Showing posts with label (Western). Show all posts
Showing posts with label (Western). Show all posts
Friday, 24 June 2016
(2011) Rango
A chameleon (Johnny Depp) who has lived as a sheltered family pet
finds himself in the grip of an identity crisis. Rango wonders how to
stand out when it is his nature to blend in. When he accidentally winds
up in a frontier town called Dirt, he takes the first step on a
transformational journey as the town's new sheriff.
Though at first Rango only role-plays, a series of thrilling situations
and outrageous encounters forces him to become a real hero.
Labels:
(2011),
(Animation),
(Comedy),
(Western),
Rango
Monday, 20 June 2016
(1985) Pale Rider
When property owner Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart) starts using a
band of hooligans to terrorize a group of small-town gold miners into
giving up their territory, an enigmatic man named "Preacher" (Clint
Eastwood) arrives in town. Preacher fends off the attacks, and then goes
directly to LaHood to negotiate. When the miners,
led by Hull Barret (Michael Moriarty), refuse the terms, LaHood sends in
Marshall Stockburn (John Russell) to take down Preacher and the others.
Sunday, 19 June 2016
(1987) Near Dark
Cowboy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) meets gorgeous Mae (Jenny
Wright) at a bar, and the two have an immediate attraction. But when Mae
turns out to be a vampire and bites Caleb on the neck, their
relationship gets complicated. Wracked with a craving for human blood,
Caleb is forced to leave his family and ride with Mae
and her gang of vampires, including the evil Severen. Along the way
Caleb must decide between his new love of Mae and the love of his
family.
Tuesday, 7 June 2016
Jonah Hex (2010)
Having cheated death, gunslinger and bounty hunter Jonah Hex (Josh
Brolin) has one foot in the natural world and one in the supernatural.
His unusual nature gives him the ability to track down anyone or
anything, so the Army makes him an irresistible offer: It will erase the
warrants on his head if he will find Quentin
Turnbull (John Malkovich). Turnbull, his oldest enemy, is preparing to
unleash hell on Earth and will stop at nothing to kill him.
Labels:
(2010),
(Science Fiction),
(Western),
Jonah Hex
Friday, 3 June 2016
(1962) How the West Was Won
Setting off on a journey to the west in the 1830s, the Prescott
family run into a man named Linus (James Stewart), who helps them fight
off a pack of thieves. Linus then marries daughter Eve Prescott (Carroll
Baker), and 30 years later goes off to fight in the Civil War with
their son, with bloody results. Eve's sister, Lily
(Debbie Reynolds), heads further west and has adventures with a
professional gambler (Gregory Peck), stretching all the way to San
Francisco and into the 1880s.
Labels:
(1962),
(Western),
How the West was Won
Monday, 30 May 2016
(1966) The Good the Bad and the Ugly
In the Southwest during the Civil War, a mysterious stranger, Joe
(Clint Eastwood), and a Mexican outlaw, Tuco (Eli Wallach), form an
uneasy partnership -- Joe turns in the bandit for the reward money, then
rescues him just as he is being hanged. When Joe's shot at the noose
goes awry during one escapade, a furious Tuco tries
to have him murdered. The men re-team abruptly, however, to beat out a
sadistic criminal and the Union army and find $20,000 that a soldier has
buried in the desert.
Labels:
(1966),
(Western),
Good the Bad and the Ugly
Thursday, 19 May 2016
(2012) Django Unchained
Two years before the Civil War, Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave,
finds himself accompanying an unorthodox German bounty hunter named Dr.
King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) on a mission to capture the vicious
Brittle brothers. Their mission successful, Schultz frees Django, and
together they hunt the South's most-wanted criminals.
Their travels take them to the infamous plantation of shady Calvin
Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), where Django's long-lost wife (Kerry
Washington) is still a slave.
Labels:
(2012),
(Western),
Django Unchained,
Quentin Tarantino
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
(1990) Dances with Wolves
A Civil War soldier develops a relationship with a band of Lakota
Indians. Attracted by the simplicity of their lifestyle, he chooses to
leave his former life behind to be with them. Having observed him, they
give the name Dances With Wolves. Soon he is a welcomed member of the
tribe and falls in love with a white woman who has been raised in the tribe. Tragedy results when Union soldiers arrive with designs on the land.
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
The Lone Ranger (2013)
In 1933 a boy discovers an ancient Native American in a sideshow
carnival tent. The Indian is Tonto (Johnny Depp), the old companion of
John Reid (Armie Hammer), a lawman more famously known as the Lone
Ranger. With this opportunity to set the record straight about his and
Reid's adventures, Tonto recalls the day in 1869 when
he first encountered the man who would be his trusted friend and tells
of their teamwork bringing down Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner) and
other Old West outlaws.
Monday, 3 August 2015
(2007) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
In 1881 a younger member of the notorious James gang becomes so
inextricably drawn to and frightened of his mentor that his own
delusions of grandeur force him to consider doing the unthinkable.
Directed By: Andrew Dominik
Directed By: Andrew Dominik
Thursday, 30 July 2015
3:10 to Yuma (2007) DVD
Directed By: James Mangold
Labels:
(2007),
(Western),
3:10 to Yuma,
James Mangold
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