Category Archives: Theater Leone

Lone Wolf and Cub Double Feature: Sword of Vengeance/Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)

Very late in the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, in the middle of a desolate desert, one of the deadliest hired assassins in the world has his throat cut by the former Shogunate Executioner, Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo … Continue reading

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Double Feature: The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)/The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

Cowboys vs. dinosaurs! The idea was kicking around in stop-motion animator Willis O’Brien’s head for a while in the years following his seminal work on The Lost World (1925) and King Kong (1933). It was an appealing and original notion to … Continue reading

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Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)

The title is irresistible. If Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966) is ultimately a let-down, well, perhaps it’s because of the finale, in which Billy quick-draws on Dracula, and the bullets pass right through. Of course they do. And while … Continue reading

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