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Wintree Studios is excited to announce the continued expansion of BijouTheater, the free cult cinema streaming platform for fans of the strange, rare, and unforgettable. As we prepare for our upcoming launch on Roku, our growing library now includes everything from Kaiju Creature Features and Asian Horror to Spaghetti Westerns, cult horror, and a brand new Family Circle category for kids and parents alike.

Already available on Vizio and LG Smart TVs, BijouTheater streams 24/7—no subscription or login required—with wild genre flicks, animated deep cuts, obscure thrillers, and classic oddities updated every week.

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You may or may not know this, but Tubi is an amazing streaming service. Sure, it's ad-supported, meaning you'll get a couple of commercial breaks during viewing, and no one's championing Tubi Originals. But no other streamer has a library as eclectic — mixing classic cinema, foreign films, studio hits, cult genre junk, horror favorites, and more. Where else can you find "The Red Shoes" next to something called "Dinocroc vs. Supergator"?

Tubi is like the niches of every other streaming service rolled into one, and it regularly hosts some of the greatest American and world cinema — for free, aside from the occasional ad break. Keep your Netflixes, HBO Maxes, and Criterion Channels — if I could only have one, I'm keeping Tubi.

Here are the 15 best movies on Tubi right now.

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You don't need us to tell you that John Wayne was one of the best Western movie actors of all time, but what was his finest Western film? There are plenty of great picks in a career that spanned five decades, both with his regular and most famous collaborator John Ford and with other directors. Two landmark films with Ford often dominate the conversation: Wayne's star-making turn in "Stagecoach," and his unusually dark odyssey in "The Searchers." Both are brilliant shout-outs, but if you pay any attention to IMDb rankings, the director and star went one better with "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."

Released in 1962, John Ford's absorbing drama explores the clash between the romanticized myth-making of the Old West and the American frontier's hard-won transition to democratic law and order. That might sound like a bit of a snooze if you're expecting classic matinee-style shootouts and horse action,...

Kim Jee-woon's 2008 action-Western film "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" lives up to all three adjectives in its title. That title was, of course, inspired by Sergio Leone's celebrated 1966 Western "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," a film that starred -- in their respective moral roles -- Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach. As any cineaste can tell you, Leone's classic, set in 1862, is about its three main characters seeking a hidden cache of Confederate gold that's hidden in a cemetery. The film runs 161 minutes (or 171 if you're watching the director's cut), and it features many violent, picaresque adventures on the way to its famed three-way shootout.

In Kim's film, the three title roles are played by -- also respectively -- Jung Woo-sun, Lee Byung-hun, and Song Kang-ho, although it takes place in the wilds of Manchuria in 1939 just before the widespread outbreak of World War II.

Stephen King has an unbelievable amount of influence. He has a massive social media following. And any time he shares a film, television, or literary recommendation, various outlets quickly pick up what he’s putting down and pass the news along to their audience, further amplifying the author’s substantial reach. On that very note, I have a cinematic suggestion from Stephen King to share with you. Can you even stand the excitement?

King is an occasional Entertainment Weekly columnist. And a while back, the It author penned an editorial fondly remembering some of his favorite movies. Among them is a classic Clint Eastwood Western. King’s write-up praises the picture, saying: “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a film I’ve written about too often to rehash here; suffice it to say that I was astounded by the sheer size of things, and by the outrageous tricks...

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Nothing about Dick Powell's 1956 historical epic "The Conqueror" went right. Firstly, and most obviously, the casting was horrid. John Wayne, America's racist uncle, was cast as Temujin, a.k.a. Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire in the 12th century. His wife, Börte, was played by Susan Hayward. Other white actors playing Asian characters included Agnes Moorehead, William Conrad, and Lee Van Cleef.

Additionally, the production was immensely troubled. "The Conqueror" was filmed partly in the desert outside of St. George, Utah, and production was slowed by an unexpected flash flood. According to the book "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time" by Michael Medved, Harry Medved, and Randy Dreyfuss, Wayne was frequently drunk on set, inspiring his co-stars to match his drunken energy with silly, untethered performances of their own. The film's writer, Oscar Millard, however, said...

There’s something about treasure hunting movies that just hits differently. Maybe it’s the dusty maps, ancient traps, or the characters who clearly have no plan but still survive it all. These movies have it all, booby traps, secret caves, double-crossing sidekicks, and the occasional cursed artifact. Some go full Indiana Jones mode, while others mix in comedy, mystery, or even a little romance, because why not fall in love while dodging death?

