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This page is an Archive for entries on the Main Page blog. Also check out our Focus Film Archive.

Contents 1 November 2009 2 October 2009 3 September 2009 4 August 2009 5 July 2009 6 June 2009 7 May 2009 8 April 2009 9 March 2009 10 February 2009 11 January 2009 12 December 2008 13 November 2008 14 October 2008 15 September 2008 16 August 2008 17 July 2008 18 June 2008 19 May 2008 20 April 2008 21 March 2008 22 February 2008 23 January 2008 24 2007 24.1 December 2007 24.2 November 2007 24.3 October 2007 24.4 September 2007 24.5 August 2007

November 2009

• Nov 26 - Review - Halleluja for a couple of fists! Some thoughts on Boot Hill.
• Nov 19 - Review - Dorado Films has another release, Django Shoots First, starring Glenn Saxson and Fernando Sancho. Lordradish has a review.
• Nov 15 - Is it Samson and is he a judo expert? Read all about in the The Man from Oklahoma Review
• Nov 14 - Review - Yet another undeservedly hidden gem reviewed. Sonora Review
• Nov 10 - News - Koch Media announces the long-awaited release of IL MERCENARIO (aka A Professional Gun) on DVD for January 29, 2010. And happy birthay Ennio Morricone (81)!
• Nov 08 - Review - We went to Turkey and came back with a review of Vur
• Nov 04 - Essay - There’s a text of a little over 5000 words available; take your time, and enjoy: GHOSTS AND AVENGERS, from Shakespeare & Leone, to Eastwood & Garrone
• Nov 03 - Review - Dorado Films has just released an excellent restoration of Gatling Gun, starring Robert Woods. Lordradish has a review: Dorado's new release of Gatling Gun

October 2009

• Oct 30 - News - Our friends at Fistfuloflocations.com have added many cool new features. Check it out!
• Oct 29 - Review - The best Spaghetti Paella you've never heard of. The Boldest Job in the West Review
• Oct 22 - Join SWDB fans from all around the globe on our official Facebook group (which has been slightly overhauled)!
• Oct 21 - A Dutch Treat, a review of a modern western in classic style: Appaloosa Enjoy!
• Oct 19 - Review - It's Hidden Gem time again with a review of Giovanni Fago's One More to Hell Review
• Oct 14 - Review - Routine Spaghetti fun with a sadistic twist. Sartana Kills Them All Review
• Oct 11 - Review - See Sabata with a bowler hat, Sartana on a bike, and Lolita's lover in: Bad Man's River
• Oct 10 - Review - One of Cardone's less seen westerns gets some attention. A Wrath of God Review is now up.
• Oct 09 - Review - A negative review of an ambitious film. In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Colt Review
• Oct 06 - Review - A worthy attempt at something different but do they pull it off? find out in the Brothers Blue Review

September 2009

• (Sept 30) - Review - A new reviewer enters the fray and he's no I...I...Idiot. Check out his take on Preparati la Bara!
• (Sept 29) - WAI - Scanned vintage (Double) Issue #3 (Volume1/Number 3 & 4) of Westerns All'Italiana is now available for download as PDF!
• (Sept 28) - News - Koch Media announced three DVD titles for December, they are The Last Killer, Nebraska Jim and Three Bullets for Ringo - as well as Silver Saddle on BluRay.
• (Sept 27) - Deutsch - Trifft Giuseppe Vari mit Ein Loch in der Stirn die Kugel in den Kopf?
• (Sept 27) - Review - Summer is over ... leaves start falling ... Django, the Last Killer has arrived!
• (Sept 22) - WAI - Vintage issue number 2 of Westerns... All'Italiana! now available for download!
• (Sept 13) - Review - If you want coherent atmosphere, look elsewhere. If you want good, post Twilight, Spaghetti fun, look no further than the Tex and the Lord of the Deep Review
• (Sept 11) - Review - And now for something completely different: No Name in an American Zapata western, filmed in Mexico: Two Mules for Sister Sara
• (Sept 5) - Review - A review for our Robert Woods focus: Pray to God and Dig Your Grave
• (Sept 3) - Review - At the start of a new season, Scherpschutter's review of Fifteen Scaffolds for a Killer has arrived

