This “Black Panther” actress has some True Grit. Letitia Wright has proven herself to be an actress who can be more than just her Shuri character in the “Black Panther” movies. The […]
Surrounded
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Give it up for the people trying to save the world from the polluting assholes! I apologize to the environmentalists for driving a car to work, but if there’s one thing I […]
The Old Way
A fistful of wasted dollars is unforgiven here. There’s a scene in “The Old Way” when an autistic girl (at least we believe she’s on the spectrum) tells her father she doesn’t […]
The Power of the Dog
Jane Champion’s gorgeous western is another masterpiece from her. “The Power of the Dog” is a western with neither bank robbers nor gunfights, but a vivid character study when people reflect on […]
The Harder They Fall
A shoot-em up western with fresh beats and riveting performances. “The Harder They Fall” is an African-American western that tells a fictional story, while using real names to tell it. For one […]
Old Henry
Tim Blake Nelson has the true grit as a farmer with a secret. Probably my favorite performance from Tim Blake Nelson comes from “O’Brother Where Art Thou,” which was a Coen Brothers […]
Cry Macho
Clint Eastwood’s latest is not “A Perfect World.” Clint Eastwood has been able to survive the next few generation of filmmaking with such masterpieces as “Million Dollar Baby,” “Gran Torino,” “American Sniper,” […]
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Nicolas Cage kills it when he deals with psychos, Samurai, and ghosts. The setting of “Prisoners of the Ghostland” basically combines the American frontier with a Samurai town with its own blend […]
No Man’s Land
A western with a new lead and a dusty script. The story for “No Man’s Land” is set in the Texas-Mexico border, and it just so happens that two weeks in a […]
News of the World
Wagons West for the Tom Hanks and Paul Greengrass western. “News of the World” is the first collaboration of Tom Hanks and director Paul Greengrass since “Captain Phillips,” which made my list […]