The best ones make you feel like you’re right there, sneaking through jungles or deciphering clues on a centuries-old scroll. And let’s not forget the over-the-top villains who always monologue too long. Whether it’s gold, lost cities, or something weirdly glowing in a box, treasure movies serve drama, chaos, and adventure in one messy, glorious ride.

So, grab your (pretend) fedora and scroll through this list of the best treasure-hunting flicks to ever grace our screens.

Stars: John Phillip Law, Lee Van Cleef, Mario Brega, Luigi Pistilli, Anthony Dawson, Jose Torres, Franco Balducci | Written by Luciano Vincenzoni | Directed by Giulio Petroni

Every so often, a film gallops out of the dusty plains of cinema history and plants its boots squarely on your chest. Death Rides a Horse, directed by Giulio Petroni, is one such Spaghetti Western that does more than check the genre’s boxes; it kicks them over and sets them on fire with an icy stare and a whiff of Ennio Morricone’s signature music trailing behind.

I went into Death Rides a Horse expecting nothing more than the usual revenge-fueled romp through tumbleweeds and six-shooter justice. What I got instead was a surprisingly tight, brooding, and stylishly constructed tale of vengeance – one that refuses to rush and, instead, simmers like a slow-burning fuse winding its way to an inevitable explosion.

The story is...

Many years ago, onlookers watched with bated breath as Wyatt Earp marched out to confront ... Wyatt Earp. It was the mid-'90s, and two rival films about the legendary Wild West lawman were vying for the cinemagoer's buck: First up, on Christmas Day 1993, was George P. Cosmatos's "Tombstone," followed six months later by Lawrence Kasdan's "Wyatt Earp." Twin movies were a regular phenomenon in the '90s: You had "Deep Impact" versus "Armageddon," "Dante's Peak" versus "Volcano," and even "Antz" versus "A Bug's Life." But the dueling Westerns had a lot more at stake, because there was a significant beef between the two productions.

Kevin Costner was set to star in "Tombstone" before falling out with screenwriter Kevin Jarre, moving on to develop his own epic biopic of the frontier marshal with Lawrence Kasdan. Rather than let things lie, however, rumors circulated that Costner had tried using his...

Who is the moat badass actor according to Quentin Tarantino? (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Quentin Tarantino, the guy known for turning everyday actors into pop-culture icons went old-school with his pick, and the answer was peak Tarantino.

During a candid sit-down on the El Rey Network, Tarantino answered a question from fellow filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. The Oscar-winning Pulp Fiction mastermind had plenty of choices, but his response was instant:

“There’s a lot of guys you can say, but I have to say right now, I’m, in particular, the last few years, I’ve been on a real Lee Van Cleef kick,” he said. “I mean, I really wish I could have worked with Lee Van Cleef in that ’69, ’70 time period. I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this, but Lee Van Cleef is a dead ringer for Snoop Dogg. They look exactly alike. Like as if...

Since the Golden Age of Hollywood, the film industry has tackled a range of genres, from horror to comedy, delivering audiences a long list of iconic stories and heroes. The Western has proven particularly fascinating, bringing the medium some of its strongest scripts and best-written heroes. One of the defining traits of a good hero of the Old West is endurance and grit, two features key to survival on the frontier.

Western heroes represent some of the most morally ambiguous characters in fiction due to the time's ever-changing morality as criminals could reinvent themselves as lawmen or bounty hunters. Even beyond the Old West, the archetypes established by the genre have laid the foundations of iconic franchises, whether it's Star Wars' Mandalorian or the crew of Firefly. Thanks to actors like Clint Eastwood and John Wayne, audiences have decades of hardened heroes to choose from when it comes to tough Western protagonists.

With each film hailed as three of the best spaghetti Westerns to ever be produced in the genre, Italian director Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy not only popularized the subgenre due to impressive filmmaking and characters, but it also redefined the entire Western genre for moviegoers. Consisting of 1964’s A Fistful of Dollars, 1965’s For a Few Dollars More, and 1966’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, all three films offer an exciting narrative that grips viewers.

At the same time, The Dollars Trilogy constructs tales that range in stakes and whether crafting a revenge plot, a traditional hero vs. villain narrative, or an epic spectacle-filled ride, the storytelling in each film engages audiences throughout. Additionally, every film utilizes exciting fights to heighten the violence.

