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The monthly podcast all about the Western genre in movies, TV, books, and comics. Started 2016

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Great episode, great talk! I can see that it's a great movie and the acting is amazing. But I still feel that the natives aren't three dimensional, just kinda there to be stoic and native. I wish they could've been allowed to be full characters. But maybe that was not the story he wanted to tell.
January 19, 2026 at 10:57 AM
We don't a lot of their perspective, I agree. What we do get is their kindness, even towards people they had every reason to hate, so that was emotional for me. But you're right that it would have been even better if were able to get more of their point of view. [MM]
January 19, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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Interesting. I'm hesitant with Tim Kring, who's inventive yet erratic, but am intrigued the Quaker "violence vs non-violence" angle. Let's see what happens!
January 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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Looking forward to Hostiles, started it several years ago, but never finished it. Amazing acting, but too meandering and I didn't like how the movie treated the native characters. But I didn't finish it so maybe I will find out that it got better.
January 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Love it! He would be perfect. He could convince you he was good, but then play bad equally well.
January 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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Great episode, thank you! Really liked this movie, but I agree about James Caviezel, no charisma or charm. I think another actor would have made that character more interesting.
January 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Who would you have liked to see in the role?

I've been thinking about it, but haven't hit on the perfect person yet. [MM]
January 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Tommy Flannagan is so damn good in this one
January 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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This one is tough to find on streaming up here in Canada.
January 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM