She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
I may have promised Hitchcock or Wilder, but it has been even longer since I’ve reviewed a Ford western. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is a classic example of one, […]
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The Revenant
If the other wintery western of this year, The Hateful Eight, suffocated any kind of meaning under the gleeful meanness of its director, The Revenant does a similar thing but […]
The Hateful Eight
To say I’m disappointed in Tarantino’s latest is an understatement. The Hateful Eight is such a departure from what Tarantino has done before in terms of quality, but a little […]
Western Wednesday…. Wrap-Up
With September rolling in, the summer is effectively at a close. My special project for the summer, Western Wednesday where I reviewed a western every Wednesday with the goal of […]
Blazing Saddles
I’ll be straight with you, I’m not exactly in the right frame of mind to review Blazing Saddles after only one viewing, and having seen it by myself. This is […]
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch is one of those movies that when I was watching it, I could immediately tell it was good, but unfortunately I didn’t really connect with it that […]
True Grit
With True Grit, the Coen brothers bring the classic western into the modern era with incredible results. With gorgeous visuals and great performances, True Grit succeeds on almost every level. […]
Stagecoach
Stagecoach is probably my favorite western. It’s most definitely a landmark in the genre, with it being the first collaboration between John Wayne and John Ford. While there may be […]
The Searchers
I hated, hated, hated, The Searchers when I first saw it. I thought it was annoying and racist, and any merit I gave it, I gave it very grudgingly. After […]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford has a really long title, and that’s good, because it matches the length of the movie. Yes, this movie is […]
The Soul of the Plot 