SEBINAS PRETTY CLOSE TO HEREFORDS? Me and the missus were sitting pretty close watching an old western movie on TV. Well, I was watching it and she was reading a magazine and pretending to sneak peeks with as much enthusiasm as I’d have watching an Opera. Suddenly I groaned loudly in disgust and she asked, […]
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Western Movies & Women’s Wear
Western Author Stephen Bly Talks Movies The main drawback to some western movies is what I call “Shane’s Disease.” This is a cinematic illness that’s not just common to western movies … and it’s non-fatal. However, it weakens a tad an otherwise decent movie. For instance, in a couple different scenes of one of Tom Selleck’s […]
Shane the Movie Reflections
Reflections On Shane the Movie by award-winning suspense author James Scott Bell In my opinion Shane the movie is not just the best Western ever, but one of the top five films of all time.* Mythic, amazing to look at, and featuring one of the great villains: the grinning Jack Palance. He earned an Oscar nod […]
Keep Your Ear To The Ground
Are you a long-ear? You might be if you keep your ear to the ground. In an old western movie a seasoned Indian scout crawls out of the saddle, drops to his knees, and lays his ear to the ground. Then he’ll say, “Three riders. Going south. About four miles away. One of the horses […]
Bury Me With My Boots On
Bury Me With My Boots On by western author Stephen Bly Whenever I hear the phrase, “Bury me with my boots on,” I’m reminded of a scene … The lady seemed restless, like she wanted to ask me something important. The pastor and his well-dressed wife had met me at the airport and she hadn’t […]
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