Tuco’s Bathtub Quickdraw Offers a Brief but Great Fight Eli Wallach’s Delivery Makes the Scene Work

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Westerns have always worked uncommonly well with ghost stories, which occupy a small part of their ethos and can be readily used to serve story needs. Crossovers aren't entirely common, but have produced some striking movies and TV shows. They run the gamut from bloody updates of traditional Westerns like Bone Tomahawk to wilder genre mash-ups like From Dusk Til Dawn, and while the best of them tend to be modern, the roots of Western horror stretch back to the pulp days.

It should come as no surprise that one of the best old-school examples of Western horror came with Rod Serling's classic seriesThe Twilight Zone. Cowboys were all the rage when the series first premiered, and multiple episodes used Western tropes as the jumping-off point for their various spooky premises. One of them -- Season 3, Episode 7, "The Grave" -- is as good as anything The Twilight Zone has ever produced.

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This March, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the return of beloved shows like The Wheel of Time and Bosch: Legacy to the much-anticipated thriller drama film Holland. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 9 best films that are coming to Prime Video in March 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

12 Angry Men (March 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100% Credit – United Artists

12 Angry Man is a legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet from a screenplay by Reginald Rose. Based on Rose’s 1954 teleplay of the same name, the 1957 film follows twelve men selected to serve as jury members on a murder case where the suspect is a Latino teenager.

After John Wayne, no star has established themselves as synonymous with the Western genre quite like Clint Eastwood, thanks to classics like Pale Rider and Hang 'Em High. Taking on a variety of roles in some of the most beloved revisionist Westerns ever made, he is primarily loved for his performance as Sergio Leone's Man With No Name. Typically affecting a mysterious and solitary persona, the character has no shortage of epic and dramatic scenes that show his character's prowess with a gun.

Clint Eastwood's Western movies have greatly elevated the genre, giving it some of its most successful, iconic, and influential characters. The actor almost always plays a man with unmatched skill with a revolver, allowing for everything from action-packed shootouts to slow-burn standoffs. Collaborating with a variety of brilliant directors and co-stars, few men can make a shootout as entertaining and dramatic as Eastwood.

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If you love The Dollars Trilogy, and especially Lee Van Cleef’s role as a Western black hat, then you ought to check out his most notable horse opera as a leading man, Death Rides a Horse. The Italian-made Spaghetti Western — penned by The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly scribe Luciano Vincenzoni — was released in 1967 and follows a young gunfighter named Bill Meceita (John Phillip Law) who is hell-bent on killing the men who murdered his family. This leads him to a former outlaw named Ryan (Van Cleef), who is likewise after the men. Of course, his reasons are a bit more personal, leading to a showdown that rivals some of Clint Eastwood's best.

Although the duo don't appear onscreen together in the movie, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly star Clint Eastwood brought back one of that classic Western’s biggest stars for a later hit. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly might be one of star Clint Eastwood’s best Western movies, but the classic wouldn’t work if it weren’t for all three title characters. As The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’s ending proves, Tuco, Angel Eyes, and Blondie all play pivotal roles in the labyrinthine plot’s tangled web of double-crosses and betrayals. Notably, Eli Wallach’s Tuco provides consistent comedic relief.

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Loosely linked, The Dollars Trilogy liked to use some of the same actors, with a few appearing in all three films as different characters.

Clint Eastwood's character, the Man with No Name, is one of the most iconic movie characters of all time, appearing in all three films in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy. Released in the mid-'60s, the trilogy consists of A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and are among some of the best Westerns ever made. Each movie in the trilogy is a staple of the spaghetti Western genre, and arguably the best films in Clint Eastwood's career.

Though it is considered a trilogy, each film is loosely connected, with Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name being essentially the same character in all of them. Eastwood wasn't the only actor to have a role in more than one film in The Dollars Trilogy, as Sergio Leone reused several others throughout all three movies, understanding the talent he had on hand.

Thanks in large part to Lee Van Cleef, Death Rides A Horse makes for the perfect viewing experience after Clint Eastwood's The Man With No Name trilogy. Although The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is generally considered the quintessential Clint Eastwood Western, it's far more than just a vehicle for the actor. As indicated by its title, it's really a movie driven by a trio of stars, not just Eastwood. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly wouldn't have worked without the compelling performances offered by Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef. The latter is similarly vital to For a Few Dollars More as well.

