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Few movie characters carry as much personality in every single word as Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow. Throughout the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, he has given us lines that are just as ...
"The Fire Inside" might not have made a splash at the box office, but it was released to critical acclaim. Over on the review aggregate site, Rotten Tomatoes, you'll see it's Certified Fresh, with a ...
Gary Larson's The Far Side has a major love for cowboys, and there are few cowboys more iconic than John Wayne. The star of True Grit, The Searchers and Red River, Wayne played a bevy of cowboys and ...
Sinners is Steinfeld’s newest movie, and she is exquisite in her role ... Steinfeld’s outstanding performance in True Grit earned her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination.
John Wayne won an Academy Award for his portrayal of lawman Rooster Cogburn in 1969's "True Grit." There was a real-life Rooster Cogburn who was on the opposite side of ...
Brett was born into a ranch family in 1970, when “Gunsmoke” was on TV and John Wayne was the reigning king of Western movies. There were early signs that Brett was destined to ...
but the Coen brothers' True Grit remake is superior to the John Wayne movie. A struggling rancher volunteers to escort a notorious outlaw to the train that will take him to prison. As the journey ...
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True Grit was a godsend for John Wayne, who lobbied for the lead role of one-eyed US Marshal Rooster Cogburn after reading Charles Portis’ novel of the same name. Duke would go on to finally win ...
In 1968, Charles Portis’ book True Grit was released. The book and two subsequent movies told the story of a young woman’s pursuit of justice in the American West circa the 1870s. But that ...