August 2009

• (Aug 31) - Deutsch - Und noch die letzte der Koch Media DVDs rezensiert: Hasse deinen Nächsten DVD Review
• (Aug 24) - Deutsch - Viel Spass beim Lesen: Sancho - Dich küsst der Tod DVD Review
• (Aug 23) - A Dutch site offers us a review of a little-known, but very interesting Civil War western: A Time for Killing
• (Aug 18) - Review - After some time off, Korano gives us the Chino Review
• (Aug 16) - Review- After his holidays in Belgium fell through, Scherpschutter went to Almeria to judge the ersatz spaghetti western El Condor
• (Aug 11) - WAI - Our effort to scan all old issues of Westerns... All'Italiana! is under way! Download the very first issue now.
• (Aug 7) - Pete takes a look at the new MYA Communication DVD release of Arizona Colt Returns.
• (Aug 6) - Review - Cjamango, one of Koch Media's latest releases gets a review from Phil H here.
• (Aug 4) - update - Double check if your collection contains the classics: browse our Blue Underground Spaghetti Western DVD catalog!
• (Aug 3) - DVD review - A review of Wild East's excellent Don't Turn The Other Cheek DVD is now available.
• (Aug 2) - Deutsch - Django - Kreuze im blutigen Sand, ebenfalls eine neue Koch Media DVD Veröffentlichung, rezensiert.
• (Aug 1) - Deutsch - Knie Nieder und Friss Staub, neue Koch Media Veröffentlichung in der DVD Rezension!
• ROBERT WOODS SPECIAL - To your right, we're presenting a few exlusive features on Robert Woods, enjoy. Click here to see our previous special.

July 2009

• (July 31) - WAI - The summer issue (no. 75) of Westerns, All'Italiana! is available for download as PDF!
• (July 31) - DVD Review - A second closer look at Dorado Films' Three Musketeers.. DVD
• (July 26) - Review - Scherpschutter's thoughts on the mystic Requiem for a Gringo/Duel in the Eclipse are now available
• (July 21) - Review - Bad Lieutenant's thoughts on They Came to Kill Sartana available Review here.
• (July 18) - Reviews - The rest of the world makes a series of guest appearances with three short reviews: Cannon for Cordoba, Villa Rides and Shalako
• (July 14) - DVD Review - An English language review of the Koch Media Silver Saddle DVD is now available
• (Jul 10) - update - The Spaghetti Western Database is part of a "coalition" of websites supported by the "3FF". This "CineCoalition" brings genre and cult film websites closer to their fans. notice the black bar on top of this website! Spread the word, explore!
• (July 8) - Review - Scherpschutter's thoughts on the 'last spaghetti western' Silver Saddle are now available
• (July 4) - Review - An obscure movie has been reviewed by Scherpschutter: Il Lungo Giorno del Massacro (The Long Day of the Massacre)
• (July 3) - DVD news - Koch Media's latest releases are now available. They are the sinister "At The End of the Rainbow" (the awesome US title), "Hate Thy Neighbor" by Baldi, and the long-awaited "Cjamango", all part of Koch's rainbow-colored collection.
• (July 02) - Review - A Mexican gunslinging hero. My Name is Pecos gets a long overdue review from Phil H.

June 2009

• (June 26) - Review - Phil H gives his take on Antonio Margheriti's gothic revenge western. Check out his Vengeance review
• (June 22) - Review - Another review of the dark and bleak Black Jack, this time by Durango/Silence.
• (June 20) - Review - Those Dirty Dogs gets a less than positive review from Phil H. Feel free to agree or disagree here
• (June 13) - Article - 3 different films. Some Good. Some Bad. The Colizzi Trilogy
• (June 11) - Review - The oddest and most cartoonish of all spaghetti westerns has been reviewed by Scherpschutter: Starblack Review
• (June 8) - DVD Review - A short Mini DVD review of Django the Bastard by Durango/Silence added.
• (June 4) - Review - Last Western made by Corbucci now online. The White, the Yellow, and the Black Review
• (June 3) - Review - A review of I Want Him Dead by Phil H is now available.

