Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was a nostalgic Western at the time of its release, and in time, most people were nostalgic for this film itself. It’s a deceptively complex film, and a...
Category: Western
Open Range (2003)
It’s been a while since Kevin Costner has been in a hit film, in fact, you’d have to go back to 1991’s JFK to find one that wasn’t considered at least a minor disappointment (notable exception: Thirteen...
Tombstone (1993)
I remember in an English class in college, getting a “B+” on a paper I could easily have gotten an “A” on. Although I remember it was something about the Shakespeare play, “Romeo and...
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
A lady gunslinger (Stone) enters a town in the grip of a powerful and merciless killer (Hackman). While there, it’s decided for several people in the town to have a “drawing” competition, where two of...
Young Guns (1988)
Those who think Young Guns one of the best Westerns ever made must either not have seen many or have incredibly short term memories. I would not even claim that Young Guns is a good film at all,...
Wild Wild West (1999)
Wild Wild West casts Will Smith as Black gunslinger Jim West and Kevin Kline as genius inventor US Marshal Artemus Gordon, who try to stop a nefarious plot by bitter Confederate soldier named Arliss...
The Searchers (1956)
The Searchers is an entertaining Western by the quintessential oater duo of director John Ford and star John Wayne (The Quiet Man, Rio Bravo). As the years progress, the crowd grows larger that touts...
Westworld (1973)
An amusement park/resort is created in another world called Delos, where there are various “worlds” people can stay in and feel as if they are there. Participate in an orgy in Romanworld, have a...
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
The Outlaw Josey Wales is set shortly after the Civil War, with Clint playing a peaceful farmer named Josey Wales has his house burned and family ruthlessly murdered by some Union soldiers. Vowing revenge,...
The Wild Bunch (1969)
A band of ruthless outlaws rob a bank in the early 1900s but face an ambush by equally ruthless bounty hunters. They head for the Mexican border and join up with a gang of...