Western
The Power of the Dog
THE POWER OF THE DOG Thought to be one of the best movies of the year, The Power of the Dog is a psychological drama set in 1925 Montana. Think of the TV series Yellowstone in the 1920s with less soap opera, less action, but more male machismo intimidation of all things good, and a…
Old Henry
OLD HENRY Old Henry fits the bill if you are in the mood for a well-executed, good old-fashioned western, with plenty of shoot outs and bad frontier parenting. Tim Blake Nelson, best known as a support character actor (I remember him as Delmar in O Brother, Where Art Thou), is the capable lead in Old…
News of the World
NEWS OF THE WORLD The Western drama News of the Day is sometimes slow, and sometimes an intense story about discovery and survival. However, it includes the warmest and happiest ending I have seen this year. Tom Hanks (Greyhound, Sleepless in Seattle) is superb as Captain Jefferson Lyle Kidd traveling through 1870 Texas reading the…
Hostiles
HOSTILES Hostiles is a dramatic and sometimes violent road trip movie set in the American West in 1892 when a dying Cheyenne War Chief and his family are released from prison and sent home to their tribal lands. U.S. Cavalry Captain Joseph Blocker (Christian Bale), who has spent the last part of his career ridding…