May 2009

• (May 29) - Review - Available now, Scherpschutter's vision on the obscure May God forgive you... I won't
• (May 24) - DEUTSCH - Vorab-Kritik zu Koch Medias lange erwarteter DVD-Veroeffentlichung von NAVAJO JOE! In den Läden ab dem 29. Mai! Rezension lesen.
• (May 23) - Review - As promised, a new review of a later Corbucci Western: What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution Review
• (May 21) - A lot of focus on Giovanni Fago's O' Cangaceiro : a review accompanied by notes on the Brazilian Cangaço movies and the historic Cangaceiros
• (May 14) - Review - New review of Sergio Corbucci's flawed but cool Bonnie and Clyde Spaghetti. Sonny and Jed Review. Reviews of Corbucci's What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution and The White, the Yellow, and the Black, Soon to follow.
• (May 12) - Review - Scherpschutter has reviewed The Price of Power. And if you're all good boys & girls, Mr. Ambrose Bierce will read you a story.
• (May 10) - Article - LankyFellow & Scherpschutter have written an article on a cinema with a great history: Cinemas of your Hometown - Universum, Kaiserslautern. You'll also learn why the 4th of July is a special day to Germans too.
• (May 6) - DVD news - Koch Media has officially announced the forthcoming Navajo Joe DVD release in a press release. The movie will be released in all its Koch Media goodness on May 29, click here for a DVD overview.
• (May 3) - Book Review - Phil H reviews Alex Cox's newly released book 10,000 Ways To Die. A chronological study of the Spaghetti Western through the professional and personal eyes of a film maker.
• (May 2) - Review - Scherpschutter's review on Alive or preferably Dead a comedy with Giuliano Gemma and boxing champ Nino Benvenuti is now available
• (May 1) - DVD Review - Lordradish has a review of Dorado Films' release of the Bruno Corbucci comedy, The Three Musketeers of the West DVD Review (Dorado Films), which comes out on May 19th.

April 2009

• (Apr 30) - With Alex Cox's new book on the genre ready for release the maverick film maker gives us his own personal Top 20 Spaghetti Westerns. Check them out here (more on his book here).
• (Apr 29) - Article - Scherpschutter shows you where he caught the spaghetti fever a long time ago : Cinemas of your Hometown - Eindhoven
• (Apr 23) - With more DVD releases than a fan can afford, this is the year of Navajo Joe: an extended and revised review is now avaible Navajo Joe Review (Scherpschutter) - also available is a review of the new French DVD: Navajo Joe DVD Review (Wild Side)
• (April 20) - Reviews - A double bill for you guys. Two reviews of episodically structured vengeance flicks. Death Sentence Review | Vengeance Review
• (April 14) - Alternative Top 20 - Based on all the votes cast so far the Alternative Top 20 is now up. If you're looking to go 'beyond Leone' this is the place to start!
• (Apr 12) - Review - Scherpschutter has finally reviewed - on special request - Vengeance is Mine
• (Apr 12) - WAI - Happy Easter everyone! The easter bunny put a little egg in the shape of the latest Spring Issue of Westerns... All'Italiana! Fanzine. Number 74 is now available as a PDF download, while Sebastian is still working on finding a quick way to make a whole mountain of old issues available digitally.
• (Apr 06) - Review - Durango (Silence) has written his first real review now, which is of Django sfida Sartana.
• (Apr 05) - DVD Review - One more for the Wild East DVD catalog: a review of their release of Fort Yuma Gold by Scherpschutter
• (Apr 04) - Review - Many hate it. I liked it. Will you? Find out. Vendetta at Dawn Review
• (Apr 02) - Review - DEUTSCH - Ist Mario Amendola seine Dollars als Regisseur wert? Viel Vergnügen beim Lesen des ausführlichen Reviews von Mein Leben hängt an einem Dollar.