Lee Van Cleef is in top form in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, which sees him play the film's villain to sinister perfection. His ruthless yet calm demeanor allows his character - known only by the nickname of "Angel Eyes" in...

In 1960, one of the greatest Westerns of all time, The Magnificent Seven, premiered in theaters, yet many don't realize the movie is the first in a franchise of underrated Westerns. The Magnificent Seven is directed by John Sturges and based on the 1954 Akira Kurosawa movie, Seven Samurai. The film centers on a Mexican village being terrorized by a man named Calvera and his team of cruel outlaws. As a result, the villagers hire seven American gunslingers to protect them. The cowboys not only teach the villagers to protect themselves, but take down Calvera once and for all.

Though it may seem surprising now, upon its release, The Magnificent Seven was something of a failure. It did poorly at the box office in the United States and Canada, and only made a profit due to success in Europe and Asia. Furthermore, reviews were mixed. While some praised The Magnificent Seven for its high-energy first half,...

While the earliest days of Western cinema saw countless disposable movies set in the Wild West, several genuine masterpieces have been produced throughout the years. From trailblazing filmmakers like John Ford to modern auteurs like the Coen Brothers, the Western genre has endured better than almost any other. As a way for the United States to explore its history and mythology, Westerns tap into the American psyche and reveal the dark complexities of the country's once lawless history.

Some of the greatest directors of all time produced Western classics that have built up reputations as true cinematic masterpieces. These incredible movies include high-octane action, satirical comedy, and deeply thoughtful stories of revenge and retribution. Featuring major Western movie stars like Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and, of course, John Wayne, these Western masterpieces represent some of the very best films ever made.

Blazing Saddles (1974) Directed by Mel Brooks

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When it's not getting review bombed by angry fans, IMDb is a fountain of filmic knowledge that has all the answers. Besides being the solution to every movie section at Trivia Night, the Internet Movie Database also has a list of the top 250 films of all time, as decided by Hollywood's toughest judges -- the general audience. It's a ranking that is crammed with unquestionably brilliant films, but it's also a pretty big pile to get through. 240 of these popular picks are all well and good, but let's not kid ourselves. It's the top 10 on the list that are what we always want to get to.

IMDb's top 10 consist of some absolutely essential viewings not just for die-hard cinephiles, but anyone that is in the mood to sit down for a certified banger that hasn't lost its touch. With the youngest entrant on the list being just over a decade old,...

Lee Van Cleef was truly one of the greatest stars of his era, with a filmography that included some of the best Western movies of all time. With over 170 film and television roles, Van Cleef was particularly known for his leading and supporting roles in acclaimed spaghetti Westerns and his performances opposite stars like Gary Cooper, John Wayne, and Clint Eastwood. With a talent for playing no-nonsense tough guy bandits, Van Cleef had a sinister screen presence that made him a truly compelling villain.

From Western team-ups with iconic stars to truly spectacular Western sequels, Van Cleefs time in the cinematic Wild West was well spent. While some of Van Cleefs best Westerns featured him as the lead, he often also took a backseat to play highly memorable supporting characters who helped elevate these movies to now legendary status. A true icon of the Western genre, Van Cleef should be...

Chuck Norris has carved out a reputation for starring in some of the best action movies of all time, particularly his groundbreaking work in the 1980s that put gritty action thrillers into the mainstream. Perhaps he is known predominantly now as a folktale legend told through jokes and memes about his physical prowess and athletic abilities, but these all started with a genuine origin. Like many martial arts film stars, Norris' fighting ability came first before his venture into Hollywood, with a martial arts background that saw him secure several championships and develop skills in multiple disciplines.

Some of Norris' best films show him as a one-man army fighting against forces of evil, but he is just as comfortable in an ensemble cast that band together to get the job done. His role as the iconic J.J. McQuade in Lone Wolf McQuade showcases the blend of individual bravado and exceptional combat skills,...

An exciting prop auction is forthcoming for fans of classic Western cinema. There will be a chance to own an iconic wardrobe from the revered Clint Eastwood movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, among other unique items.

Propstore's Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction is set to take place place on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. Featured will be costumes from the renowned Italian costume company, Costumi d'Arte, which is behind the costumes for productions like Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. One of the standout lots includes Eastwood's duster coat from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, which is estimated to sell for anywhere from 60,000 - 120,000.

