At first Margaret and George Blackledge might be confused for Clark Kent's parents. After all, they are played by Diane Lane and Kevin Costner, both looking comfortably weathered like a favorite sweat…
The opening sequence of The Sisters Brothers is visually striking in what you cannot see. In the distance, flashes of gunfire light up complete darkness. You make out that some gunfighters are on the …
It is 1892 New Mexico, and the violence and genocide that has shaped the Europeans' settlement in the American West is winding down. Hostiles' difficult opening scene shows a gang of marauding Indians…
You know the slogan: "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas"? Now imagine an even more exclusive adult playground, where for a measly fortune you can indulge every appetite or every sin imaginable. Thi…
The Revenant (which I know from seeing the excellent, unrelated French series Les Revenants) means one who has returned from the dead. Though this is not really explained in this brutal film by Alejan…
When Tombstone came out, it was the battle of the Wyatt Earp movies, with Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp being released within a year of this one (as Hollywood is wont to do). I remember hearing that Tomb…
Oh, man, I loved The Man From Snowy River when it first came out in the 80s. I wasn't really a horse girl, but I was obsessed with Australia. I even had the movie poster for Return to Snowy River on m…
If you're inclined to feel put off by a film called Let God, perhaps you'd feel better about watching something called The Trail. One sounds specifically aimed at Christian audiences, while the other …
Out in the Old West, there was a disproportionate amount of men to women. The men came seeking adventure and fortune, and the few women that followed them were often "business ladies" of their own sor…
As someone who unexpectedly kind of loved When Calls the Heart, I was thrown off when its sequel, When Calls the Heart: Lost and Found began with a reworking of the plot. Instead of traveling to Coal …
It is 1900, Nome, Alaska, where a gold rush is in full swing. Sam McCord (John Wayne) and his buddy George Pratt (Stewart Granger) have done just fine (which is shown by Sam guilelessly carrying aroun…
Dances With Wolves is a modern Hollywood epic at its best. Just like Titanic or Braveheart, the film is bloated and full of the ego of its director (in this case, star Kevin Costner). It's full of 80s…
