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August 2008
still on the Main Page
July 2008
- (July 31): Quentin Tarantino about the SWDB on Youtube (edited video from 2007)
- (July 29) NEW The final part of Ferroni's loose Gemma trilogy is now up: Wanted Review
- (July 24) A staff favourite: The Forgotten Pistolero Review added to the database
- (July 22): Deutsch. Koch Medias Film Nr. 8 im Test: Der Ritt nach Alamo DVD Review
- (July 21) NEW A rare one: Dig Your Grave Friend, Sabata is Coming Review now available
- (July 19) NEW Get a Coffin Ready ! / Viva Django! Review now available
- (July 18): Deutsch. Als erste der drei neuen Koch Media Releases haben wir ein Der Letzte Zug nach Durango DVD Review zum lesen, staunen und einkaufen!
- (July 15): The SWDB is now also an affiliate of Movie Mail UK, an online retailer specializing in art and foreign film.
- (July 14) NEW on our July Focus Film a special Johnny Hamlet Shakespearian Review
- (July 12) : Available now, an expanded and fully revised Death Rides a Horse Review
- (July 12): Thanks to a kind donor, we have a new Adios Sabata DVD review for your reading pleasure.
- (July 10): Three new Koch Media releases out! Für einen Sarg voller Dollars, Der Ritt nach Alamo and Der letzte Zug nach Durango! Those are releases 7, 8 and 9 in the new Collection.
- (July 5) We Continue our journey through CORBUCCI land with The Hellbenders Review. Also up is The Great Silence Review.
- Our July Focus Film is Johnny Hamlet, Enzo G. Castellari's much praised film based on an idea by Sergio Corbucci and none other than William Shakespeare. Check out the film, add your thoughts and help us expand what we have. The second placed film in our poll will be next month's focus film so there's no vote for August for now.
- (July 1) NEW Comanche Blanco Review A review of one of the oddest Eurowesterns ever is now available. Also available in the Database, a slightly revised Bandidos Review
June 2008
- (June 27) NEW Seven Winchesters for a Massacre Review the first spaghetti western that Enzo G. Castellari directed all by himself, now available
- (June 23): DEUTSCH. Django - Sein Gesangbuch war der Colt DVD Review verfuegbar.
- (June 21): Rolling Roadshow Leone Edition Coverage is complete. Check out two articles, tons of pictures, videos and links.
- Help us review more DVDs, check out our Amazon.de Wishlist
- Our June Focus Film is Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin. Help us out with a story summary, film reviews, opinions, a DVD review, more information on the soundtrack, and more pictures for the picture gallery (more posters, mostly). Click here to vote for our July film.
- (June 17): We now have an Ocean Pictures DVD catalog (Brazil)
- (June 11): Sebastian finally got around to delivering a Red Sun UK DVD review, enjoy reading.
- (June 1): The SWDB is hiring new editors. Click here to read more and apply
May 2008
- (May 26): DEUTSCH. Saustarke Bildqualität, nachzulesen im Die Letzte Rechnung Zahlst Du Selbst DVD Review, frisch getippt ist halb gekauft!
- (May 22): Read our Navajo Joe DVD review, if you care for our opinion on MGM's new DVD release of the long-awaited cult film.
- (May 21): Work has started on an Global MGM DVD catalog to give you an overview of all releases by MGM worldwide.
- (May 17): Have a fistful of dollars to spare? If you like this website, you can donate a few bucks our way now, we have set up a Donate page (Du liebst diese Website? Eine Handvoll Euros spenden waere die beste Sache der Welt. Tausend dank. Klicke hier!) THANK YOU!
- (May 15): We have updated our Koch Media DVD catalog with covers and details of the next 3 summer releases.
- (May 14): Our last of a series of Wild East DVD reviews is a 3 Bullets for Ringo DVD review, enjoy reading and please please send us your feedback and post your comments in the forum. Also don't be afraid to send in or post your own reviews. We publish EVERYTHING. Promise.
- (May 13): Navajo Joe has been released on DVD today in the United States. This highly anticipated release features a remasted widescreen transfer and clean English audio. Make sure to order it using our links to show your support, and please post your comments and reviews. Click here to read more.
- (May 8): Alamo Drafthouse 2008 Rolling Roadshow screens Leone trilogy in Almeria. The event is free and open-air, get a chance to see these movies at their original location. Quentin Tarantino will attend and introduce a film, too. Click here for more info (and click here to discuss in our forums with others to team up for example)
- (May 7): DEUTSCH! Wir schliessen unsere Review Serie der Koch Italowestern Reihe ab mit einem Django - Die Geier stehen Schlange DVD Review
- (May 6): The Spaghetti Western Database is now offering DVD links to YesAsia.com for all available Japanese DVDs of the 2007 releases and also some of the Old Japanese releases
- (May 6): Read how extras on a DVD can steal the show! A fresh Kill Them All and Come Back Alone DVD review (Wild East release)
- (May 4): FOCUS FILM MAY 2008: Trinity is still my name. What we need: upgrade and update the dvd subpage (as it is on the Texas Adios page), add pictures (and upgrade the picture page), add opinions, add dvd reviews and full page movie reviews, add soundtrack information, maybe add some more links plus: are there links to the forum and related topics? All in all we need to refresh and update the movie page. Good luck, fellow deputies and cowboys.
- (May 4): DEUTSCH! Ein echte Rarität lag uns auf VHS vor und so kam es zum Abrechnung in Veracruz Review. An english translation is coming soon!
- (May 1): Issue 71 of the Westerns... All'Italiana! Fanzine is online! Check it out, download it and enjoy.