March 2009

• (Mar 31) - DVD Review - One more page of the Wild East DVD catalog added: a review by Scherpschutter of their DVD of The Man from Nowhere
• (Mar 29) - DVD Review - An addition to the Wild East DVD catalog: Scherpschutter's DVD review of Pistoleros
• (Mar 29) - update - Our comprehensive Wild East DVD catalog got a little facelift. We are still looking for reviews of those DVDs where we don't have any reviews yet!
• (Mar 29) - comparison - All the RUN MAN RUN releases compared: DVD comparison
• (Mar 29) - DVD review - Deutsch - Koch bringt eine Neuauflage, lies warum es sich lohnt zuzugreifen: Lauf Um Dein Leben DVD Review‎
• (Mar 28) - Article - What would a Spaghetti site be without discussing The Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone
• (Mar 27) - DVD review - Wild East returns, and Sebastian hurried to write up the long awaited A Long Ride From Hell DVD review
• (Mar 27) - DVD news - Koch Media (full catalog) releases three new titles in their collection. A remastered version of Run Man, Run, and finally Return of Ringo and Silver Saddle. We'll try to have reviews as soon as possible, there are German reviews for the latter two titles already.
• (Mar 26) - Review - Reverend Danite's Forum review of Vengeance Trail will now grace our DataBase
• (Mar 25) - DVD review - DEUTSCH - Sebastian konnte sich auch beim zweiten Teil nicht mit Ringo und Co anfreunden, die DVD findet er dennoch Klasse. Vorabrezension! Ringo kommt zurück DVD Review
• (Mar 24) - Review - DEUTSCH - Mehr als nur ein Django-Verschnitt? Viel Spaß mit dem ausführlichen Review von Requiem für Django.
• (Mar 24) - Review - Scherpschutter's review of Garko's last performance as Sartana is up now: Light the Fuse... Sartana is coming Review
• (Mar 23) - Review - DEUTSCH - Ein deutsches Review von Alfonso Brescias Die Stunde der Aasgeier.
• (Mar 22) Thanks to a fruitful Dutch-Swedish collaboration, we have a brand new INTRODUCTION page now.
• (Mar 22) - DVD review - Deutsch - Vorab-Rezension der kommenden Koch Media Veröffentlichung, Silbersattel DVD Review
• (Mar 21) - BluRay - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is the first Spaghetti Western outside Italy that arrives on BluRay disc, the DVD's high definition successor format. Read about the release here, we are also working on an extensive BluRay overview page. More titles are announced. If you have BluRay equipment, please review this release for us
• (Mar 18) - Review- A review of China 9, Liberty 37 is up.
• (Mar 16) - Review - Robert Hossein's prototype of a Zapata western The Taste of Violence has been reviewed by Scherpschutter
• (Mar 11) - Article - Not a Spaghetti Western sub genre but a director. Read about The Spaghetti Westerns of Giulio Petroni
• (Mar 06) - DVD review - Was it worth the long wait? You be the judge, Sebastian FINALLY finished his Payment in Blood & Red Blood Yellow Gold DVD review, the double feature Wild East released last fall!
• (Mar 05) - Review - Two styles meet in this 'transition years' film. Phil H reviews In a Colt's Shadow
• (Mar 05) - DVD review - DEUTSCH - Viel Vergnügen mit dem Sing mir das Lied der Rache DVD Review !
• (Mar 02) - DVD news - Wild East is back! The New Yorkers are lining up new titles. First of the long awaited Long Ride from Hell (March 10), but there's also a Killer calibro 32 / The Price of Death double feature, the very rare Don't turn the other cheek! Check out the DVD catalog!
• (Mar 02) - Tutorial - Lordradish has added an easy tutorial explaining how to add a Youtube video to a SWDB entry. It's easy!: How to embed a Youtube video

