Les Dalton
Synopsis: Joe and Averell are the eldest and youngest of the four Dalton brothers, the worst outlaws in Wild West history, whose criminal failures are such that their own mother […]
Tag Archives: Westerns
Lucky Luke (2009)
Synopsis: James Huth helms this live-action adaptation of the long-running Belgian comic book series — first published in the 1940s — that is equal parts homage to and a parody […]
Back to the Future Part III
Synopsis: “Your Future Is Whatever You Make It.” – Doc Brown They’ve saved the biggest trip for last as the most popular time-traveling movie trilogy ever comes to a rousing […]
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Synopsis: They Sold their Souls for the Treasure of the Sierra Madre John Huston won the Academy Award for writing and directing this powerful saga that pits gold and greed […]
High Noon
Synopsis: Gary Cooper won the Oscar for the Best Actor in this classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of righteous cowards in the greatest […]
How the West Was Won
Synopsis: With courage, sinew and conflict: that’s how the west was won. With three directors, five interlocked stories, some of movie history’s most legendary action scenes and a constellation of […]
Young Guns
Synopsis: Six of the hottest stars The year is 1878, Lincoln County, John Tunstall, a British ranch owner, hires six rebellious boys as “regulators” to protect his ranch against the […]
Cat Ballou
Synopsis: “A lark from beginningito end.” -NEW YORKER The sleeper hit of 1965, Cat Ballou was declared an instant classic when its sly blend of Western parody and rapid-fire action […]
High Plains Drifter
Synopsis: They’d never forget theiday he drifted into town. Clint Eastwood’s second film as director, High Plains Drifter returns the actor to his familiar scene of the Old West and […]
True Grit (2010)
Synopsis: True Grit is a powerful story of vengeance and valor set in an unforgiving and unpredictable frontier where justice is simple and mercy is rare. Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld), is […]
American Vampire, vol. 1
American Vampire, vol. 1, by Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque and Stephen King 8.0 It took me a couple of chapters to warm up to this book. I found the first chapter […]
Coogan’s Bluff
Synopsis: A Prisoner On The loose, A Cop Over The Edge. This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Them. Clint Eastwood stars as Walt Coogan, a soft-spoken, straightforward […]
C’era una volta il West
Synopsis: Sergio Leone’s original uncut masterpiece is a monumental epic. The picture itself is as big as its Monument Valley locations. As grand as it’s fine distinguished cast, and as […]
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