Tonto speaks! And he sounds a lot like Johnny Depp . . . In the new full trailer for Disney’s western actioner The Lone Ranger, Tonto plays a more prominent role, even uttering the iconic “kemosabe” several times. This trailer, which is embedded above, explains in detail how the Lone Ranger was born (murdered family;…
The second trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained is here and it is better than the previous trailer released by Columbia Pictures in June. The reason for that is because Leonardo DiCaprio has extended screen time and his role as plantation owner Calvin Candie is great. Same can be said about Samuel L. Jackson in…
A lot of hype has been swirling around Walt Disney’s The Lone Ranger (much about budget and egos) and some of it is warranted, I’m sure. The trailer for the film finally released today, however, and it should put to rest some of the naysayers as it’s got plenty of Western action and attitude to…
For a movie about moonshine makers, you’d think Lawless might have a bit of a kick. And maybe some flavor. But no, this poorly calculated picture is devoid of such pleasures, instead settling for a generic blandness. At best, it’s like eating a sock. You’ll be craving some of that bottled moonshine being passed around…
Quentin Tarantino is damn good at revitalizing lost movie genres (“Death Proof,” “Kill Bill”) so it should come as no surprise, with Django Unchained, he’s turned his eyes to the spaghetti western. In it, the titular character Django teams up with a bounty hunter to bring to justice the outlaw Brittle brothers and to exact…
Butch Cassidy didn’t die! Both he and the Sundance Kid somehow made it out alive at the end of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and escaped certain death at the hands of the Bolivian Army. Flash forward 20 years and Butch, now known as James Blackthorn (Sam Shepard), is still in Bolivia and living…
Anyone who has read my review for 2010’s misfire, “Jonah Hex,” knows that I love genre-mashing. I adore it especially if it’s something being meshed with a Western. Now imagine my glee when I heard Cowboys & Aliens being announced. Then came out that Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, and Paul Dano…