April 2008
- (Apr 28): DEUTSCH! Wir haben eine alte Marketing-Scheibe ausgekramt und beurteilt. Das Zum Abschied noch ein Totenhemd DVD Review für alle SWDB Fans!
- (Apr 23): DEUTSCH! Aus Koch Media's Italowestern Reihe haben wir einen weiteren Film rezensiert, nachzulesen unter Killer Kid DVD Review.
- (Apr 20): DEUTSCH! Corbuccis hartes Werk The Specialist endlich auf DVD und wir haben ein Fahrt zur Hölle ihr Halunken DVD Review für euch!
- (Apr 16): DEUTSCH! Und noch eine Rezension, diesmal knallhart geurteilt, in unserem Ein Stoßgebet für drei Kanonen DVD Review. SWDB Leser wissen mehr!
- (Apr 15): DEUTSCH! Brandneu aus der neuen Italowestern Reihe von Koch Media, unser Der Gehetzte der Sierra Madre DVD review. Und ab in den Einkaufswagen.
- (Apr 13): We now have an E-M-S DVD Katalog (German company)
- (Apr 10): SWDB.info's amazing easy search plugin is also working in Internet Explorer 7, click here to read how!
- (Apr 9): Sebastian returns from the Wild West with a fresh The Forgotten Pistolero & The Unholy Four (double feature) DVD review (Wild East).
- (Apr 4): Three new Koch Media releases: Der Gehetzte der Sierra Madre (The Big Gundown), Killer Kid and Django - Die Geier Stehen Schlange. The next four are announced for Summer 2008: Glut der Sonne, Der Letzte Zug nach Durango, Fuer einen Sarg voller Dollars and Der Ritt nach Alamo.
March 2008
- (Mar 15): New review of The Bounty Killer available
- (Mar 14): Now you can use a new Firefox search plugin to search the SWDB. Click here to read how!
- (Mar 13): Work has started on a New Entertainment World DVD Katalog (Germany) and a Global Video DVD Catalog (South Africa)
- (Mar 12): New German California DVD listed at Amazon.
- (Mar 9): New Hannie Caulder DVD review and film reviews of Days of Violence, The Mercenary and Bullets Don't Argue
- (Mar 1): March Focus Film: Three Bullets for Ringo What we need: Pictures, DVD Information, Reviews, Links, Soundtrack Information, Opinions. And we have a new version of our Browse All page, please send us your feedback. Do you find the movies you're looking for? If not, email us!
February 2008
- (Feb 24): The Spaghetti Western Database is now hosting the Westerns... All'Italiana! fanzine. We are still working out a few kinks but you can check it out and download the three latest issues as PDF files.
- (Feb 23): Three Bullets for Ringo available from Wild East.
- (Feb 20): Navajo Joe US DVD available for Pre-order at Amazon.com for under $10!
- (Feb 20): A set of new official web banners is available in our Links section for you to use in forum signatures or on your website. Thanks for linking to us!
January 2008
- (Jan 24): Work has started on a comprehensive X-Rated DVD catalog, the work is being complicated by a jungle of German distribution companies that keep changing their name and owner.
- (Jan 4): DEUTSCH. Neue DVD Kritik: Der letzte Mohikaner DVD review
2007
December 2007
- (Dec 30): DEUTSCH. Neue DVD Kritik verfuegbar von Zwei Wilde Companeros.
- (Dec 27): We have updated three DVD catalogs: our Koch Media DVD catalog with 3 new releases that you can buy this coming April, and two new catalogs: KSM (Germany) and Blue Underground (US)
- (Dec 19): Official christmas shopping guide is here! See what we recommend to put under the christmas tree!
- (Dec 1): December Focus Film: Arizona si scatenò... e li fece fuori tutti (Arizona Colt Returns/1970). Arizona and his sidekick Double Whiskey battle it out with the bandit Chico in this Spaghetti Western from Sergio Martino. Also stars Rosalba Neri, José Manuel Martín & Luis Barboo. Recently released in Germany on DVD by Koch Media and also in South-Africa by Global Video. We already offer basic cast info, a few pictures and ome DVD info but we need Synopsis/Story texts, Opinions, reviews, more pictures and links. Next month's focus film: Make a suggestion in the forum!
November 2007
- (Nov 17): New DVDs added (Germany): Django - Sein Gesangbuch war der Colt, Halleluja Companeros, Django - Die im Staub verrecken
- (Nov 12): We have finished out list of Staff favorites. Check out some lesser known spaghetti westerns that were picked by our staff!
- (Nov 1): New Koch Media DVDs (Germany): Toete Amigo (Review Deutsch), Yankee (Review Deutsch), Der Tod sagt Amen (Review Deutsch) and Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern, a documentary (Review Deutsch)
October 2007
- (Oct 8): Neue DVD Kritik: Friedhof ohne Kreuze DVD Review (Deutsch)
- (Oct 1): New DVDs: Vendetta at Dawn (Simpel Movie) (Review) | Cemetery Without Crosses (Anolis) | The Return of Ringo (SPO) | One Silver Dollar (SPO) | Day of Anger (SPO) | God's Gun (MGM)
September 2007
no news archived.
August 2007
- (Aug 20): Read our exclusive review of Bruckner's revised Spaghetti Western encyclopedia. Lesen Sie hier auch die deutsche Version der Buchkritik.
- Focus Film: Hate Thy Neighbor (Odia il prossimo tuo). Ferdinando Baldi's firm western starring George Eastman, Horst Frank and Nicoletta Machiavelli. Recently released on dvd by Wild East. What do we offer already?: Basic cast info, synopsis, some pictures What more do we need?: Opinions and (DVD) reviews, Pictures, Links, etc.