February 2009

• (Mar 01) - Review - A hidden gem with poetic overtones is reviewed by Phil H: Challenge of McKenna
• (Feb 27) - review - A little known genre entry has been reviewed by Scherpschutter: Poker with Pistols
• (Feb 26) - article - Were the Italians the only ones making westerns in Spain? No. British "Spaghetti" Westerns.
• (Feb 25) - DVD review - DEUTSCH - Viel Spaß beim lesen: Zwei Himmelhunde im Wilden Westen DVD Review verfügbar!
• (Feb 18) - opinions - Silence/Durango has added new info to W Django!/Opinions.
• (Feb 18) - review - A Thunder Over El Paso Review by Bad Lieutenant is now available.
• (Feb 14) - reviews - This week you get two for the price of one with the twin reviews of two related movies: Kill the Wickeds and Matalo!
• (Feb 11) - review - The much talked about "kimchee" western in review: The Good, The Bad and the Weird
• (Feb 06) - review - The Sartana Saga continues with the I am Sartana, your Angel of Death Review
• (Feb 04) - article - Very Strange... Spaghetti Western Oddities by Korano
• (Feb 01) - feature film - We have chosen Machine Gun Killers as this month's focus film. The movie is also among Quentin Tarantino's Top 20. A review of the movie is also available here

January 2009

• (Jan 29) - review - Finally available, a review of The Fury of Johnny Kid
• (Jan 29) - article - Take a break from all the dark spaghettis and have a look at the Comedy Spaghetti Westerns
• (Jan 24) - review - One of Anthony Steffen's better westerns: A Stranger in Paso Bravo Review
• (Jan 18) - website update - Major technical upgrades have been performed on the SWDB. Please report any problems to us so we can fix them. Thank you and sorry any possible inconvenience.
• (Jan 16) - review - Was it after all a Brit who brought the western to Almeria and invented the Spaghetti Western ? Read all about it in the Tierra Brutal / The Savage Guns Review
• (Jan 14) - SWDB EXCLUSIVE - Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 favorite Spaghetti Westerns!
• (Jan 10) - review - Winnetou dies at the end of the third part of the trilogy, but death is not the end for this truly immortal hero: Winnetou III : The Desperado Trail Review
• (Jan 09) - review - Film review now posted of Killer Kid, read it here
• (Jan 07) - review - Ringo Revisited : Scherpschutter has revised his review of A Pistol for Ringo completely. Phil H's great review of Return of Ringo is of course still available too.
• (Jan 04) - review - A Karl May western has been reviewed: Rampage at Apache Wells / Der Ölprinz Review
• (Jan 01) - article - First article of the new year! Article covering the brilliant Mud and Blood Trilogy

December 2008

• (Dec 29) - review - We got a new review Comin' at Ya!
• (Dec 29) - DVD review - DEUTSCH - Sebastian hat auch die letzte der drei aktuellen Koch DVDs gesehen, guckst du hier: Eine Flut von Dollars DVD Review
• (Dec 24) - review - PHIL H is back in the saddle, his John il Bastardo Review is available now
• (Dec 24) - article - While 2008 comes to it's twilight hours, here is an article on the Twilight Spaghetti Westerns
• (Dec 15). Sebastian has started to re-organize and improve our gigantic Koch Media DVD catalog (yes, the guys that release the DVDs you can always buy without regret), while our official Facebook group has reached 100 members. Have you joined yet?
• (Dec 14): Issue #73 of Westerns... All'Italiana! has arrived. Happy downloading!
• (Dec 13). Deutsch. Sebastian's ehrlicher Geheimtip und Empfehlung des Jahres: Glut der Sonne DVD Review, Kochs Film Nummer 10.
• (Dec 12): A few more pages for Scherpschutter's book: Death Sentence Review. The German Koch Media DVD of this movie has also been reviewed: Django - Unbarmherzig wie die Sonne DVD Review
• (Dec 10): Pownce is shutting down so we do our blog and feed updates on twitter now. Check Twitter for more information.
• (Dec 10). Deutsch. Review der Koch DVD Nummer 12: Eine Pistole für Ringo DVD Review
• (Dec 09): Three new Koch Media DVDs released (there was a delay)! A Pistol for Ringo (Eine Pistole für Ringo), The Fury of Johnny Kid (Glut der Sonne) and The Hills Run Red (Eine Flut von Dollars). Reviews soon. Thanks for using our Amazon links, two of the three discs have English audio, the other has English subtitles (confirmed)!
• (Dec 6): Reverend Danite delivers a blue ribbon review of No Graves on Boot Hill
• Our preliminary Christmas shopping guide 2008 has been published. We welcome your feedback and wish you happy Xmas shopping!
• (Dec 3) Russians, bazookas, laxatives and much more in They Call Me Hallelujah Review
• (Dec 2) There's more than just nudity in The Specialists Review

