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REVIEW: Slow West (2015)

July 18, 2018 Grant Watson

Jay (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a young Scot who has travelled to America to reunite with his true love Rose (Caren Pistorius). On his journey across to the west he encounters a gunslinger named Silas Selleck (Michael Fassbender). They travel together, … Continue reading REVIEW: Slow West (2015)

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REVIEW: Appaloosa (2008)

March 14, 2018 Grant Watson

Hired gun Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) is hired by the people of Appaloosa, New Mexico – along with his partner Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) – to protect the community from the nearby rancher Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons). While his war … Continue reading REVIEW: Appaloosa (2008)

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REVIEW: Silverado (1985)

January 9, 2018 Grant Watson

A gunslinger named Emmett (Scott Glenn) finds a dying man named Paden (Kevin Kline) in the middle of the desert. After nursing him back to health they both ride together towards a frontier town named Silverado. En route they pick … Continue reading REVIEW: Silverado (1985)

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REVIEW: The Hateful Eight (2015)

September 29, 2017October 9, 2020 Grant Watson

In post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunter John “The Hangman” Ruth (Kurt Russell) rides a coach towards the town of Red Rock, where he intends to deposit his prisoner Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) with the local sheriff in return for … Continue reading REVIEW: The Hateful Eight (2015)

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REVIEW: Jane Got a Gun (2016)

February 6, 2017 Grant Watson

Jane Hammond (Natalie Portman) lives in an isolated house with her ex-outlaw husband Bill (Noah Emmerich). He comes home badly injured and riddled with bullets: his old gang, led by John Bishop (Ewan McGregor), is coming to kill him. With … Continue reading REVIEW: Jane Got a Gun (2016)

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