Category: WESTERNS
Maverick (1994)
Written by Ash (A Toast) - The 1994 film Maverick was another in a long line of “hey, let’s make old TV shows into movies.” This one was about the title character of Bret Maverick (Mel Gibson) getting involved in a series of misadventures on his way to the richest poker tournament in history. It
Tombstone (1993)
By: Jake Peroni (Two Beers) - Living in the Old West must’ve sucked. Everyone’s clothes probably smelled like wet horses and day-old shit. Throw in some random rapes and justifiable murders, and you have a living hell to EVERYONE that’s not an eighteen year old boy. (Sounds like paradise to them!)
Django Unchained (2012)
By: Chris Sheridan (A Toast) - Quentin Tarantino could easily be referred to as an auteur at this point. Each and every one of his projects is unique, eclectic, and visually sumptuous, and every idea that comes from his twisted, genius-level mind is brilliant. His latest is Django Unchained, a spaghetti western set in the
The Mercenary (1968)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Three Beers) - The Mercenary is a Spaghetti Western which follows everybody’s favorite Italian-playing-an-American-playing-a-cowboy (Franco Nero). This time around he is Sergei Kowalski, a Polish Gunslinger hired by an aspiring rabble-rouser to help organize and plan a revolution. The revolutionary (Tony Musante) and Sergei soon encounter Curly (Jack Palance), a killer with a
No Country for Old Men (2007)
By: Henry J. Fromage (A Toast) - This month marks the five year anniversary of the release of No Country for Old Men, which means it’s high times we grab some beer and Prince Valiant wigs and give it a rewatch. Believe it or not, we were very close to a version starring Heath
Wild Wild West (1999)
By: David Lynch’s Dog (Six Pack) - I can’t remember whether I ever actually saw Wild Wild West when I was a kid. All I do know is that I owned a Jim West plush horse toy from McDonalds, leading me to conclude from this evidence that Wild Wild West was made for children.
Dead Man (1995)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (A Toast) - Johnny Depp plays William Blake, a greenhorn accountant who takes the train all the way to the end of the line to accept a job, only to find that the job has been filled. His bad luck gets worse as he inadvertently commits a murder and becomes the
Silverado (1985)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Three Beers) - Lawrence Kasdan is the unsung hero of cinema for his work on The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Return of the Jedi, where he helped bring George Lucas’ ideas to life. Kasdan was an accomplished Director in his own right, with films like Body Heat, and The Big Chill
Support your Local Gunfighter (1971)
By: Oberst von Berauscht (Three Beers) - Actor James Garner made his entire career out of a series of smart-mouthed cowboys in the 1950′s-60′s. On the TV series Maverick he forged the personality that he would use essentially unchanged in every role to follow. 1969 saw the release of Support your Local Sheriff, a comedy
Rancho Deluxe (1975)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Three Beers) – Rancho Deluxe is the story of a rustling scheme cooked up by two down-on-their-luck cattleman, Jack McKee and Cecil Colson (played by The Dude and a younger, pot-smoking Jack McCoy respectively). Starting off small by shooting a few cows and butchering them with chainsaws, they slowly move onto bigger, more
