Movies That Make Us

Staff picks are back for Movies that Make Us and we recorded together for the first time since Covid hit back in March 2020 and we couldn’t be more excited. We recorded over at Watchtower Coffee and Comics in Salt Lake City and had a wonderful time. For July, we each selected three films from the Western Genre.Tracy recommends checking out the 1903 film The Great Train Robbery to see one of the earliest narrative films and it was made just a few years from the old west itself. His next pick is Stagecoach starring John Wayne and directed by John Ford. His last selection is True Grit directed by the Coen brothers starring Hailee Steifeld, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin.Val suggests you watch Tombstone, the classic Val Kilmer film. 3:10 to Yuma, the 2007 version with Christian Bale and Russel Crowe. Finally she suggests the Magnificent Seven (2016) starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, and Peter Sarsgaard. Last, but certainly not least was Jake’s selection of Big Jake (1971) starr