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Books/Comics

‘Cowgirls and Dinosaurs—Big Trouble in Little Spittle’ GN (review)

Written and Illustrated by Lucie Ebrey Published by Razorbill/Penguin-Random House The title of the new tween graphic novel, Cowgirls and Dinosaurs: Big Trouble...

Steven ThompsonAugust 18, 2023

Movies

For a Few Hours More: Leone’s ‘The Dollars Trilogy’ Marathon

“It gave back the confidence that the Western can be a great movie.” ––Bernardo Bertolucci, on the films of Sergio Leone I spent...

Will McGuireAugust 4, 2023

Movies

‘The Sisters Brothers’ (review)

Produced by Rosa Attab, Pascal Caucheteux, Michael De Luca, Allison Dickey, John C. Reilly Screenplay by Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain Based on the novel...

Sharon KnolleSeptember 21, 2018

Columns/Features

5 Indelible Performances by Woody Harrelson; Plus a Look at His Possible 6th in ‘The Duel’

It’s been over thirty years since Woody Harrelson first appeared as flakey bartender Woody Boyd on Cheers, a role which for many years seemed...

Stefan BlitzJune 15, 2016

General

THE HATEFUL EIGHT (review)

Review by Ben and Elizabeth Robbins Produced by Richard N. Gladstein, Shannon McIntosh, Stacey Sher Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino Starring Samuel L....

Stefan BlitzDecember 23, 2015

General

The Mythology of THE SIXTH GUN

Written by Lily Fierro I really love westerns. They seem to always have a paradoxical moral simplicity and complexity. They almost always have a...

Lily FierroJuly 30, 2015

General

Enzo Castellari’s KEOMA: The Last Great Spaghetti Western

By Generoso Fierro By 1976, the mania surrounding the spaghetti western had all but died out. Due to the success of the Godfather films,...

Generoso FierroMay 20, 2015

General

Tarantino’s THE HATEFUL EIGHT Starts Shooting; Confirmed Cast Includes Zoe Bell And Channing Tatum

Written by Christopher M The Weinstein Company via The Wrap has announced the production start on Quentin Tarantino’s 8th film The Hateful Eight has...

Stefan BlitzJanuary 23, 2015

General

Double Feature Movie Show: PECKINPAH’S END OF THE WEST

Sam Peckinpah had a knack for showing us what it was like at the end of the “Old West.” Most of his films tended...

Stefan BlitzMarch 21, 2014

General

Why WESTWORLD Matters

I recently revisited Westworld (1973) a film that kind of scared the crap out of me as a kid, even in its television version. I...

Todd SokoloveJune 11, 2013

General

RON MOORE Goes West For ABC

Ron Moore, is headed to Hangtown. The Battlestar Galactica developer/executive producer and Caprica writer Matt Roberts have sold the Western pitch to ABC...

Stefan BlitzAugust 30, 2011