Two Grits – A Peek Behind the Eyepatch through May 10 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd St. nationalcowboymuseum.org 405-478-2250 Free-$12.50 Rooster Cogburn said, “Looking back is a bad habit,” but the 50th anniversary of True Grit has inspired a retrospective exhibit. On display through May 10 at National Cowboy & Western Heritage […]
True Grit
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‘Grit’-ty read
Some rugged individuals carved out a life for themselves on horseback, living like nomads as they followed herds of cattle across the prairie. In his debut novel, Panhandle, Brett Cogburn depicts the life of one cowboy and the hardships, triumphs and loss that followed him on the trail. A knack for Western storytelling might be […]
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
Now that said original has been reissued, coattail-ridin’ style, by Warner Archive, I’d alter that response to, “I liked it OK, but I definitely still prefer the original.” With much fewer resources, the 1973 version is far more effective. The person being menaced by the trolls in the walls has always been Sally, but here, […]