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If you count yourself a fan of Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood and additionally enjoy a good spaghetti Western, I have got a spot of good news for you, dear reader. What is this good news of which I speak? Well, here goes: A celebrated spaghetti Western is now free to stream, and would you believe that it stars Clint Eastwood in the lead role? Well, it does. If you haven’t already pieced it together, I’m talking about Sergio Leone’s lauded classic The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly amassed its fair share of controversy when it first played theaters in 1966. The film is unflinchingly violent. Though it may not be quite as spicy by modern standards, the flick is still plenty gritty.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, although too graphic for some back in its day, has something to say.

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.

At this point in their careers, Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua simply trust each other and it's not hard to see why. The pair's first collaboration, 2001's "Training Day" resulted in an Oscar win for Denzel, which considering this was the first movie in which the esteemed star played a villain, is a pretty good outcome — even more so when you consider Denzel's "Training Day" casting sparked so much controversy that he was warned against taking the role by the NAACP.

In the years that followed, Washington and Fuqua worked together multiple times, most notably on the "Equalizer" films which saw Washington going full John Wick-mode in a trilogy of action thrillers based on the 1985 CBS series. But "The Equalizer" and its sequels aren't the only Fuqua/Washington team-ups to come in the wake of "Training Day." In 2016, the director oversaw yet another Denzel Washington first with "The Magnificent Seven,...

1950s and '60s "Batman" comic books produced some of the most amusingly ridiculous storylines in the Dark Knight's history. At a time when science fiction was all the rage, the comics had transformed Bob Kane and Bill Finger's "weird figure of the dark" from 1939's "Detective Comics" #27 into a campy boy scout whose adventures involved fantastical villains, aliens, and space travel.

This was the era that gave us some of the most memorably absurd "Batman" covers yet, such as 1958's "Batman" #118, which featured a version of the Caped Crusader who while trapped in a water tank exclaimed, "Yes Robin, I've become a human fish!" Then, there was 1966's "Detective Comics" #356, which came adorned with a Boy Wonder shocked by the fact he was "turning into a coffin!" 1960's "Detective Comics" #282 saw Batman battle an "interplanetary rival" in the form of a "Krajan Cave-Eel" and 1959's "Batman...

Western movies have long entertained fans with high-stakes drama and action, and over the years, the genre has produced a long list of admirable heroes. However, for these heroes to thrive, the genre's greatest sharpshooters often need an equally impressive antagonist to overcome. A great Western villain is essential to the genre's storytelling, and in many cases, these characters leave their mark on the series from their first moments on screen.

Considering that first impressions often define a character’s core traits, Western villains have traditionally made an impact on viewers when established in a story and fundamentally shape the hero’s obstacles. Within the pantheon of great Western movie villains, some have come along and truly exceed an introduction and advance a film’s developing dramatic stakes.

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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.

Let it be stated up front: William Dozier's 1966 TV series "Batman" is not just the finest iteration of Bob Kane's and Bill Finger's superhero character, but it may be one of the best TV shows of all time. Using the outlandish trappings of superhero comics, "Batman" created nothing less than the wildest, most hilarious parody of conservative values in a generation. Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) were heroic, yes, but they were also unbearably square, drinking milk, going birdwatching, and supporting their local police to an unhealthy degree. We admired them and laughed at them at the same time. The show's many villains were free agents, whose villainy offered a refreshing element of chaos to the world. They were sexual, exciting, and had fun.

All of this was wrapped in a stylized, mannered, near-cartoon universe. Reality was tilted. The show purported to support heroism, but somehow,...

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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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.

Tuco and the...

Cinemas want you to pre-book your tickets. Historically, cinemas have also not made this job particularly easy.

It’s a difficult piece for me to write this, given that I love the cinema, and that picturehouses around the world are in such challenging times. I still contend though that sometimes, the modern multiplex can be its own worst enemy.

There’s a video down at the bottom of this post where I natter about this a little bit more, but my technically excellent local cinema, which I’ve been a patron of since the 1990s when it first opened, isn’t short of its annoying quirks. An unlimited pass that now has restrictions on which seat you can book, pic ‘n’ mix that lists the individual calories per sweet (can’t touch the stuff ever again now) and an Argos-style way of ordering your food and drink. On the (significant) plus side,...

