Episodes

  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
    Jan 10 2025

    Michael and Pax finally revisit Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, a movie that Michael liked on first viewing, but Pax didn't, and neither has seen in a very long time.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • The Old Way (2023)
    Dec 21 2024

    Mike and Pax discuss The Old Way from 2023 starring Nic Cage.

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    55 mins
  • Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980)
    Nov 22 2024

    Always on the lookout for Westerns starring women, Michael and Pax watch Lamont Johnson's Cattle Annie and Little Britches. Amanda Plummer and Diane Lane insert themselves into a demotivated outlaw gang (run by Burt Lancaster and Scott Glenn) as it tries to avoid capture by Marshal Rod Steiger.

    Pax also watches The Thicket (2024) while Michael takes a look at Heart of Arizona (1938) and The Bold Caballero (1936).
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Joe Kidd (1972)
    Nov 13 2024

    In this episode Mike and Pax discuss another Clint Eastwood western, Joe Kidd, also starring Robert Duvall, John Saxon, and directed by John Sturges.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • House II: The Second Story (1987)
    Oct 31 2024

    Michael stretches the definitions of both "Western" and "Horror" when he makes Pax and guest Shawn Robare watch House II: The Second Story. Though it does have undead cowboys. The movie is the sequel to 1985's House and stars Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Royal Dano, John Ratzenberger, Bill Maher, and Lar Park-Lincoln.

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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • Knife for the Ladies (1974)
    Oct 19 2024

    It's October! Check out the first of Hellbent's Halloween episodes where Mike and Pax are joined by Shawn Robare to discuss Knife for the Ladies from 1974 starring Jack Elam!

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Comanche Station (1960)
    Oct 11 2024

    Michael and Pax finish watching the Budd Boetticher / Randolph Scott Westerns with Comanche Station, also starring Nancy Gates and Claude Akins.

    And Michael also watched a couple of 1930s Westerns: Buck Jones and Louise Brooks in Empty Saddles (1936) and William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy in Partners of the Plains (1938).
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
    Sep 20 2024

    Mike and Pax discuss a listener request; The Last Train from Gun Hill from 1959 starring Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn.

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    1 hr and 4 mins