John Wayne News

Detectives and the environment appear to be a potent combination for a mystery novel.

Private membership clubs seem in public perception at least quintessentially British institutions.

Tonight and tomorrow night TCM is playing films set in Texas, all with an Oscar connection .

When an actor has appeared in more than 175 films, you'd expect an old eye patch to be the least of his legacy.

Colorado lawmakers are trying again this year to boost the state's incentives for film for production companies to compete with other places in the country.

I had Lee Marvin on my mind last week after discussing Don Siegel's 1964 film " The Killers ," in which he plays an updated and analytical version of one of Ernest Hemingway's sardonic hit men.

Ireland might not pop to mind as the most romantic of destinations, but the Emerald Isle's charms can be quite seductive.

NOBODY who met Jonathan Keith "Jack" Idema could doubt his self- belief. It hit you as forcefully as his rocky good looks, his patriotism and his prickliness.

Why would a 67-year-old white guy spend $58 million of his own money to produce Red Tails, an action-adventure film about World War II African-American aviators known as the Tuskegee Airmen? "For those of us in my group of filmmakers, like Steven or Ron or Marty , we want to make movies that enthralled us when we were little," George Lucas ... (more)

Guests ride horses at Rancho de los Caballeros in Wickenburg, Ariz. Dude ranches still have horses and wranglers, but some ranches are now offering options unheard in the past.

When you look at some of the actors from the Golden Age who are still popular, people like John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart or Cary Grant, they all have one thing in common.

Twenty-two food trucks from Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix and Denver will participate in the Gourmet Food Truck Fest: Dinner and a Movie from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd.

Cowboys. Horses. Guns. Booze. And tennis? When it comes to dude ranches, hosts are adopting John Wayne 's, "A man's got to do what a man's got to do," and are offering options unheard of just a few years ago in order to attract guests.

It crosses our mind sometimes that of course Orange County would be a perfect place for country and cowboy culture -- there's a reason John Wayne and Claim Jumper are big here, after all, and interesting that both of them come to the area from elsewhere.

Since I am a fan of Howard Hawks I felt ti was necessary to see Red River made after To Have And Have Not and The Big Sleep .

John Wayne began his film career with a bit part in "Rough Romance," a film about logging shot on location in Oregon.

We swear we were doing work-related research when we came across this quote from Daniel L. Rust's 2009 book Flying Across America: The Airline Passenger Experience : "The first Hollywood movie showcasing airline travel, Three Guys Named Mike , was released in 1951 and starred Jane Wyman as a plucky American Airlines stewardess who became the object ... (more)

The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is holding an unusual sort of film retrospective while the Stock Show is going on.

That's Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder, swooning over the George Lucas-produced Red Tails , a film about the Tuskegee Airmen.

Country music legend Glen Campbell has booked a show at the Florida Theatre for Sunday, March 25.