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Horror fans in the UK are in for a treat this November as Nyx UK, the dedicated horror TV channel, unveils an exciting schedule packed with fourteen channel premieres. From cult classics to modern horror favourites, the line-up promises thrills for every taste. Notably, this month’s programme includes supernatural tales, slashers, and a special tribute to horror legend Boris Karloff on his birthday.

Leading the premieres on 6 November is Spookt (2023), the latest supernatural horror from Tony Reames, starring Eric Roberts. Airing at 9 pm, Spookt follows a group as they grapple with terrifying paranormal events that push them to the edge. Another highlight this month is Stage Fright (2014), a darkly comedic fusion of horror and musical directed by Jerome Sable, featuring Minnie Driver and the late Meat Loaf. This unique slasher-musical airs on 22 November at 9 pm, promising an unforgettable blend of scares and songs.

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The standoff in the climactic showdown between Clint Eastwood, his scene stealer co-star Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach's characters in Sergio Leone's 1966 epic spaghetti Western masterpiece The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is arguably the most unforgettable in cinematic history. Blondie, Tuco, and Angel Eyes, the respective characters of the three legends, continue to live on in the hearts of fans over fifty years later. At the mention of the film, it's inevitable to picture their extreme close-ups, juxtaposed with long shots of the sweeping landscape of an eerie, circular graveyard. You'll remember how, for minutes, the tension escalated with Ennio Morricone's magical score in the background, without a word being spoken between the three. What may not be known to some is that the sprawling 5,000-capacity graveyard, Sad Hill Cemetery, was a set built from scratch by Spanish soldiers, commissioned by Sergio Leone. Located near Burgos,...

The Spaghetti Western genre refers to a wave of Western films produced in Italy and a few other European countries between the 1950s and the 1970s. These movies utilize settings that are similar to American Westerns, but they have morally ambiguous or completely evil main characters. Instead of heroes fighting villains and saving damsels in distress in the new frontier, these European Westerns use the genre's settings to create action dramas about a wider variety of plots.

Sergio Leone remains the most popular director of Spaghetti Westerns, and his movies like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly are mentioned more often than any other film in the genre. And yet, there are several Westerns made by other filmmakers that fans of the genre must watch. Fernando Cerchio's The Tired Outlaw is a movie released before Sergio Leone's debut that exemplifies the parody comedy style of the early European Westerns,...

The Man with No Name is one of Clint Eastwoods career-defining roles. The drifter and bounty hunter appears throughout Sergio Leones Dollars Trilogy, taking the nicknames "Joe," "Manco." and "Blondie." The character's adventures collect cash rewards, retrieve gold buried in Sad Hill Cemetery, bring peace to the town of San Miguel, and help eliminate the notorious outlaw El Indio. The hero also exhibits all the characteristics of a perfect Western movie protagonist. He has a quick draw, he doesn't talk much, he is independent, and is known for his moral ambiguity.

While The Man with no Name is great in A Fistful of Dollars and A Few Dollars More, he truly comes to life in The Good, the Bad & the Ugly, where he teams up with the bandit, Tuco (Eli Wallach), and navigates the chaos of the American Civil War to recover a cache of gold that is buried in an unmarked grave.

It is borderline impossible to define the six-decade-long artistic legacy that Clint Eastwood had painstakingly mapped, as his stacked filmography includes everything from certified classics to overlooked gems. Of course, no artist can have an impeccably perfect run, but some, like Eastwood, inch very close to that ideal by re-defining entire genres that will always have a place in cinematic history. Not every good film that Eastwood helmed or starred in made a ton of money at the box office, but artistic success cannot be solely measured via such narrow metrics, as his name is embedded into the public consciousness, for better or worse.

It is tempting to dissect Eastwood's artistry purely through the Western genre — works like "A Fistful of Dollars" or "The Outlaw Josey Wales" capture his contributions succinctly — but there is much more to him than a drawling accent or laidback gunslinging. The actor has often been...

John Wayne and Clint Eastwood are arguably the two biggest western movie stars, but they made very different westerns and had very strong opinions about each others films. Throughout Hollywoods storied history with the western, plenty of iconic actors have put their stamp on the genre Henry Fonda, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Lee Van Cleef, Glenn Ford, Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, the list goes on but Wayne and Eastwood are the two actors that defined the genre. And not only that, they each defined completely different eras of the genre.

