culture and people from America all the way to Ireland were immensely proud of his contributions. As a true artist, he was never satisfied with laurels and popularity. Even despite the political headwinds, it was…

2025

★★★★ Liked Watched 23 May 2025

Abel purging the disaster that was 'The Idol'. A cranked up soap opera that plays as a visual treat over talky, shallow dialogue. This movie works best when it moves away from talking. Ortega spends nearly every scene being reduced to tears. It is almost a Silent film in its simplicity. These interesting ruminations on shadow, light, and color interrupted with a pretty plodding story. This includes a recreation of him losing his voice on his last stadium tour. This…

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