November 2008

• (November 27) La carovana della violenza Review available for your reading pleasure.
• (November 27) A review of Giulio Petroni's long lost genre treasure has finally arrived: Night of the Serpent Review
• (November 23): NEW A review of the first East meets West to be released, Red Sun
• (November 19): NEW A review of the Communist western, Requiescant
• (November 16): DEUTSCH. Rezension von Koch Medias neuer Verflucht, Verdammt und Halleluja DVD online.
• (November 14):NEW A review of Giulio Petroni's very entertaining film, A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof
• (November 12) A Tempo di Massacro DVD Review is available now, with some notes on an interview (in Italian) with George Hilton, an extra on this release.
• (November 11): NEW Another review of the great Cemetery Without Crosses
• (November 10): Happy birthday, Ennio Morricone. Il maestro is turning 80 today! On his birthday, there's talk about him scoring Quentin Tarantino's new movie.
• (November 10) NEW : A review of the infamous Sartana in the Valley of Death
• (November 9): NEW : A film that was very important for the careers of Lucio Fulci, Franco Nero and George Hilton has now been reviewed: Massacre Time Review
• (November 4): Drummer of Vengeance Review available now.
• (November 2) The works on the KARL MAY movie series continues with the Old Surehand Review

October 2008

• (October 31): Rattler Kid mini review available.
• (October 29): According to a press release, the Koch Media release of Verflucht Verdammt und Halleluja (which is being release outside the collection) has been postponed to November 7. We already have the DVD and will present you with a review in two days. The three films Glut der Sonne, Eine Flut von Dollars and Eine Pistole fuer Ringo will be released December 5. Early Xmas for us fans.
• (October 28): Çeko review added. A kebab western that needs to be seen to be believed!
• (October 27): Due to the increasing amount of spaghetti westerns released by Thai distributor Triple X Film, work has started on their dvd catalog.
• (October 25): By popular demand, we now offer an RSS/Atom feed for the news blog. We're using POUNCE for this, so add us on Pounce or add our Pounce Feed. Questions? Post in the forum, but we're new at this as well.
• (October 24) NEW : It's Tony Anthony time on the SWDB - The Stranger Returns Review added to the database - also added to all reviews: a frame with links to all 'stranger pages'
• (October 19) SARTANA rides again: Gianni Garko has finally made it to the database
• (October 18) NEW : a 50's American Western made by the Italians in the 60's. Beyond the Law Review
• (October 17) It's SARTANA time : If you meet Sartana, pray for your Death Review available. More to follow!
• (October 13) NEW: Mannaja: A Man Called Blade Review finally arrived!
• (October 12) A great new review, with new points of view, of Four of the the Apocalypse available !
• (October 10) NEW: Finally arrived, a Review of Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django ! and a review of Wild East's DVD release of Ringo The Lone Rider!
• (October 9) NEW : The little-known Giuseppe Vari film, Thirteenth is a Judas review now available.
• (October 8) NEW : Gunmen vs. Samurai in Today We Kill...Tomorrow We Die Review
• (October 7) NEW : Matalo review available now The Stranger character page created Shoot the Living, Pray for the Dead Review added
• (October 6) NEW : The first ride of the Stanton gang: Have a Good Funeral, My Friend ... Sartana Will Pay Review
• (October 3) NEW : A Hole in the Forehead Review available now
• Our OCTOBER FOCUS FILM IS Dead Men Don't Make Shadows. Send in your reviews, post your comments, find pictures and other information. Thank you. Click here to vote for November!
• (October 2):Koch Media fireworks! Three releases announced for December (A Pistol for Ringo, The Hills Run Red and The Fury of Johnny Kid), but the real party starts in 2009 with Navajo Joe, The Mercenary (finally!!) and Return of Ringo. Man of the East will be released next week. Most of these MGM/UA titles are also released in the UK by Optimum.
• (October 1): NEW : Maverick & McCloud in spaghetti land? Yes sir! A Man Called Sledge Review available