Like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger or Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel, Wayne and Eastwood had one of the most famous celebrity feuds in Hollywood history. But Wayne and Eastwoods feud wasnt based on any personal differences; it was based on their ideological differences and their vastly dissimilar approaches to the Western genre. Wayne and Eastwood both played gunslinging cowboys in classic Westerns,...

Sergio Leone is the man who introduced the world to the spaghetti Western and popularized it into one of the most successful cinematic genres of the '60s and '70s. The bloodier, bolder, and far more contentious cousin of the American Western made up most of Leone's filmography, and he used its inherent sense of style to create a series of mesmerizing scenes in each picture.

The older and more experienced Sergio Leone grew, the more operatic his choreography, editing, and framing choices became, resulting in some of the most memorable action scenes ever captured on film. It's true that Sergio never quite mastered dialogue scenes, but when you're a literal master of dreaming up pulse-pounding action sequences, sometimes it's a good idea to stick to what you do best. Here are the ten best scenes in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns.

The Hat Duel Is Low Stakes But...

For a Few Dollars More (1965) begins with a lone rider on the twilit plain somewhere in America. A shot rings out, and the rider's limp body falls from the horse. Leone's grim, prefatory joke is a strikingly crass reminder -- for those who may have forgotten the central conceit of A Fistful of Dollars (1964) -- that life is worth only as much as the bounty ascribed to it. A hand-drawn gale whips across the cracked earth, forming the block-lettered credits, accompanied by Ennio Morricone's score, gravely sparse with jaw harp and whistle, peppered with gunshots. Leone took a shoestring budget and made a masterpiece of anarchic fury, so he's done something quite extraordinary for a few dollars more.

Before the bloody meal begins, an epigraph: "Where life had no value, death, sometimes, had its price. That is why the bounty killers appeared." The first bounty killer, or hunter,...

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!

Ben Cooper Costume Figures from Neca

As previewed at San Diego Comic-Con, Neca is adding four new characters to its Ben Cooper Costume action figure line: Alien‘s Xenomorph, Gremlins‘ Gizmo and Stripe, and Beetlejuice (based on the animated series).

Each 6″ toy is outfitted in retro-inspired soft goods clothing and comes with a trick or treat bag. They’re packaged in numbered window boxes. Due out in October, the set of four is available for $79.99.

Escape from New York Steelbook 4K Uhd from Scream Factory

Escape from New York will be released on SteelBook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray with artwork by Orlando Arocena on November 5 via Scream Factory. The 1981 post-apocalyptic action film been restored in...

John Carpenter's 1981 sci-fi film "Escape from New York" has a novel premise: in the distant future of 1997, crime skyrocketed 400%. Instead of stopping crime in New York City, the government merely built walls around the island of Manhattan and transformed the whole burg into a massive prison. There are no cops on the inside, and only armed guards — and mined bridges — keep people inside. Anyone who commits a major crime is dropped into New York and forced to fend for themselves.

Naturally, Air Force One is shot down, and the President's escape pod lands inside New York Prison. The president (Donald Pleasance) is trapped! The dangerous, eyepatch-sporting criminal Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) was recently apprehended for robbery and is offered an ultimatum by the smarmy Police Commissioner (Lee Van Cleef). Snake will have his record expunged if he agrees to break into New York and rescue the president. Also, as additional motivation,...

Quentin Tarantino reveals his pick for the best movie trilogy of all time, saying it "does what no other trilogy has ever been able to do." Tarantino is the director of movies such as Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood with an undecided tenth and final film on the way. In addition to being an acclaimed auteur, Tarantino is also a certified cinephile who frequently shares his unfettered opinions, having recently written an entire book on film criticism called Cinema Speculation.

Now, during a recent appearance on Bill Maher's Club Random Podcast, Tarantino revealed his pick for the best movie trilogy of all time A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Watch the portion of the video below, starting at the 12:36 minute mark:

Tarantino says the Dollars trilogy, also known...

Clint Eastwoods critically acclaimed Dollars Trilogy is coming to a streaming platform. The movies will arrive on Tubi on Sept. 1, giving Western fans the chance to watch the classic films.

The trilogy is perhaps most famous for launching Clint Eastwood's career as a leading man. Eastwood's portrayal of the Man with No Name became iconic, characterized by his stoic demeanor, sharp wit, and efficient gunplay. Alongside Eastwood, the films featured a strong supporting cast, including Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach, whose performances in For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, respectively, are particularly memorable.

