Tombstone

Is it still a compelling story 131 years later?

Tombstone, Arizona, a booming mining town that is rife with corruption, gambling, prostitution and opium and soon to become the home of retired lawman Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) and his brothers. When the Earp’s settle in to seek their fortune on the gambling trade they are sought out to rid the town of ‘Curly’ Bill Brocious (Powers Booth) and his band of outlaws known as the Cowboys (distinguishable by their red sashes), it all comes to a head at the famous O.K. Corral shootout.

Cowboys & Aliens

A cowboy wakes up in the middle of nowhere with a strange device on his arm and a severe case of amnesia. He goes in search of answers, finding a lonely western town beset by abductions and strange flying machines. As his memory returns, he realizes he’s lost someone, too, and joins with the townsfolk to take back their loved ones from the strange creatures in the mountains.

The Warrior's Way

A New Spin On the Old Classic Western!


Yang (Dong-Gun Jang) is the best swordsman in the world….ever. He is ruthless and unwavering, until he is assigned a mission that goes against even his own meager moral compass. Yang refuses the mission and instead finds a small western town to hide out and make a new life for himself. Everything is going smoothly, until a woman named Lynne (Kate Bosworth) changes his life. He must decide if he can change his assassination lifestyle for one of love.

The Warrior’s Way was definitely on my list to see…someday. As in, someday when there's absolutely nothing else to see whatsoever. So yes, I had some pretty low expectations for this film, but it caught my attention from the first 2 minutes and kept it until the credits rolled.

True Grit

Tom Chaney done killed Mattie Ross’s Pa. But Mattie ain’t no milksop of girl that’s gonna set down in a pile of weeds and weep till the cows come home. She heads to town to hire the meanest, orneriest lawman west of the east, Rooster Cogburn, to hunt down Tom Chaney so she can plant him six feet under.

Jonah Hex

Ex-Confederate soldier Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) is forced to watch his family die at the hands of ultra-villain Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich), and is left to die also. Resuscitated by Native Americans, Hex channels his desires for vengeance to bounty hunting. When he discovers Turnbull is still alive and threatening to destroy the United States, Hex comes to his country’s aid to try to kill Turnbull and dozens more in the process.

ClearPlay In Action!

Jonah Hex is loaded with violence, but with ClearPlay … it’s still loaded with violence. Hey, that’s what the movie is about. With merciful judicious cuts, some violence is only implied (a facial branding, a disembodied head, and death by rotor blade, to name a few), but even edited there’s lots of bloodless shooting, fighting, and some heartless cold-blooded killing. Hex can speak with the dead, leading to some disturbing images as well. ClearPlay cleans up about 20 pieces of language. It also trims an intimate scene between Hex and his prostitute girlfriend (Megan Fox), though it can’t do anything to keep parts of Megan Fox from squeezing out of her outfits. My 10-year-old son was very uncomfortable.

Does Jonah Hex weave a cinematic spell?…

As vengeance-inspired comic-book stories go, Hex is only okay. With no character development and a simplistic storyline, the emphasis is on visual impact, explosions and impossibly accurate shooting. The mindless action is best suited for comic fans. Strangely, its 82-minute running time seemed long.

Marty Nabhan— ClearPlay Gunslinger

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, disturbing images and sexual content.; 81 min; Directed By Jimmy Hayward