“Magnificent Seven” Falls Short of Its Titular Aspirations, Yet Gets the Job Done

[Note: This review will also appear on Film Festival Today, and when it does, I will link to it here.] Magnificent Seven (Antoine Fuqua, 2016) Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa released his nearly three-and-a-half-hour epic Seven Samurai in 1954. Six years later, American director John Sturges helmed a Hollywood adaptation – at only two hours and eight minutes, … Continue reading “Magnificent Seven” Falls Short of Its Titular Aspirations, Yet Gets the Job Done