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.

Comedy generally doesn't age as well as most other genres, but there are still some timeless classics from the Old Hollywood era that can make modern audiences laugh in the 21st century. Many of these older comedies have been recognized as some of the funniest movies of all time, since they have stood the test of time and entertained people for decades, and they're still funnier than the majority of new comedies.

Comedy requires a mutual understanding, so older movies often have dated references that lose their relevance over time. What can be even worse is if an older comedy has some topics that are seen in a poor light by modern standards. Changing social attitudes mean that people's senses of humor also change over time. Only the funniest and most universal Old Hollywood comedies manage to be just as popular these days.

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Hamlet’s first lion-based prequel has arrived in cinemas with less of a roar and more a meow – what the heck happened?

A prequel to the highest-grossing animated film of all time came out the weekend before Christmas, and it’s entirely possible you didn’t notice.

Not that Mufasa: The Lion King’s advertising campaign has been invisible. It’s not even been that small, in the grand scheme of things – any film which can get its name plastered on the side of a UK bus almost by definition has one of the 50 biggest marketing budgets of the year.

What it hasn’t been, though, is all-encompassing. Compared to Wicked, which Universal plugged with record-breaking numbers of brand partnerships and enough green paint to turn your average urban metropolis into the Emerald City, or Deadpool & Wolverine, which saw Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman set into a permanent crouch...

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...

Acclaimed director Nancy Meyers recently revealed shocking details about her 2006 film The Holiday. She revealed that she never meant for it to become a seasonal favorite. Meyers highlighted her surprise at the film’s strong Christmas ties during a “Hollywood Gold” podcast appearance.

“I never saw it as a holiday movie ever,” she claimed. “I know it’s called ‘The Holiday’ because they’re taking a holiday, but it could have been called that if it was in the summer.”

“The Holiday” stars Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black, and the late Eli Wallach. The story centers on two women who swap residences for Christmas to escape their relationship problems. While the holiday setting has become key to the film’s appeal, Meyers noted that her location selection was motivated by deeper concerns.

“I set it at Christmas because that can be lonely,” she told me. Meyers concentrated...

If the 2006 movie The Holiday is included on your must-watch holiday movie list, that actually wasn’t Nancy Meyers’ intention.

The writer-director recently revealed on the Hollywood Gold podcast that she “never ever saw it as a holiday movie ever in my life.”

“I know it’s called The Holiday because they’re taking a holiday, but it could have been called that if it was in the summer,” she said, adding that she “was a little shocked at how much Christmas was in it” after rewatching it the other day.

The rom-com stars Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black and the late Eli Wallach. It follows movie trailer editor Amanda, who lives in Los Angeles, and journalist Iris, who lives in Surrey, England. The two decide to swap houses for two weeks at Christmas, hoping to forget their troubled love lives; however, love finds them anyway.

“I never thought it would be,...

The Godfather Part III, the final chapter in Francis Ford Coppola’s epic Godfather trilogy, was given a wide theatrical release on December 25, 1990 – and as far as director Luca Guadagnino is concerned, that release date was the perfect choice for the film, as it happens to be his go-to choice for Christmas viewing.

When IndieWire asked Guadagnino what he likes to watch over the holidays, he replied, “[The Godfather Part III] is the best of the three for me. Part II is too perfect and The Godfather is too legendary. But Part III has the ambition of a man who did everything and the fragility of the man who is going toward this older part of his work and his life. And it’s full of this longing melancholy. The scene where Diane Keaton listens to her son sing at the party in the villa, where she wanders in her...

One of the most panned movies in the repertoire of the late, great Robin Williams has now been given a new appraisal by Academy Award nominee and Challengers director Luca Guadagnino. In an interview with Sight and Sound, the filmmaker jumped to the defense of Williams and director Francis Ford Coppola’s 1996 coming-of-age comedy-drama, Jack, which finds Williams playing a young boy who, due to a rare genetic condition, looks like a man in his mid-40s.

