Sorry, Hugh Jackman ... I don't think its musicals that are
back. I think it's the clink of spurs, and the fast draw that's
enjoying a renaissance. I know, they say William Munny killed it
along with Little Bill Daggett (and if so, it certainly went out
with one hell of a last line), but then came The Missing, The
Proposition, Open Range, 3:10 to Yuma, The Assassination of
Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and Appaloosa. There's
also been a few that stretched the definition beyond the
classic, pistols-at-sunset sort and tackled a more modern
definition and locale, such as All the Pretty Horses, Brokeback
Mountain, No Country for Old Men, and Australia. Asia has gotten
in on the fun with Sukiyaki Western Django and the upcoming The
Warrior's Way.  Of course I'm leaving a few of them out
(apologies to the Texas Rangers fans out there), and it's also
worth noting that not all of them were successful or popular.
Some of them were downright disastrous. But they were made when
Unforgiven supposedly shot them d