Movie Review: Cowboys & Aliens
Jon Favreau's film Cowboys & Aliens leans heavy on special effects but remains an entertaining nod to the traditional Western.
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Meek's Cutoff, directed by Kelly Reichardt, offers a sometimes agonizingly realistic look at life on the Oregon Trail of the 1840s.
View Article'Saving Lincoln' - Movie Review
The independent film 'Saving Lincoln' is a small, shining gem, a movie with heart and brains about Abraham Lincoln and his friend and bodyguard Ward Hill Lamon.
View ArticleMovie Review: Django Unchained, by The Weinstein Co.
Django earns the handle "fastest gun in the South," even if director Quentin Tarantino spends too long in the saddle getting him there.
View ArticleMovie Review: The Lone Ranger
In this postmodern take on the classic TV series, director Gore Verbinski throws in everything and the kitchen sink but still shoots wide of any particular audience.
View ArticleCopperhead - Movie Review
In "Copperhead," his third film about the Civil War, director Ron Maxwell eschews the battlefield to create a film that examines the Yankee home front and Northerners who opposed "Mr. Lincoln's War."
View ArticleMovie Review: Slow West
Slow West, 2015, on Blu-ray, DVD and CinemaNow.com, A24 It saw limited theatrical release yet was one of the most thoroughly enjoyable Westerns in years. Written and directed by Scotsman John Maclean,...
View ArticleWhich Movies Don’t Belong on the 100 Greatest Sports Movies List?
Which movies don't belong on the 100 Greatest Sports Movies list? The post Which Movies Don’t Belong on the 100 Greatest Sports Movies List? appeared first on HistoryNet.
View ArticleMovie: Winter in Wartime
Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter) Directed by Martin Koolhoven. 2008; opens in the U.S. March 18, 2011. 103 minutes. Black and white, with subtitles. January 1945: the heart of what the Dutch call...
View ArticleRon Maxwell Interview –‘Gods and Generals’ Extended Director’s Cut
A HistoryNet exclusive interview with director Ron Maxwell about the extended director's cut of his film Gods and Generals, now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. The post Ron Maxwell Interview – ‘Gods and...
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Movie Review: Free State of Jones
Free State of Jones, STX Entertainment, 139 minutes, 2016 Presentism, introducing present-day ideas and perspectives into depictions or interpretations of the past, can infect the best efforts of...
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Patton: Command Performance
Patton: Making music out of a military man's life The post Patton: Command Performance appeared first on HistoryNet.
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Movie Review: Power’s War
Cameron Trejo's engaging documentary details the causes, course and aftermath of Arizona's deadliest shootout The post Movie Review: Power’s War appeared first on HistoryNet.
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Movie Review: The Ridiculous 6
If Adam Sandler's previous attempts at comedy made you laugh, you'll enjoy this largely unwatchable Western The post Movie Review: The Ridiculous 6 appeared first on HistoryNet.
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Movie Review: Jane Got a Gun
Production problems and an incongruous narrative plague this story of a woman and a neighboring rancher who face down a gang The post Movie Review: Jane Got a Gun appeared first on HistoryNet.
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Movie Review: The Hateful Eight
Those familiar with director Quentin Tarantino's films know to expect extreme violence—and that's the problem The post Movie Review: The Hateful Eight appeared first on HistoryNet.
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Movie Review: The Revenant
Alejandro Iñárritu won the best director Oscar for his stark depiction of mountain man Hugh Glass' survival of a grizzly bear attack The post Movie Review: The Revenant appeared first on HistoryNet.
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Movie Review: Outlaws and Angels
Outlaws and Angels is rife with cinematic grime, but grime is a about all the film has going for it The post Movie Review: Outlaws and Angels appeared first on HistoryNet.
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Movie Review: The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation, Fox Searchlight Photos, 120 minutes, 2016 Slavery seems to be making a comeback, in Hollywood at least. On the big screen and on television, a real American horror story is now...
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Movie Review: The Magnificent Seven
This remake of the 1960 classic plods toward the climactic battle with more gunplay but far less character development The post Movie Review: The Magnificent Seven appeared first on HistoryNet.
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