Perfectly suited to Williams’ unstoppable, infectious energy, and despite a performance that is equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking, Jack was savaged by critics upon release. The movie stands at just 17% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, with legendary film critic Rogert Ebert awarding Jack just 1 and a half stars and asking “Who was this movie made for?” Guadagnino, however, declares that Jack is nothing less than a masterpiece.

“Coppola’s films that...

Quick Links Mr. Freeze Deserves Redemption After Batman & Robin He Can Work in the Dcu or The Batman Epic Crime Saga Mr. Freeze’s Backstory Is Compelling Enough

While comic book adaptations initially focused on the heroes, the explosion of the genre has made room for other different types of stories, such as team-ups and villain-centric stories. Marvel Studios, DC and Sony have all produced projects focused on villains. Sony began with Venom, which led to films like Morbius and Kraven the Hunter. For Sony, its villain films have turned the Spider-Man foes more into anti-heroes instead of true villains. Not to mention, there have been no significant ties to Spider-Man. Marvel Studios' Agatha All Along was technically a follow-up of the WandaVision villain but it failed to take advantage of the concept fully. However, Avengers: Infinity War made Thanos the main villain of the film despite many other heroes appearing in the crossover event.

Mr. Freeze is widely considered to be one of Batman's greatest, and most tragic villains. The character was originally one of the more gimmicky antagonists in DC Comics, but it all turned around for him in the 1990s when he was revamped for Batman: The Animated Series. That revamp involved giving Victor Fries a tragic origin story that instantly made him a much deeper character, and earned him (and the show) recognition that he never had before.

It's such an iconic origin that many would think the character of Mr. Freeze was a consistent cast member when it came to the show's core roster of iconic villains. But one would be wrong. Come with me into a world where vengeance is a dish best served cold, and discover how little screen time Mr. Freeze received during his tenure on Batman: The Animated Series and how he still became one of its greatest ever characters.

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,...

Jude Law is set to topline Star Wars: Skeleton Crew next month alongside Kerry Condon, but one of his classics from nearly 20 years ago is making rounds on streaming after earning more than $200 million at the global box office. Law stars alongside Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet in The Holiday, the 2005 romantic comedy that has crept into the Prime Video top 10, currently sitting in the #10 spot. The film follows Amanda and Iris, a movie trailer editor and a journalist who swap houses for two weeks at Christmas in an attempt to forget their troubled lives until unexpected love changes everything. Jack Black and Eli Wallach also star in the film, which sits at a 51% score from critics and an 80% rating from general audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.

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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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 Good, The Bad and The Ugly quotes help cement the iconic Spaghetti Western in cinema history. It is not only one of the best Westerns ever made, but it also ranks highly in many "Greatest Movies Of All Time" lists and for good reason. Director Sergio Leone created an everlasting masterpiece in this final installment of the Dollars Trilogy. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly's script is terse, but it also includes quite a few great lines of dialogue, ranging from the humorous to the profound.

Credit has to be given to the screenplay team of Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Donati, and Furio Scapelli. The starring duo of Clint Eastwood (Blondie aka The Good) and Eli Wallach (Tuco aka The Ugly) also outdid themselves with their deliveries as the juiciest quotes are from conversations between these two. The dialogue and chemistry between the central characters are part of...

Some of the best villains in movie and TV history are just irredeemably evil. From Heath Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight, to Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds, many villains have no redeeming qualities, or chance at redemption. However, it is also often the case that the most compelling villains aren't those who are purely evil, but possess enough character depth and emotional nuance to make them worthy of a redemption arc.

Unfortunately, there are countless examples of villains in movies and TV who were never given the redemption arc they so desperately deserved. Sometimes, this may be due to narrative constraints, or an untimely death in the story. These villains are often some of the most tragic, because it is clear to audiences that they deserve redemption, but never got the chance to atone for their villainous deeds.

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Bob Yerkes, the acrobatic stunt performer who slid down a clock tower cable for Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future and hung around the Statue of Liberty under repair for Fred Ward in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, has died. He was 92.

Yerkes died Tuesday of natural causes in Northridge, Darlene Ava Williams, a stunt performer and one of his many mentees, announced.

