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Waiting for Cowboys and Aliens, Part 1: Best western movies
After a year of advertising, Cowboys and Aliens finally arrives in theaters June 29. With a sci-fi western starring the coolest James Bond ever (Daniel Craig) and our favorite scoundrel/spice...
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Waiting for Cowboys and Aliens, Part 2: Best alien movies
While we wait for the opening night of Cowboys and Aliens on July 29, two days ago we walked through the top western movies to get psyched for Jon Favreau’s big budget clash of Old West and classic...
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Django Unchained and the formula for a Western to win Oscar
By C.J. Bunce How does a Western get nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award in 2013? As recently as two years ago the remake of True Grit was nominated for Best Picture and nine other...
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Now streaming–Bone Tomahawk, an almost perfect classic-style Western
Review by C.J. Bunce Writer/director S. Craig Zahler’s 2015 film release Bone Tomahawk starts as a classic Western about life on the frontier–living at home, visiting the local saloon, working in the...
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Retro fix–Outland, Sean Connery’s stint as a cop in a space Western
Review by C.J. Bunce For every new movie you watch, you need to go back and see a classic, right? If The Hunt for Red October is Star Trek in the ocean, then Outland is The Sand Pebbles in outer...
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Longmire–Your best bet for shelter-at-home streaming
Review by C.J. Bunce If I updated my favorite characters list, I’m not sure yet whether two of the stars of the television series Longmire would make my top five, but I am sure they’d give my top 10 a...
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New TCM chronicle looks back at 52 More Must-See Movies That Matter–review...
Review by C.J. Bunce Over the past decade I have reviewed most of the books from publisher Running Press chronicling Turner Classic Movies’ in-depth research into the best of classic and genre films....
View ArticleNow streaming–The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Review by C.J. Bunce Hollywood doesn’t make a lot of perfect movies, but when they do they jump right out at you. Writer-director Robert D. Krzykowski’s 2018 historical action/fantasy drama, The Man...
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