John Wayne

COEN BROTHERS REMAKING JOHN WAYNE OSCAR-WINNER "TRUE GRIT"

source: cinemaretro.com

The Coen Brothers are about to put up their Dukes by remaking John Wayne's 1969 Oscar winner. Oscar winners Joel and Ethan Coen are remaking the 1969 Western classic True Grit. John Wayne won an Oscar for playing the drunken, rascally Marshall Rooster Cogburn, who reluctantly assists a you...

Published Tue, Oct 27

Cheryl St.John: Those Marvelous Movie Kisses

source: Petticoats & Pistols

Angie Dickenson and John Wayne in Rio Bravo Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn in The Terminator Robin Wright actually has two great movie kisses. Besides her Princess Buttercup masterpiece, she ran through the pool at the Washington Monument to kiss Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump.

Published Wed, Oct 7

Natural Born Gunslinger - Tommy Lee Jones' Trips to the Wild West

source: blogs.amctv.com

Now, is this one really a Western? It certainly feels like one. Jones plays Sheriff Ed Bell, an old hat who finds himself completely out of his element when faced with a new, vicious breed of killers. Tones of The Wild Bunch abound, and as far as mythic Western landscapes go, No Country for Old M...

Published Fri, Oct 2

'POV' offers four short films worth watching

source: SouthCoastToday.com

A daylong salute to John Wayne movies includes the 1969 Western "True Grit" (10:15 pm, Eastern, TCM), providing the Duke's Oscar-winning role. ... and more »

Published Mon, Aug 17

Golden year

source: The Free Lance-Star

In February, John Wayne staked his claim to iconic cowboy status as the Ringo Kid in John Ford's classic Western "Stagecoach." And just four months after ...

Published Sun, Aug 16

Special screenings: Salt Lake City Film Festival, 'The Searchers ...

source: Salt Lake Tribune

The Searchers," John Ford's 1956 Western (filmed in Utah's Monument Valley) starring John Wayne as a returning Civil War veteran facing his own racism when ...

Published Fri, Aug 14

Lana Wood Joins the Renovation

source: HorrorMovies.ca

such legends of the screen as Sean Connery (Diamonds are Forever) and John Wayne (The Searchers) directed by such masters of the screen as John Ford. ...

Published Wed, Aug 5

Critic lists his Top 10 all-time Hollywood stars

source: Poughkeepsie Journal

John Wayne: Embodies the Western, a larger-than-life movie cowboy. Check out "The Searchers" and "The Shootist" (his last film) for his best work, ...

Published Wed, Jul 29