The amiable Yerkes, who started out in the circus and was a skilled trapeze aerialist and tightrope walker, also plummeted from a helicopter through a roof in Breakout (1975), starring Charles Bronson.

“I was getting ready for the stunt and the guy said, ‘Break a Leg!,” and I broke them both,” he recalled in a 2017 interview. He said he also broke legs while working on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Her Alibi (1989), but, in a career that spanned eight decades, that was the extent of his serious injuries.

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...

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.

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Lauded as one of the greatest and most celebrated Westerns of the 20th century, the 1960 masterpiece The Magnificent Seven featured some of Tinseltown's most sought-after leading men, with big names like Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, and Charles Bronson headlining the exhilarating adaptation of the iconic Japanese epic. The sweeping picture features a group of misfit gunslingers as they are tasked with protecting a small Mexican village from violent bandits led by the villainous Calvera (Eli Wallach).

By the time The Magnificent Seven was released, Westerns were a certified staple on the silver screen and were fan-favorites among curious moviegoers, with the spellbinding flick becoming one of the revered entries in the "Golden Age of the Western...

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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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 Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is arguably the best Wayne/Stewart western, showcasing their unique on-screen chemistry and individual talents. How the West Was Won, a sprawling epic, features both Wayne and Stewart in a star-studded cast but lacks depth in exploring its themes. The Shootist serves as Wayne's poignant swansong, offering a powerful portrayal of an aging gunfighter and challenging his clean-cut hero image.

Throughout their legendary respective careers, John Wayne and James Stewart co-starred in three western movies together but which one was the best, and which one was the worst? Wayne and Stewart are two of the biggest names in Hollywood history. The former was John Fords muse; the latter was Alfred Hitchcocks. Wayne and Stewart were massive stars in the Golden Age, and they each represented something totally different. Wayne stood for the American ideal the gun-toting hero who doesnt hesitate to spring into action...

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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Less than a year after winning her seventh career Emmy for producing her own birthday special, “90 Years of Laughter + Love,” Carol Burnett is on the verge of making even more TV academy history. Having just secured a Best Comedy Supporting Actress nomination for Apple TV+’s “Palm Royale,” she has a clear shot at not only conquering her fifth unique Emmy category but also becoming the organization’s very first nonagenarian acting champion.

Set in 1969, “Palm Royale” is the first non-sketch series on which Burnett has ever played a regular role. She appears throughout the inaugural season as Norma Dellacorte, an initially comatose Florida socialite who, like all of the women in her circle, harbors some rather heavy secrets. The show is up for a total of 11 Emmys, including Best Comedy Series and Actress (Kristen Wiig).

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This article contains spoilers from House of the Dragon season 2, episode 7, "The Red Sowing."

The House of the Dragon director explains how the opening scene with Rhaenyra and Addam comes from Western tropes but with dragons. Despite the standoff, Addam quickly pledged his loyalty to Rhaenyra, which became a critical shift for the Queen. Both Addam and Rhaenyra have a lot in common as they face societal challenges and the need to prove their critics wrong.

House of the Dragon director Loni Peristere explains the cinematic origins behind the opening scene in season 2, episode 7, "The Red Sowing." The scene features Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) facing Addam of Hull (Clinton Liberty) on a beach, with their respective dragons behind each other, after she learns that the shipwright has become a dragonrider. The initial caution Rhaenyra and Addam display builds to a triumphant ending, in which Addam pledges his loyalty to Rhaenyra,...

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.

That shootout scene may indeed be one of the greatest in movie history,...

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...

The 1962 Western film "How the West Was Won" showcased a star-studded ensemble cast, including John Wayne, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, and Debbie Reynolds. The movie's unique structure featured five different stories following the Prescott family, allowing each actor to have their moment to shine. "How the West Was Won" was a major success, grossing $50 million on a $15 million budget, and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning three.

A 1962 Western put together an impressive cast that elevated the film and made it an instant classic that would also become a box office champion and a critically acclaimed hit. Casting has always been one major factor in a movie's success, not just in terms of what the actors can deliver, but also the star power that comes with them. It was no different for Westerns, a genre that shaped some of the greatest actors of all time. Likewise, the works of actors like John Wayne,...

