Western
Which X-Men movies soar? All 14 ranked, worst to best
All 14 X-Men films go on the slab, from mutant misfires to superhero standouts—Deadpool, Logan, and Deadpool & Wolverine included—now guess what tops the list.
August 11, 2026 12:47 pm
How many Gunsmoke episodes was Burt Reynolds in?
Long before Smokey and the Bandit, Burt Reynolds was a working TV actor bouncing between one-off roles on Perry Mason and The Twilight Zone. Then, in the fall of 1962, Gunsmoke came calling — and gave him the part that made him a star.
August 9, 2026 9:34 am
The Lonesome Dove cast members who have died: a list that now includes Gus himself
When Lonesome Dove aired on CBS over four nights in February 1989, its cast looked like a Mount Rushmore of American acting. Thirty-seven years later, the miniseries is still widely called the greatest Western ever made for television — and the list of stars we've lost keeps growing.
August 7, 2026 10:12 am
What is Ransom Canyon about — and how close does it stay to the books?
If Yellowstone left a ranch-sized hole in your watchlist, Netflix has been aiming squarely at it. Ransom Canyon dropped its first season on April 17, 2025, became an instant hit, and returned with eight more episodes on July 23, 2026. Here's what the show actually is — and how faithful it stays to the novels it came from.
August 7, 2026 9:38 am
What is Lonesome Dove based on? McMurtry wrote it first as a movie for John Wayne
Before it was a Pulitzer-winning novel or the celebrated 1989 CBS miniseries, Lonesome Dove was a movie script sitting in a drawer at Warner Bros. — one with the biggest cast in Western history attached. And it died because one man said no.
July 31, 2026 5:08 pm
Why wasn't Godless renewed? Ratings had nothing to do with it
When Godless hit Netflix on November 22, 2017, it looked like the start of something big: a gorgeous seven-episode Western with Jeff Daniels as outlaw preacher Frank Griffin, Jack O'Connell as fugitive Roy Goode, and a mining town run almost entirely by women. Critics raved. Fans binged. And then — nothing. No season 2, ever. Here's why that was always the plan.
July 24, 2026 3:15 pm
How does Hell on Wheels end?
Hell on Wheels spent five seasons and 57 episodes on AMC building toward one date: May 10, 1869, the day the golden spike completed the Transcontinental Railroad. When the series finale, "Done," aired in July 2016, it opened with that ceremony at Promontory, Utah — and then asked the harder question.
July 24, 2026 2:58 pm
How many Gunsmoke episodes was Jack Elam in?
Few faces turned up in Dodge City more often than Jack Elam's. With that famous wandering left eye and a resume built on playing heavies, he was practically a Gunsmoke house guest across two decades. So how many episodes did he actually rack up?
July 22, 2026 2:23 pm
Why did Gunsmoke go off the air? The cast found out from the newspapers
For 20 seasons and 635 episodes, Gunsmoke was the closest thing American television had to a permanent fixture. Then, in the spring of 1975, it simply vanished — and the people who made it were among the last to know.
July 21, 2026 4:42 pm
Matt Damon says Bourne isn’t built for endless sequels like James Bond — here’s why the next one is so hard
Matt Damon says a new Jason Bourne is stalled — this isn’t James Bond, and the franchise won’t move without a must-make story to bring him back. He lays out the hurdle keeping Bourne offscreen and the one fix that could change everything.
July 17, 2026 6:42 pm
Who from Gunsmoke is still alive? Only one main cast member is left
Gunsmoke wrapped its 20-season run more than 50 years ago, so the sad math was always going to catch up eventually. As of mid-2026, it finally has.
July 17, 2026 12:18 pm
Ransom Canyon season 2: who’s back — and the fresh faces joining the cast
Saddle up: Netflix western Ransom Canyon unveils a cast shake-up as fresh faces ride in alongside returning favorites—meet the posse.
July 12, 2026 10:33 am
Ranson Canyon season 2: release date, returning cast and where the story goes next
Saddle up for Netflix’s romantic Western Ransom Canyon—who’s starring, what to expect, and when you can stream it.
July 12, 2026 9:49 am
Is No Country for Old Men on Netflix? Here’s where to stream the 2007 classic now
Craving Javier Bardem at his most chilling? Here’s how to watch No Country for Old Men online right now, with the best streaming, rental, and purchase options in one place.
July 10, 2026 10:39 am
Lawrence Kasdan on Martin Short’s Emmy triumph — and the Kevin Costner cut that changed a classic
Emmy buzz fuels the Martin Short documentary as Lawrence Kasdan revisits the Kevin Costner casting gamble that reshaped an iconic film.
July 9, 2026 1:01 pm
4 dark comic book film masterpieces you probably missed
Forget capes and quips. These four shadow-soaked comic book films — from nerve-jangling psychological thrillers to hardboiled noir — rewrote the rulebook and still don’t get the credit they deserve.
June 30, 2026 2:04 pm
Supergirl as the new The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Hideo Kojima thinks so
Kojima trades capes for cowboy swagger, reframing Supergirl with a frontier edge you won’t be able to unsee.
June 28, 2026 9:50 am
Supergirl soars to a 75% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes — but fans are split on James Gunn’s DCU
Supergirl’s Rotten Tomatoes audience score just ignited a fresh critics-versus-fans brawl, turning James Gunn’s latest DCU film into a flashpoint — here’s how moviegoers are reacting.
June 26, 2026 9:51 am
A voice of our childhood is gone: Daveigh Chase, star of Lilo & Stitch, Spirited Away and The Ring, dies
She was the voice of childhood wonder and the face of its darkest fear. As the generation raised on Lilo & Stitch, Spirited Away, and The Ring looks back, Daveigh Chase's roles still define an era.
June 19, 2026 9:48 am
