Tag: Western

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    Jacob Hando

    Review: The Power of the Dog – One of the Year’s Best

    The closing shot of The Searchers is the most famous and influential shot in the Western genre, as John Wayne is framed to perpetual loneliness by the rectangle of a door frame. The Power of the Dog updates the shot very early on into a triptych one: Benedict Cumberbatch’s Phil Burbank prowls between the frame […]

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    Jacob Hando

    Review: The Harder They Fall

    One of the great lies of Hollywood is that the Old West was white. The Western genre dates to the inception of filmmaking and its gilded era in the 1950s and 1960s saw productions in that genre churned out at such a rate as to make Marvel blush. Of course, seemingly every single one of […]

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    Jacob Hando

    Review: News of the World – Tom Hanks’s Sprawling Western is Good News

    Jacob Hando offers his verdict on Paul Greengrass’s Western starring Tom Hanks

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    Conor O’Hanlon

    Red Dead Redemption 2’s Chilly Opening Moments

    Conor tells us why Red Dead Redemption 2’s chilly intro deserves a warm reception.

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    Jacob Hando

    Hidden Gem: Bone Tomahawk – An indication of the Western’s Future

    Our first Hidden Gem of 2020/21 comes from Jacob Hando with this brutal western/horror hybrid.

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    Tom Wilmot

    Red Dead Redemption 2 delayed until spring 2018

    The developer announced the disappointing news today.

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    Jordan Brown

    Blu-ray Review: Hell or High Water

    Writer Jordan reviews the fantastic neo western directed by David Mackenzie.

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    Tash Williamson

    Review: Hell or High Water

    Writer Tash reviews the perfectly crafted and thoroughly entertaining Hell or High Water

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    Sophie Trenear

    Review: Forsaken

    Writer Sophie reviews Forsaken, the western released last month starring father and son due Donald and Kiefer Sutherland.

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    Jack Gracie

    Review: Bone Tomahawk

    Squeamish Head of Design Jack accidentally saw a horror film, but rather liked it.

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    Charlie Masters

    Review: The Hateful Eight

    Quentin Tarantino’s counter-Western just can’t disappoint, writes Charlie Masters.

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    Jack Dillon

    Review: A Million Ways To Die In The West ★★☆☆☆

    Seth MacFarlane’s second effort as director is a disappointment, with a valuable cast being wasted on an unfunny script that is mostly devoid of any real intellect.