Halfway through the film, evil rancher Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) eludes the practiced clutches of lawman Virgil Cole (Ed Harris). “I told you you’d never hang me,” Bragg boasts, and Virgil replies, ...

Viggo Mortensen, left, and Ed Harris take care of business in the Harris-helmed Western 'Appaloosa.' Legend has it (because "the studio-provided production notes have it" just doesn't sound Western-y ...

"Appaloosa" is an old-fashioned Western with all the classic elements -- buddy loyalty, stalwart heroes, despicable villains, plenty of gunfights and marvelous wind-scoured desert landscapes -- marked ...

Viggo Mortensen follows a classic cowboy code in the Western "Appaloosa": Speak softly and carry a big honkin' gun. As an Old West lawman, Mortensen packs a booming eight-gauge shotgun in "Appaloosa," ...

Viggo Mortensen, left, and Ed Harris the Western 'Appaloosa,' opening Friday (Oct. 3). So many movies, so little time. New Orleans area movie-goers find themselves again facing a wealth of movie-going ...

"Appaloosa" started out making me feel the same as I did during the opening chapters of Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove" and its TV miniseries. At its center is a friendship of many years between two ...

Appaloosa is pure western. The two meet during a standoff between Cole and another gunfighter. The sheriff and his pal walk the fine line between renegade gun slingers and peacekeeping protectors.But ...