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Tag: western

The Mandalorian is a space western, Akira Kurosawa samurai film, a Star Wars fallen world mirroring the fallen United States
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The Mandalorian Explores Stars Wars’ Fallen World

The Mandalorian kicked off its second season on Disney+ on Friday. At its core, The Mandalorian is the story of its title character ...
By Darren MooneyNovember 2, 2020
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Movies & TV

News of the World Trailer Brings Tom Hanks to the Wild West

It might not seem possible, but Tom Hanks has never donned a ten-gallon hat and mosied his way across the American landscape in ...
By Matthew RazakOctober 7, 2020
Sicario Denis Villeneuve Taylor Sheridan western endless war, endless frontier, them and us
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Sicario Depicts a Forever War on the Final Frontier

Sicario is a 21st century western. It is also a war film. It is a film about liminal spaces and the inevitable chaos ...
By Darren MooneySeptember 4, 2020
Column

Akira Kurosawa’s Samurai Movies Live On, Even Beyond Ghost of Tsushima

Ghost of Tsushima pays homage to the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa. Of course, Kurosawa made more than just samurai films. He directed ...
By Darren MooneyJuly 20, 2020
Reviews

Hard West Review – Dark Tales of a Demonic, Deadly West

Developed by CreativeForge Games and published by Gambitious Digital. Releasing on November 18, 2015. Available on PC. Review code/copy provided by publisher. In ...
By Taylor Hidalgo Legacy AuthorNovember 18, 2015
PAX Prime 2015

Hard West Preview – A Lovecraftian Frontier Tale

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: XCOM, Lovecraft, and Clint Eastwood walk into a bar… When I found the Creative Forge ...
By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorAugust 30, 2015
Good Old Reviews

Why Aren’t There More Westerns?

When I sat down to play Outlaws, one of my first thoughts I had was how I would follow it up. Initially, I ...
By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorApril 18, 2015
Good Old Reviews

Outlaws – Where Are You Marshal?

Original Release: 1997, Platform: PC, Developer/Publisher: LucasArts, Image Source: GOG, Thanks to GOG for providing my review copy. A few weeks ago, GOG ...
By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorApril 11, 2015
Critical Intel

History and Legend in Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

A saloon. An old man with a gun. A bright-eyed kid who has read too many dime novels. You know this setup, you’ve ...
By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorJuly 25, 2013
MovieBob - Intermission

Red Dead Revival?

I’ve always loved Westerns, or more colloquially “Cowboy Movies,” which supposedly makes me fairly unusual for a man of my generation. Westerns, we’re ...
By Bob ChipmanSeptember 10, 2010
Reviews

Review: Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

America may have Clint Eastwood and John Wayne, but the Western belongs to the world. From the Italian Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s ...
By Jordan Deam Legacy AuthorJuly 21, 2009
Reviews

Review: Call of Juarez

“The legend of the Lost Gold of Juarez has been passed from one generation to the next since the time of Hernando Cortez. ...
By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2007
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