Sci-Fi
Rod Lott
So many reasons exist to see “Oblivion,” a 1994 genre mishmash now seeing a long-overdue release courtesy of Shout! Factory. Here’s why:
Wednesday 22 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: western
Oblivion
Cowboys and aliens, minus about $97,500,000.
The Metro plans Serbian feast
Reservations required for July 17 dinner
Cowboys & Aliens
No joke, pardner: ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ is pure popcorn entertainment.
Science Fiction
Phil Bacharach
“Cowboys & Aliens” sounds like one of those high-concept flicks for which you might expect the idea went no further than the jokey title. Think “Snakes on a Plane.”
Cowpoke paradise
Swadley’s serves top-notch barbecue in a chuck wagon-themed dining room.
Restaurant Reviews
Doug Hill
Swadley’s Bar-B-Q’s original theme song plays when you open swadleys.com. Complete with manly man vocals, mustang snorting and spaghetti Western whistling, the lyrics in part tout their catering: “If there’s a crowd you need to please / We’ll grab our meat and haul our buns.”
Heroes of the Old West
How’s 22 hours suit you, pardner?
Blackthorn
For a taste of Westerns the way they used to be, carve out a slice of time for ‘Blackthorn,’ starring Sam Shepard as a twilight-time Butch Cassidy.
Justified: The Complete Second Season
The praise and prizes for this crime series are fully ‘Justified.’
Television series
Rod Lott
Season three of “Justified,” which kicked off last night, has some mighty big boots to fill. The 13 episodes of the second season prove that, and if you didn’t see them, grab the triple-disc DVD set pronto.
Grand Duel / Keoma
Two helpings of spaghetti, please!
Western
Rod Lott
Mill Creek Entertainment offers another "Spaghetti Western Double Feature" by pairing 1972's Grand Duel and 1976's Keoma on one Blu-ray. Although both already are available on the company's Ten Thousand Ways to Die: The Spaghetti Western Collection on DVD — not to mention a dozen other labels' public-domain discs — the prints here are so clear that fans of the genre should consider the small investment.
