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Greetings, lords and ladies!
Well, once again, I was surprised by the direction my viewing took in the latter half of August. I’m already halfway through my ongoing Bond saga (13 films in) with my faithful co-pilot Daniel Millhouse, but if you had told me that I’d also be doing a small animation festival coupled with a side of Western, I would have looked at you through narrowed eyes and wondered what you were drinking. But having wandered into the “Kids Section” of the Chicago Public Library and realizing that’s where they’d been hiding all of the animated films that I had forgotten about (because out of sight out of mind), I felt my course was clear. The following week, the Monte Hellman double feature of
The Shooting and
Ride in the Whirlwind popped up on the shelf next to the
Magnificent Seven remake and
Winchester ’73, the first teaming of James Stewart and Anthony Mann. I mean, what was I supposed to do?
On the scarier side of things, Arrow Video’s triple threat of forgotten chills surfaced in the form of
The American Horror Project Vol. 2, as curated by Stephen Thrower, with slices of cheesy chomping and Hammer swinging as bookends. No complaints from here.
As always, feel free to leave your two cents worth – we’ll make sure you get some change back.
Enjoy!
