The Warrior's Way (Blu-ray)

07/04/11 Rent It THE FILM "The Warrior's Way" is an odd one. Wedged somewhere between the furious imaginations of Tsui Hark and Sergio Leone, the feature is an idiosyncratic ode to pure screen heroism thwarted by the junky instincts of its untested writer/director, Sngmoo Lee. I was never outright bored by the picture, but there's much to jeer in this overwrought action film, which spends so much time ...

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The Reluctant Saint

07/17/11 Rent It THE MOVIE: Slow moving, clumsy, but well meaning--these same adjectives could be applied to both the film The Reluctant Saint and its main character. Directed by Edward Dmytryk and released in 1962, The Reluctant Saint is the story of Saint Joseph of Cupertino, the legendary Catholic figure who was also referred to as "the flying friar." His nickname comes from the supposed divine ...

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The Halliday Brand

07/19/11 Rent It An ambitious if lower-budgeted Western, The Halliday Brand (1957) offers some interesting stylized direction by B-movie auteur Joseph H. Lewis, but overall the picture is fatally, even bizarrely miscast even though the leading performances are generally good. Produced by Collier Young for United Artists, there's a self-conscious artiness to the enterprise, much of which doesn't come off ...

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