Some movies don‘t deserve what the box office and critics did to them. But then again, some of them really do. James and Huw dig up forgotten movies and walk them around one more time.
Episodes
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
It's 2018 and the Coen Brothers continue their impressive pedigree with a six-story anthology of tales from classic Westerns.
If anything could prepare you to watch this, it would be a year of studying cowboy films.
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
It's 2007 and Christian Bale is on a desperate mission to make Russell Crowe chuff off on the train to Yuma.
Though not a massive box-office success, the fact that a Western even got made in the doldrums of the 2000s is worth a tip of the Stetson.
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
It's 1993 and justice is coming. Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer lead an immense cast of stars in retelling the legend of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Join our pair of huckleberries, and try not to think about what James euphemistically calls his Big Trouble In Little China.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
It's 1988 and the decade has not been kind to the Western genre. Fortunately the Brat Pack have been corralled to save the day with a Billy the Kid tale for the MTV generation.
Opinions are divided with this one, but we keep spitting facts and tobacco juice until dust settles.
Friday Aug 04, 2023
Friday Aug 04, 2023
A film so momentous that we have broken the tradition of reviewing long-buried films and turned our gaze to Christopher Nolan's epic biopic, starring Cillian Murphy and every other actor drawing breath.
But what did we make of such a universally-acclaimed film? Could it live up to the hype? And what exactly is a helium bomb?
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
It's 1976, a decade not known for its Westerns. Clint Eastwood took the helm as actor-director and created this classic and surprisingly moving tale.
Sadly, Wales does not feature anywhere in it. But there's plenty of tobacco juice. Ach y fi.
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
It's 1964, and we treat ourselves to a big portion of the Spaghetti Western that started them all: Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, starring Clint Eastwood in his iconic laconic role.
The other two films in the Dollars trilogy also get a viewing, as the genre travels so far West, it circles the globe, and lands in southern Europe, via Japan.
Saturday May 13, 2023
Saturday May 13, 2023
We gallop into the 1960s with this star-stuffed cast of Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn, Horst Buchholz and Eli Wallach.
The accents are all over the place with this one, and that's just James and Huw reviewing it.
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
It's 1956 and the two titans of the classic Western, John Ford and John Wayne, combine forces once more for this acclaimed epic.
Our boys are trekking into perilous ground here, as they cast a critical eye over 'one of the greatest and most influential films ever made'. Will they lose their trail? That'll be the day.
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
It's 1952 and we mosey on down to watch one of the true classics of the Western genre - Gary Cooper confronts his fate at High Noon!
For a straightforward story, there's a lot going on in this one. And for such a renowned film, both James and Huw had their expectations thoroughly confounded.