western

Uncovering Curiosities: Brent Christy’s THE WARRANT

The general belief is that the western is dead. Modern audiences haven’t embraced the genre in a long time and over the last decade or so there have been few big budget attempts at bringing the ‘Oater’ back to the masses. However, away [...]

September 25, 2021

Review: PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND With Nicolas Cage Is Nuts – In More Ways Than One

Please be aware that this review of Prisoners Of The Ghostland contains spoilers. Nicolas Cage himself has described Prisoners Of The Ghostland as ‘the wildest’ movie he’s ever made and that’s possibly very true – [...]

September 19, 2021

Behind The Scenes: John Wayne & John Ford On The Set Of THE SEARCHERS

Has there ever been filmmaking duo quite like John Wayne and John Ford? You could potentially argue a few pairings – but the Wayne and Ford partnership delivered 14 films between 1939 and 1963, leading to some of the best work of their [...]

September 16, 2021

Behind The Scenes: James Stewart, John Ford & John Wayne On The Set Of THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE

There are westerns and then there are John Ford westerns. The master of the genre, Ford’s films may have been set in the past, but they created a fictional Americana which stills echoes through the country’s culture today. [...]

September 1, 2021

Trailer & Poster For Western APACHE JUNCTION Starring Stuart Townsend, Trace Adkins & Thomas Jane

A western starring the mighty Thomas Jane. That’s all I need to know going into Apache Junction. The film from writer/director Jim Lee also stars Stuart Townsend, Trace Adkins, Scout Taylor-Compton, Ed Morrone and Victoria Pratt. Apache [...]

August 27, 2021

Teaser Trailer: Jane Campion’s THE POWER OF THE DOG Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons & Kodi Smit-McPhee

This teaser trailer for Jane Campion‘s The Power Of The Dog is a well cut mood piece (shame about the film’s terrible title). It doesn’t give much of the plot away, but it does pull you in with intrigue – which is what a [...]

August 26, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Gary Cooper, Fred Zinnemann & Grace Kelly On The Set Of HIGH NOON

With one of the greatest opening sequences in film history, High Noon kicks-off in an outstanding fashion and this 1952 film just gets better and better as it builds towards its climax. Director Fred Zinnemann delivers one of the great westerns [...]

August 15, 2021

Old West: Trailer For Clint Eastwood’s CRY MACHO

This trailer for Clint Eastwood‘s Cry Macho is great. It appears to be a true Clint Eastwood film in every sense and it seems to share similar DNA with two of his best (and most well-regarded) movies – Unforgiven and Gran Torino. Growing [...]

August 6, 2021

Behind The Scenes: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift & Howard Hawks On The Set Of RED RIVER

Red River follows John Wayne’s Thomas Dunson as he herds cattle on the notorious Chisholm Trail, along the Rio Grande. He is aided by adopted son Matthew (Montgomery Clift), who he met following the death of his betrothed fourteen years before. [...]

July 30, 2021

Notebook Reviews: WYATT EARP

Lawrence Kasdan – 1993 Directed, produced and co-written by Lawrence Kasdan, Wyatt Earp is a great looking historical epic. However, this western just doesn’t work despite a lot of great elements. It’s not bad, it’s just [...]

July 16, 2021

Notebook Reviews: QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER

Simon Wincer – 1990 Simon Wincer‘s Quigley Down Under is an excellent western with a fantastic leading performance from the great Tom Selleck. It’s yet another film which showcases his talents and once again proves that he should [...]

June 12, 2021

Notebook Reviews: DANCES WITH WOLVES

Kevin Costner – 1991 Unfairly mocked in the lead-up to it’s release, Kevin Costner‘s multi Oscar-winning epic still stands the test of time after all these years. Dances With Wolves is still perfect in every way. The performances [...]

June 3, 2021

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