Here we have a special movie with the story line written by Louis L’Amour and the main character played by John Wayne. What is not to like about this movie. The beginning scene is Hondo Lane walking in from the desert with his saddlebags in one hand and his rifle in the other. How much [...]
Tag Archives: Western Movie Review
Movie Review: Seraphim Falls
July 3, 2010 – 1:10 am
This is a post Civil War movie that highlights two men and the hatred that is enacted by the actions of war that grow from the obsession of righting a wrong into the breeding ground for revenge. An ex-Confederate Colonel Carver played by, Liam Neeson, is chasing an ex-Union Captain Gideon played by, Pierce Brosnan, [...]
Movie Review: The Ox-Bow Incident
February 20, 2010 – 1:10 am
This movie is adapted from the novel of Walter Van Tilburg Clark’s by the same name. This movie is a tense drama highlighting the dangers inherent in the nature of man. The vision is that of a mob mentality that can and will replace reason. Henry Fonda and Henry Morgan portray cowboys new into town [...]
Movie Review: Conagher
February 6, 2010 – 1:10 am
This is a western movie from a Louis L’Amour story by the same title. The story revolves around the lives of two people of the west. We have a recently widowed Evie Teale, played by Katherine Ross, who is sticking to the land her husband brought her to. He then road off to buy cattle [...]
Movie Review: Raiders of Old California
January 30, 2010 – 1:10 am
This Black and White Western Movie is set in 1847 California. The basis of the story is on land grants and how crooked men were able to gain control over large parcels of land and try and rule it like its own kingdom. Senor Sebastian used his land grant to initially save his life and [...]
Movie Review: Last Stand at Saber River
January 23, 2010 – 1:10 am
This is a western story by Elmore Leonard ( Get Shorty, Out of Sight ) turned into a movie. The story is about a family that is reunited after the father returns from the Civil War as a changed man but inside he is still the same and the family returns to their home in [...]
Movie Review: Blue Steel
November 20, 2009 – 1:09 am
This is a very early John Wayne western released in 1934. The opening scene has the good guy, played by John Wayne, sneaking into the hotel and finding a cubbyhole to hide in and rest. The sheriff played by Gabby Hayes comes in next and is looking for a dry place to spend the night [...]