September 2008

• (September 26): NEW : Actor's pages: Nicoletta Machiavelli has her own page now
• (September 24): Deutsch. Die aktuellste Auflage von KSM in der Kritik: Gott vergibt, Django nie! DVD Review. Ein Screenshot Vergleich wird nachgereicht.
• Broaden your horizon! We're bringing you non-Western reviews! Right here: Non-Western Corner
• (September 23) A review of Fidani's famous movie Era Sam Wallach... lo chiamavano 'così sia' now available in English
• (September 20) A Staff favourite, Taste of Death (Quanto costa morire) Review available now
• (September 15) NEW: Actor's pages: Fernando Sancho's page has been revised completely
• (September 13) A Dutch effort, a German VHS, a little known spagh unearthed: Shotgun (La Vendetta è mio perdono) Review
• (September 11): Giuliano 70 ! A review of one of his best films is now available: Long Days of Vengeance Review; the German X-Rated Kult DVD has also been reviewed: Der Lange Tag der Rache DVD Review
• (September 8): Work has started on various VHS back catalogs: Video Tape Center (Sweden), Key Video Production (Greece) and Sunrise Tapes (Netherlands)
  Catalogs for Dutch labels Video For Pleasure and Video Screen have been (nearly) completed.
• (September 7): The page "Actors by picture" plus subpages are updated in cases of design and clearness. Check them out and find the actor you are looking for - by picture.
• (September 6): SEPTEMBER FOCUS FILM: It is september and we need to edit another genre movie. This month's choice by you, the community, was Payment in blood. Feel free to add any new content. Also head to the Forum to vote for October here!
• (September 5): Giuliano 70 ! - We honour our hero with a special page: Giuliano Gemma
• (September 1): Wild East's Ringo the Lone Rider DVD (in a double feature with The Cobra, a Eurospy film) is available! We bring you a review soon.

August 2008

• (August 31) A review of a Staff Favourite and a Top 20 film available: Compañeros (Vamos a matar, Compañeros!) Review
• (August 25) NEW A review of one of Gianfranco Baldanello's oddities This Man Can't Die now available
• (August 21): We have updated our Hannie Caulder DVD review with remarks on the new German DVD
• (August 21): Deutsch. Brandneue Kaufempfehlung: In Einem Sattel Mit Dem Tod (Hannie Caulder) DVD Review
• (August 16): Deutsch. Savoy Films enttäuscht DVD Fans: Tex und das Geheimnis der Todeshöhlen DVD Review
• (August 14) NEW A little genre gem rescued from oblivion: The Ruthless Four (Ognuno per sé) Review added to the database
• (August 13): Deutsch. Spielfilmsender Tele 5 huldigt dem Italowestern, verlost 2 Karten für das Western von Gestern Event in Magdeburg und bringt Sebastians Almeria Reisebericht auf Deutsch. Lesen und einschalten. Dienstag ist Westerntag.
• (August 10): Deutsch. Masochisten aufgepasst: wir haben Kochs Nummer 7 angesehen: Für einen Sarg voller Dollars DVD Review
• (August 9): NEW The great Henry Silva show The Hills run red Review available

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

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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.