• October 25, 2013
• Adventure, At Home, Drama, Western

Mush-mouthed and cantankerous, Rooster Cogburn has little time for fools, but recognizes a tough character when he sees one. When 14-year-old headstrong Mattie Ross (newcomer Hailee Steinfeld) approaches him...

• October 25, 2013
• Adventure, At Home, Drama, Western

John Wayne is so embedded in American lore as a gunslinging Western hero, that anyone can imitate his wide drawl and bowlegged stance without ever having seen one of...

• September 9, 2013
• At Home, Western

Clint Eastwood movies have always been essential viewing at our house, but I remember thinking that Pale Rider was especially hot. I was only about nine when I saw...

• August 31, 2013
• Adventure, At Home, Drama, Western

If I may be so bold as to quote myself, I believe I said that seeing all the corruption in Serpico made me want to go live in a...

• July 5, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Western

Clint Eastwood’s 1992 revisionist Western Unforgiven not only swept up major prizes, including Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Eastwood) and Supporting Actor (Gene Hackman), but it acknowledged what...

• July 2, 2013
• Action, At Home, Comedy, Western

As Hollywood continues to mine the vaults of our collective pop-culture past for new (old) ideas, relaunching The Lone Ranger probably didn’t sound like a bad idea: The Wild...

• May 9, 2013
• Adventure, At Home, Drama

Baz Luhrmann, I can see what you were trying to do in the epic Australia, a Technicolor homage to your beloved homeland. A swarthy scoundrel clashes with a frosty...

• April 22, 2013
• At Home, Western

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...

• January 25, 2011
• Adventure, At Home, Drama, Western

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...

• October 27, 2008
• At Home, Western

All good things must come to an end, but after four hours, I still couldn’t get enough of Broken Trail. Set in 1897, this compelling mini-series follows Print Ritter...