Screening Log

This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.


May 2007 activity

Total Log Entries: 39

Total Comments: 13


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Wagon Master / USA / 1950

This portrait of a group of Mormons heading west to San Juan River country, assisted by a couple of savvy horse traders, is a winning tale about social outcasts cloaked as a Western. I suppose its John Ford’s ode to the Mormons who, apparently, impressed and assisted him in previous film productions. The picture as a whole is a bit romantic but there’s enough grit to make the journey seem plausible; good screenwriting and cinematography to make the experience generally pleasurable. I suppose the highlight is the great acting by nearly everyone inolved. The film has such a benignly good story that to pick with it seems futile.

by Marlin Tyree | Source: Turner Home Entertainment VHS
14 May 2007 7:49 PM | Submit Comment


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