American Primeval is an American western miniseries set in 1857 during the Utah War, the series examines the fight to gain control of the American West and the violent clash between the Mormon religion and non Mormon whites living there and the Shoshone Indians, centering on the events surrounding the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

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Jane Got a Gun is a 2015 film that stars Natalie Portman & Ewan McGregor.

I give this movie 4 out of 5 stars.

I've always liked Natalie Portman and westerns but I never anticipated the two meshing someday.  Natalie does a fine job portraying "Jane" and Wean McGregor is mesmerizing as Dan.  Portman is gritty and so is the movie.  Gritty, stark and ( Read more... )

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 is a 2024 movie that is the first installment of a western series, it features an ensemble cast of Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Giovanni Ribisi, Jenna Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker and Luke Wilson.

I give this movie 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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Silverado is a 1985 western that stars everybody, Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, Brian Dennehy, Rosanna Arquette & Jeff Goldblum.

I give this movie 3.5 out of 5 stars.

After many years of westerns not hitting the big screen along comes Silverado.  I think that is why there were so many big names in it, everybody loves a ( Read more... )

Godless is a western television miniseries. In the series, set in 1884, a young outlaw on the run from his vengeful mentor winds up in a small New Mexico town populated almost entirely by women. The series received mostly all positive reviews, critics and fans seemed to love it.

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A recently watched the Ballad of Davy Crockett which is set in 1815 and tells the story of an American Legend, whose wife has fallen deathly ill, leaving his young children to survive on their own, must fight his way back to them across the many perils found in the Savage Lands of the wild frontier.

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The Shooting is a 1966 film starring Millie Perkins and Jack Nocholson and was produced by Nicholson. The story is about two men who are hired by a mysterious woman to accompany her to a town located many miles across the desert. During their journey, they are closely tracked by a black-clad gunslinger, who seems intent on killing all of them.

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I recently watched Fury At Sundown, a classic black and western made in 1957. This is the story of a good man condemned by a town who believes he has done a bad thing and therefore is bad. The drive behind this belie is the typical town tycoon who has the money to throw at everything that comes his way, except our good man who refuses to be ( Read more... )

I recently watched 1883 which was a western series that was the prequal to Yellowstone and both shows are amazing. I love westerns and a season long show with Tim McGraw, Tom Hanks, Sam Elliot, Faith Hill, Billy Bob Thorton and more was outstanding. The cinematography was amazing ( Read more... )