Hellbent for Letterbox
Paxton Holley and Michael May hit the dusty trail in search of great Westerns
Thursday, February 13, 2025
The Dead Don't Hurt (2023)
For Valentine's Day, Michael and Pax watch the Western romance, The Dead Don't Hurt, written and directed by Viggo Mortensen. Mortensen also wrote the score and acted alongside the movie's real star, Vicky Krieps. The film also features Danny Huston and Deadwood favorites W Earl Brown and Ray McKinnon.
Friday, January 24, 2025
Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957)
Pax and Michael discuss another OK Corral movie, this one starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas as Wyatt and Doc. And with appearances by DeForest Kelley, Jack Elam, and Dennis Hopper.
Thursday, January 9, 2025
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Michael and Pax finally revisit Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, a movie that Michael liked on first viewing, but Pax didn't, and neither has seen in a very long time.
Friday, December 20, 2024
The Old Way (2023)
Pax and Michael watch The Old Way, starring Nicolas Cage, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Noah Le Gros, and Nick Searcy.
Michael also talks about The 3 Mesquiteers and Louis Brooks in Overland Stage Raiders (1938) and the Sam Houston biopic Man of Conquest (1939).
Michael also talks about The 3 Mesquiteers and Louis Brooks in Overland Stage Raiders (1938) and the Sam Houston biopic Man of Conquest (1939).
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980)
Always on the lookout for Westerns starring women, Michael and Pax watch Lamont Johnson's Cattle Annie and Little Britches. Amanda Plummer and Diane Lane insert themselves into a demotivated outlaw gang (run by Burt Lancaster and Scott Glenn) as it tries to avoid capture by Marshal Rod Steiger.
Pax also watches The Thicket (2024) while Michael takes a look at Heart of Arizona (1938) and The Bold Caballero (1936).
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Joe Kidd (1972)
Pax and Michael track down another Clint Eastwood Western with Joe Kidd. Directed by John Sturge; also starring Robert Duvall and John Saxon.
Michael also watches The Arizonian (1935) and The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936), and Pax reads Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories by Elmore Leonard.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
House II: The Second Story (1987)
Michael stretches the definitions of both "Western" and "Horror" when he makes Pax and guest Shawn Robare watch House II: The Second Story. Though it does have undead cowboys. The movie is the sequel to 1985's House and stars Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Royal Dano, John Ratzenberger, Bill Maher, and Lar Park-Lincoln.
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