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Western Week: The Soundtrack

By On April 6, 2008 · 9 Comments · In Western Week

Howdy! It is time to wrap up Western Week, to say adios to our favourite westerns, mount on our horses and ride into sunset – for the time being. Oh ok, until tomorrow.
We hope you had a great time this week – we sure did preparing it. So much so, we have decided to [...]

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Western Week: Nonsensical Weekend Poll

By On April 5, 2008 · 9 Comments · In Weekend Poll, Western Week

In honor of Western Week, this week’s ponderings:

What is your favorite Western movie?

A Fistful of Dollars – Remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, Sergio Leone’s film stars none other than Clint Eastwood.

For A Few Dollars More – Second of Leone’s Dollars trilogy.

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Western Week: The New Frontier

By On April 4, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Western Week

The Western, on film, has dwindled in prevalence and fashionability since its mid 20th century heyday. Has the cowboy rode off into the sunset, never to be seen again?

Nah.

Like any other genre and art form, the Western has expanded, grown, and metamorphosed. Instead of just the classic shoot ‘em [...]

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Western Week: TV Shows – Firefly

By On April 3, 2008 · 7 Comments · In Western Week

“We are not gonna die. You know why? Because we are so…very…pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.”

Firefly was a (very) short- lived TV show created by Joss Whedon, the same creator of Buffy and Angel. Only 14 episodes were ever produced [...]

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Western week: TV Shows – Deadwood

By On April 3, 2008 · 3 Comments · In Western Week

Deadwood was a TV Show produced by HBO which aired between 2004 and 2006, for 3 seasons, each with 12 episodes. In my opinion, some of the best 36 hours ever on TV. It is a Western which tells the story of Deadwood, a town in [...]

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Western Week: The Magnificent Seven

By On April 2, 2008 · 6 Comments · In Western Week

The Magnificent Seven is one of my very favorite movies–of all genres, not just westerns. It’s wild success when it was released in 1960 was pretty much a sure thing, considering the all star cast, director, and musical score.

The Story:

The movie opens on a small, dusty Mexican border [...]

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Western Week: Once Upon a Time in the West

By On April 2, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Western Week

Silence. A door shrieks as the wind blows. An old man is writing in a chalkboard that the train from Flasgtone is going to be two hours late. Someone comes in, the camera focus on a gun and slowly moves upwards to the face [...]

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Book Review: The Gunslinger Born

By On April 1, 2008 · 2 Comments · In 9 Rated Books, Book Reviews, Western Week

Title: The Gunslinger Born (The Dark Tower Graphic Novel)

Author: Stephen King, Peter David, Robin Furth, and Jae Lee

Review Number: 25

Genre: Graphic Novel, Horror, Dark Fantasy

Stand alone or series: Graphic Novel adaptation of the 7 book Dark Tower Series; collection of the first arc of the Dark [...]

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Book Review: The Gunslinger

By On April 1, 2008 · 9 Comments · In 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews, Western Week

Title: The Gunslinger

Author: Stephen King

Review Number : 31

Genre: fantasy/Horror

Stand alone/ series: book 1 of Dark Tower series

Summary: In the Gunslinger, Stephen King introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes, Roland of Gilead, the last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner, on a spellbinding [...]

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Western Week: The Man With No Name

By On March 31, 2008 · 5 Comments · In Western Week

In which we celebrate the archetypal character: The Man With No Name

Gunslinger. Outlaw. Bounty Hunter. Anti-hero. These are just a few of the adjectives used to describe the Man With No Name. Best personified in Sergio Leone’s classic Dollars Trilogy, Clint Eastwood is the most recognized and emulated figure as the character.

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