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The Dollars Trilogy, directed by Sergio Leone, is one of the most iconic series in the history of cinema,...

Clint Eastwood's role in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly solidified his status as a Western genre icon. Lee Van Cleef's portrayal of the ruthless Angel Eyes added depth to the Spaghetti Western trilogy. Eli Wallach's comedic relief as Tuco balanced out the serious tone of the iconic film.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a standout film whose cast elevated it to greatness and is the third movie in Sergio Leones iconic Fistful of Dollars trilogy. The trilogy began with A Fistful of Dollars in 1964 and was followed up by For A Few Dollars More the next year before culminating with 1966s The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The films are part of the Spaghetti Western tradition, which was a subgenre of Westerns that used Italian teams to make American Western-genre films.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is arguably the...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly's deleted scenes add depth and significance to the characters and their interactions. The Extended Edition reveals important context and fixes plotholes, enhancing the viewer's understanding of the film. Each deleted scene showcases the intelligence and dynamics of the main characters, adding layers to the Western masterpiece.

When it comes to Westerns, Sergio Leone's 1966 masterpiece The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is often seen as one of the most influential movies of the genre. Quentin Tarantino has called it "the best-directed film of all time", with The Good, the Bad and the Ugly also featuring in Time Magazine's list of their greatest 100 movies (via Entertainment Weekly and Time). It stars Clint Eastwood as The Man With No Name Lee Van Cleef as Angel Eyes and Eli Wallach as Tuco Ramrez as the three hunt for a chest of gold.

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The Good, The Bad And The Ugly is not a sequel, but a standalone story in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy. Clint Eastwood's character, the Man With No Name, remains consistent across all three movies. The movie's success lies in its self-contained tale of treachery and retribution, negating the need for sequels.

1967s Spaghetti Western The Good, The Bad And The Ugly is often listed as a sequel to two earlier movies, but this is a confusing misnomer. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly stars Clint Eastwood as the Man With No Name, an amoral drifter searching for a cache of treasure during the American Civil War. Eastwoods protagonist works alongside Eli Wallachs duplicitous Tuco as he attempts to unearth the treasure, while Lee Van Cleef's terrifying villain Angel Eyes is hot on the pairs trail. The Good, The Bad And The Uglys ending sees the trio face off.

The inaccuracies in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly's gunfight do not diminish its quality or impact on audiences. The film's climactic gunfight is crucial to the story and character development, despite being historically inaccurate. The Western genre classic revitalized by the film's dramatic tension and iconic gunfight outweighs historical inaccuracies.

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly is one of Clint Eastwood's best movies, in large part because of a historically inaccurate scene. This film, which is the third in a trilogy about life in the Wild West during the Civil War, is widely considered to be one of the best Westerns ever made. It revolves around three gunslingers looking for treasure in the war-torn American Southwest. The meaning behind the title of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is far deeper than those being the nicknames of the three main characters, which adds to its depth.

A Wild West expert critiques The Good, the Bad and the Ugly shootout for perpetuating inaccurate gunfighter myths. Leone's masterpiece deliberately mythologizes the Old West, creating memorable, yet unrealistic gunfights. Despite the lack of realism, the film's power is undeniable, and its influence on the Western genre is still strong today.

A Wild West expert breaks down Clint Eastwoods The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ending shootout, highlighting the greatest myth of the Old West. Sergio Leone changed Western movies forever with his "The Man With No Name trilogy, capped by his 1967 masterpiece starring Eastwood as a gunfighter on the trail of hidden gold. In a film full of iconic moments, none is more famous than the climactic three-way graveyard shootout pitting Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach against each other, to the strains of Ennio Morricones unforgettable score.

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The Western genre is as old as cinema itself, as early gunslinger films became popular at the very beginning of the 20th century within the silent era. Although the Western took off in earnest in 1939 thanks to the success of John Fords masterpiece Stagecoach, it hit its peak in the subsequent decades due to the star appeal of actors like Gary Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Burt Lancaster, among others. There was a brief time when the Western genre could be consistently relied upon to be successful at the box office.

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly film explores complex character dynamics in a changing Western landscape. The title reflects the morally suggestive roles of the iconic characters, challenging traditional hero stereotypes. The film's enduring impact is seen in how the phrase "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" has entered popular language.

