THE BALLAD OF LEFTY BROWN (2017)
Ever go into a movie hoping to like it? Last Sunday at our Western Night at the Movies get-together, we watched THE BALLAD OF LEFTY BROWN. The concept is an intriguing one in which the sidekick becomes the hero out to avenge the death of his friend...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES – JEREMIAH JOHNSON (****)
As it was my turn to curate the film for our Western film gathering last night, I brought one of my favorites. Jeremiah Johnson, the opening ballad in the film goes, went into the mountains, betting on forgetting his troubles.
Exciting news!
I’m pleased to announce that my novel, WEST OF PENANCE, won the first place gold medallion for Inspirational Fiction at the Will Rogers Medallion Awards ceremony last Saturday evening, October 28, in Fort Worth, TX.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: FOUR FACES WEST
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES : FOUR FACES WEST (***) Last evening at our Western Night at the Movies gathering, Johnny D. Boggs (Spur award-winning author of RETURN TO RED RIVER) brought a film both surprising and satisfying. FOUR FACES...
FURY AT GUNSIGHT PASS
FURY AT GUNSIGHT PASS (** 1/2) Our Western Night movie group met last Sunday and it was Robert Nott’s turn to curate. He chose a couple of Western Bs. Both were released in 1956, both were shot in black-and-white and both had story problems. But...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE INDIAN FIGHTER (**)
The other evening our Western Night at the Movies group met for a showing of two films. The first was an episode from the 1960 television series, THE WESTERNER, created by Sam Peckinpah. Co-written and directed by Peckinpah, the episode, entitled...
