The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent 7, 7 Stops on Nationale 7 with Yves Cuilleron

Serge the Concierge (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

For all good things in life, you need technique but above all you need love and passion to make what...

The Wednesday Westie(s)

STEVENHARTSITE (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

Call it The Magnificent Seven Minus Four.

Paul Wendkos, director

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

Born: 20 September, 1925, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: 12 November, 2009 in Malibu, California, aged 84.

• Paul Wendkos, director - Scotsman.com
• Paul Wendkos, Director of ‘Gidget’ Surfer Movies, Is Dead at 84 - New York Times

Birthday Suits: Deserve's Got Nothin' To Do With it

Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Celebrating the birthdays of the cinematic peoples daily. If you were born on 11/22 shout it out in the comments. How will you celebrate these fine folks, listed below? Scarlett, Mark and Mads 1920 Anne Crawford Israel born British actress of the 40s. Died when she was only 35. 1923 Arthur Hiller Canadian director. Oscar nominated for mega-hit Love Story (1970). Also known for comedies like The Out-of-Towners,...

A Sideways look, from East to West

The Independent (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Picture the scene: two bachelors decide to take a road trip round Californian vineyards to celebrate an impending marriage. One is a down-and-out writer, unlucky in love and a tad self-conscious; the other is a swaggering lothario, ignorant about wine but great with the ladies. The first wants to bond over Merlot; his affianced friend wants to hit Las Vegas.

Boom!

Getting The Message Out (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Boom! Like most guys I really like massive budget Hollywood action movies. I’d like to say it’s a ‘guilty pleasure’ but it isn’t really. I don’t feel remotely guilty about it. I like ridiculously impossible fights between deadly villains and gritty, lantern-jawed heroes. I like martial arts battles, dragon attacks, zombie incursions, superheroes, spectacular chases...

S is for Smoking

Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

I am of an age when I could, and did, go to the corner store, O'Leary's, when I was five years old and buy for my father a pack, or even a carton, of Winston cigarettes. Of course, I'm also old enough to have seen cigarette advertising on U.S. television, even featuring popular TV cartoon characters . They were insidious, those cigarette ad. Nearly 40 years after they were banned from the radio and...

Cinema Nairn: 29th November 2009

My Nairn (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

Cinema Nairn will be screening three films a week on Sunday: The Wizard of Oz The Magnificent Seven I know Where I’m going I’ve already added them to the blogroll (bottom right) so it’ll be interesting to see how this project rolls out. In the meantime, the BBC website gives them a bit of coverage, and especially covers the more [...]

Underdog Culture

Execupundit.com (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

From a classic Joe Queenan article : I like movies about underdogs as much as the next guy. This may be because my father was an underdog, as were two of my uncles, my cousin Francis, and a childhood friend who got hit by a bus. As a child I was infatuated by films like Shane (underdog farmers versus unscrupulous cattle ranchers), Gone With The Wind (dapper, underdog slavers fight the forces of virtue),...

'Gidget' Director Paul Wendkos dies at age 84

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

Paul Wendkos, who directed over 100 films and television shows during a 50-year career, including the 1959 surf movie "Gidget," has died. He was 84.

• "Gidget" director Paul Wendkos dies at age 84 - Denver Post
• Paul Wendkos dies at 84 - Variety.com
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The View From Man Bear Pig

SWJ Blog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009

The View From Man Bear Pig - Bing West, Westwrite. ... It was my third visit since April to rifle companies in northern and southern Afghanistan. In all, those visits included 40 to 50 shuras (meetings with village elders) and patrols. Some of those patrols stayed on the move for several days, and there were numerous small-arms engagements. In the field, I talked with about 500 American, British, and...

Director Wendkos Dies

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009

GIDGET director PAUL WENDKOS has died at the age of 84.The filmmaker, best known for his work on the 1959 surfing film starring Sandra Dee, passed away on Thursday...

• "Gidget" director Paul Wendkos dies at age 84 - Reuters
• ‘Gidget’ director Paul Wendkos dies at age 84 - MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines
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Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea (Audio)

Savvy Verse & Wit (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea on audio was a delight, especially with the voice and passion of Susan Ericksen. Nayeli is a young girl working in a taco shop in Tres Camarones, who continues to idolize her father that left her and her mother many years ago. Her home is under attack from bandits and drug dealers, but many residents have been abandoned by other men seeking the opportunities...

Dopey deserts the magnificent seven!

Derek and John's Epic Caper.... (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

The clue is in the name, Dark Knights Posse. And so it was a tadge surprising when the Ironman called off due to being drained of energy, or at least his batteries were. Perhaps he should have called on the Duracelll ! The Posse was seven in all with Santiago delayed due to work commitments, Knight Rider similary delayed. JuniorII was on The Bombproof Buggie tandem with Clyde (aka Rudolph resplendant...

Liverpool's very own Magnificent Seven Euromillions lottery winners

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

MERSEYSIDE’S new millionaires dubbed the ‘Magnificent Seven’ have been revealed.