John Wayne’s Rio Lobo contains a fun easter egg callback to an underrated 1953 Western – even though its implications …
John Wayne was made into a superstar by director John Ford with 1939’s Stagecoach, but the pair’s first Western of …
Throughout cinematic history, two actors stand heads and tails above everyone else regarding Westerns. Those two men are John Wayne …
The name, idea, and image of John Wayne evoke America. He is so synonymous with the concept of heroism that …
John Wayne is an American institution, and that’s kind of a pity. The films he made from the 1930s through …
In the end, Ethan Edwards can’t go home again. The central figure of The Searchers, director John Ford’s epic Western, …
John Wayne’s career is often viewed through the lens of his outspoken nationalist ideals, which influenced not only his public …
For decades, John Wayne, best known for True Grit, The Searchers, and Stagecoach, wowed audiences everywhere as a Western star. …
John Wayne got a great send-off in his final movie, The Shootist, but a different late-career western — 1972’s The …
True Grit gave John Wayne his one and only Academy Award and, in his opinion, his role in the movie …