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Another film I watched religiously as a child was Mike Newell's Into the West. Ossie and Tito, two young traveller boys living in the Ballymun flats in Dublin, travel to the west of Ireland on a mysterious white horse named Tír na nOg that may or may not be the ghost of their dead mother. Gabriel Byrne is charming as their father, and even Ellen Barkin's ropey accent can't destroy the magic for me. Half folklore, half Western, I love this film so much, I even wrote my dissertation on…
Cowboys have certainly gotten their due in movies and pulp fiction over the years, but what about the cowgirl? As early as the 19th century, pioneering women learned their way around a lasso and horse on the American frontier. Holly George-Warren’s…
Below is a list of my favorite period piece television series and miniseries of the past decade (2000-2009): Favorite PERIOD TELEVISION DRAMAS of the Decade (2000-2009) 1. “Band of Brothers” (2001) - Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg produced this acclaimed and award-winning 10-part miniseries about the World War II experiences...