John Sturges' "The Magnificent Seven" is one of the best Westerns of all time. We are bound by the Unspoken Rules of the Internet to acknowledge that the film is a loose remake of Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai," and Kurosawa himself found it "disappointing, but entertaining." With all due respect to the Japanese master, though, "The Magnificent Seven" is a banger. Led by a stalwart cast that serves as a who's who of 1960s manly men, including Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Horst Buchholz, Brad Dexter, and Charles Bronson, the plot follows a small Mexican village that's being terrorized by a gang of bandits led by a guy named Calvera, played Eli Wallach. With their backs against the wall, the villagers decide to hire a group of seven gunslingers to protect them, and the stage is set for an inevitable showdown.

Brynner and McQueen butted heads behind the scenes,...

Anthea Sylbert, an Oscar-nominated costume designer who worked on some of the signature films of the late 1960s and 1970s, including “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Carnal Knowledge,” “Chinatown,” “Shampoo,” “Julia” and “King Kong,” and a producer later in her career on a number of films starring Goldie Hawn, has died. She was 84.

Her death was confirmed by Robert Romanus, her stepson.

Sylbert, subject of a forthcoming documentary by Sakis Lalas titled “Anthea Sylbert: My Life in 3 Acts,” also served as an executive at United Artists and Warner Bros., at a time when there were few women in the C-suites of Hollywood. She also worked repeatedly with director Mike Nichols, both onscreen and onstage, and was Oscar-nominated for her costuming on period films “Chinatown” (1974) and “Julia” (1977).

Assessing Sylbert’s work on “Chinatown,” GlamAmor, a website dedicated to the history of fashion in film, said in 2012: “Sylbert crafted clothes for Faye Dunaway that...

Anthea Sylbert, the two-time Oscar-nominated costume designer who worked on Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown, Carnal Knowledge, Shampoo and Julia before becoming a studio executive and producer, has died. She was 84.

Sylbert died Tuesday in Skiathos, Greece, director Sakis Lalas told The Hollywood Reporter. Lalas just finished a documentary about Sylbert titled, My Life in 3 Acts.

Sylbert partnered with two-time Oscar-winning production Richard Sylbert on eight films and with his twin brother, Paul Sylbert — her first husband and another Oscar-winning production designer — on another three.

“Paul is the more bitter, more angry of the two,” she told Peter Biskind in 1993. “Someone once put it this way: Dick is more of a diplomat. He will put the ice pick somewhere in your back, you’re not quite sure, and you sort of feel tickled; Paul, while facing you, sticks it in your gut. I always used to think that if you put them together,...

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...

Less than a year after winning her seventh career Emmy for co-producing her own birthday special, “90 Years of Laughter + Love,” Carol Burnett is preparing to make even more TV academy history. The small screen legend is on the verge of earning her first Best Comedy Supporting Actress nomination for Apple TV+’s “Palm Royale,” which would also be her first bid for a regular role on a non-sketch series. If she succeeds on this possible outing, she will set a new record as the first nonagenarian winner of any acting Emmy.

Set in 1969, “Palm Royale” features Burnett in the role of Norma Dellacorte, an initially comatose Florida socialite who, like all of the women in her circle, harbors some rather heavy secrets. Although she has so far been exclusively credited as a special guest star on the show, she does not presently qualify for guest category placement since she appears...

When Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni were writing the screenplay for their 1954 epic "Seven Samurai," they couldn't have predicted its lasting influence on cinema. Not only did Kurosawa's masterful direction alter and revolutionize the way action sequences would be shot, but the premise became a reliable and lasting template that multiple other filmmakers would employ in the ensuing decades. For those unlucky enough to have never seen "Seven Samurai," the setup is simple: a remote farming village is regularly looted by passing bandits, leaving them destitute. Unable to withstand another attack, the villagers gather up their modest means and hire seven rogue samurai to protect them. The samurai know that the job won't pay, but each one has their own reasons for joining the cause. Using their cunning and limited means, the samurai repel the bandit attack.

Most recently, the "Seven Samurai" premise was transposed onto Zack Snyder's "Rebel Moon.