Howard Hawks was a legendary director and producer, but perhaps his most famous works exist in that of the most American of genres – the
Tag: Western
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
Tombstone
Grecco-Italian film director George P. Cosmatos has a smaller resumé than some of his peers but chances are you’ve heard of few of them; after
Once Upon A Time In Mexico
Robert Rodriguez is the very definition of a ‘busy bee’ considering all the shit he seems to have on his plate all the time.Since he
The Hateful Eight
For Quentin Tarrantino’s eighth movie (he counts Kill Bill 1 & 2 as one movie and so should you) he’s gone back to his previous
The Professionals
Not to be confused with the 1980’s British cop show where two guys who obviously fancy themselves thwarted baddies around a grotty looking London, The
Desperado
The 90’s saw a plethora of iconic action movies released that mostly seemed to feature Nicolas Cage in some form or other – but while
‘The Harder They Fall’ – Official Teaser
Netflix have released the first look at their upcoming Black western with an all-star cast ‘The Harder They Fall’. Rising star Jonathan Majors plays a
The Quick And The Dead
In the years between his Evil Dead and Spider-Man trilogies, cult deity Sam Raimi went through a period of being fittingly a gun for hire
Quigley Down Under
While the title may off-handedly sound like slang for being aroused (as in: “Oooh, I’m feeling a bit quigley, down under!”), this 90’s crack at
The Revenant
And with a swirl of promotion, that contained Oscar hysteria for Leo Dicaprio, hyperbole about the extreme filming style and a ludicrous amount of rumour
Jonah Hex
The melding of Warner Brothers and DC has provided both compliments and complaints over the years but until recently the most prevalent one was the
