Luke Perry has become a major star in a series of TV Westerns that feature Perry as John Goodnight, a 19th-century circuit judge. The first,...
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Western Books & Movies
Looking Ahead 2012
MOVIES & TV The Rifleman may be returning to the small screen with help from CBS and director Chris Columbus. This December, we’ll see how and...
JOHNNY D. BOGGS
Spur and Wrangler award-winning author of 40 books. His novel, Kill the Indian, will be out in June. The Best Western I Saw:Was undoubtedly...
EASTWOOD ON EASTWOOD
Michael Henry Wilson is the author of Eastwood on Eastwood, which shares his interviews with Clint about his directorial work, from 1971’s Play...
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood deserves all of the accolades he’s received for the movie Unforgiven, including a Best Picture Oscar and Golden Globe, but a brand...
Why Did Cowboys & Aliens Fail… Or did it?
The 2011 summer blockbuster film turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments, if you listen to Hollywood. With the brain trusts of Steven...
Pulp Fiction
From the time of his birth in windswept Tilden, Nebraska, on March 11, 1911, L. Ron Hubbard wandered through a West criss-crossed by his parents,...
REX RIDEOUT
Making his movie debut as the cowboy fiddler in last year’s Cowboys & Aliens, Rex Rideout is a 19th-century music historian who can often be...
The Lone Rango
One film that touched everyone—from the kiddies to us grizzled veterans—was 2011’s Rango. We enjoyed it more because we understood all the inside...
Quanah Parker Rides Again
All Sam Gwynne wanted to do was write a book about the American West, specifically about Quanah Parker and the Comanches. “I would have been happy...
Clint The Icon of a Generation
Clint Eastwood is a mystery. He’s been a cowboy, a cop, a National Geographic photojournalist, a clown, a honky-tonk singer, a jazz DJ and a...
Call of the Canyon
In 1906, novelist Zane Grey visited the Arizona Territory for the first time. The Southwestern landscape fired his imagination; after a few return...