Hollywood’s Honest Abe

The Western was in a holding pattern, for the most part, in 2011. We had Rango, which pulled out a shopping cart full of awards, including “Best Animated Feature Film” in this year’s Oscars. Cowboys & Aliens had its defenders, though not too many. Of all the reasons as to why it jumped the tracks, possibly the kindest thing we can say about the film is that it defied expectations; it was a B-Western made out to look like an A-Western. Hell on Wheels was the second-highest rated seri