One of the most indelible images of the western is the sight of Clint Eastwood silently trotting into town while the simple townsfolk gawp at
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Open Range
There was a time there when Kevin Costner’s stabs at long, drawn-out epics were simply not doing it for the cinema going public. After he
Top 5 Sam Raimi-est Sam Raimi Moments NOT From The Evil Dead Trilogy
I know there’s some out there who don’t want to hear it, but there’s more to Sam Raimi than the deranged pleasures of the Evil
Blackthorn
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid may be one of the most charismatic westerns – nay, films – ever made which is cemented even further
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
In a year that saw that release of True Grit and The Wild Bunch, you’d have to be something special to stand out between these
Django Unchained
The director himself may argue the point, but after the non-performance of Grindhouse in 2007, it certainly seemed like Quentin Tarantino took some time to
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
As the direct to DVD sequels to Tremors rumble ever onward, it’s good to know that even someone as jaded as I can be surprised
The Wild Bunch
It begins with a spoiler from a scorpion…As William Holden and his men ride into town with a grim task in mind, he passes some
3:10 To Yuma
Western remakes aren’t exactly new – hell, Howard Hawks himself went out and remade Rio Bravo twice in the form of El Dorado and Rio
Wild Wild West
Staggering into the infamously stacked blockbuster summer of 1999 like a washed up cowpoke with more whiskey in its body than blood came Wild Wild
The Searchers
In the harsh, dusty lands of the western, where men and women endure a harsh existence and America was still enduring awkward growing pains; one
True Grit
John Wayne accumulated as many iconic roles in his legendary career as anyone else I can recall – which is doubly impressive when you consider
The Harder They Fall
The predominantly black western isn’t exactly a kind of movie that’s blossomed over the years and if we’re being technical, we can’t even fully count
The Sons Of Katie Elder
It seems that as long as you put a six shooter in his belt, an unforgettable line of tough guy wisdom in his mouth and
El Dorado
Howard Hawks was a legendary director and producer, but perhaps his most famous works exist in that of the most American of genres – the
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
If I’m being honest, when choosing to settle down with a good old western, I usually choose to pick the more stylised, epic works of
The Magnificent Seven
Critics weren’t overly kind to “Mag 7”, the remake of A Bug’s Life which was the remake of Battle Beyond The Stars which was the
Young Guns II
Back in 1988, a clutch of Hollywood’s most fanciable males were rounded up into a group and appeared in Young Guns, a scrappy, but surprisingly
Young Guns
The 80’s seemed to be somewhat of a barren time for the western as audiences flocked to a rather different type of all-American hero in
The Long Riders
Y’know, it’s surprising that Walter Hill didn’t make more straight up westerns during the earlier part of a career literally busting at the seams with
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