Sergio Leones iconic Spaghetti Western The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly has a more complex meaning beyond its surface title. Widely considered to be the definitive Western movie, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly was released in 1966. This was a low point in Hollywood when Americans, according to critic Christopher Frayling, were "bored with an exhausted Hollywood genre." (Archive.org) Something had to bring back those exhausted audiences and Leone was the filmmaker for the job, creating a grandiose, gunslinging masterpiece thats as much a satire of the genre as its indulgent in its conventions.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2 was planned but never materialized due to a reported rift between screenwriter Luciano Vincenzoni and director Sergio Leone. The sequel could have been set 20 years after the original, with Clint Eastwood potentially returning to narrate the film. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was part of the Dollars Trilogy, though the trilogy marketing gimmick was not intended by Leone.

Known as the quintessential spaghetti Western, Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly never received a sequel. While it may come as a surprise that The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2 never came to fruition, the 1966 film still has quite an enduring legacy. Starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Cleef as "the Bad", and Eli Wallach as "the Ugly," The Good, the Bad and the Ugly's filming locations were mostly centered in Spain a hallmark of a sub-genre...

This July, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment with a sequel of a beloved film like My Spy titled The Eternal City and an animated sequel series to the comedy gold, which was the Sausage Party film titled Foodtopia. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 7 best films that are coming to Prime Video in July 2024 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Animal House (July 1)

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%

National Lampoon’s Animal House is a classic comedy-drama film directed by John Landis from a screenplay co-written by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, and Chris Miller. Inspired by National Lampoon stories written by Matty Simmons and Ivan Reitman, the 1978 film follows the story of freshmen Larry and Kent as they join a troublemaking...

Clint Eastwood was already established and older than expected when he starred in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Most of Eastwood's iconic Westerns were Spaghetti Westerns, known for graphic violence and moral ambiguity. Blondie in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is still Clint Eastwood's defining and most iconic performance.

While The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly might be Clint Eastwoods most famous role, the actor was already both established and older than viewers might assume by the time he starred in the Spaghetti Western. As an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has had the unique privilege of starring in three distinct eras of the Western genre. As a young emerging actor in the 1950s, Eastwood appeared in Technicolor Westerns such as Star in the Dust and Ambush at Cimarron Pass. Rawhide cemented the actors status as a genre mainstay, but he soon helped revolutionize the Western's image.

Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was filmed in Spain, which provided authentic stand-ins for the American West. Spain's stunning landscape served as the backdrop for the film's iconic cemetery showdown. The definitive spaghetti Western, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly makes great use of its on-location settings.

Directed by Sergio Leone, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a quintessential spaghetti Western film. Like other films in the popular genre, the 1966 epic was mostly filmed on location in various European countries. Although The Good, the Bad and the Ugly's filming locations aren't actually in the American West, Leone's classic captures a striking authenticity. Led by Western movie star Clint Eastwood as "the Good," Lee Van Cleef as "the Bad," and Eli Wallach as "the Ugly," the film sees the three titular gunslingers fighting over a buried cache of Confederate gold during the American Civil War.

The phrase The Good, the Bad and the Ugly has come to mean more than its origin, in Sergio Leone's legendary Spaghetti Western, where it referred to the three main characters. The Good is Blondie (Clint Eastwood), the most morally honorable figure, the Bad is Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef) the despicable villain, and the Ugly is Tuco (Eli Wallach), the most morally complex of the 3. He exists in the middle of the spectrum, the most "normal" of the 3, even though he does some terrible things. What's your interpretation of the title?In the original releases Italian, the film title was Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo, i.e., The Good, The Ugly, The Bad. Putting good and bad at opposite ends makes sense, of course. But putting ugly in the middle suggests that this is a sort of moral continuum, with an aesthetic dimension: splitting the difference between...

The premise of John Carpenter's 1981 science fiction film "Escape from New York" is the stuff of drive-in dreams. In the near future of 1997, crime will skyrocket and New York City will become so overrun with lawlessness that the government will simply wall off the entire island of Manhattan and turn it into a massive, no-rules penitentiary. When Air Force One is shot down by political dissidents (!), the President evacuates in an escape pod that lands right in the middle of New York Prison. In order to rescue him, the government (represented by Lee Van Cleef) hires a grizzled, indifferent badass named Snake (Kurt Russell) to infiltrate the prison, find the President (Donald Pleasance), and ... escape from New York. It's B-movie gold.

While traversing the ruined streets of a futuristic New York, Snake invariably runs afoul of the gangs and warlords who have risen to power on the inside. He...