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9 U.S. States That Still Offer Free Land — If You Know Where to Look

If someone told you free land still exists in America, you might assume they’ve been binge-watching too many Old West documentaries. Yet tucked between small-town incentives, rural revitalization projects, and clever local programs, pockets of genuine, no-cost property are hiding in plain sight. These aren’t dusty homesteads from the 1800s—many…

Everybody Loves Your Money

Where was Horizon: An American Saga filmed? Exploring the different locations in the western

Kevin Costner's epic takes us back to the Old West, but where exactly? We explore where they filmed Horizon: An American Saga.

WhatToWatch

How 'The Last of Us' created Jackson, a 'miracle' settlement of the Old West

"I'm just looking for my brother."

Los Angeles Times

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Games like Red Dead Redemption 2 to storm the old west with

These games like Red Dead Redemption 2 are here to soothe those post-Morgan blues

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Review: 'The English' wants to critique the blood-soaked Old West. Instead, it revels in it

The newly created state of Wyoming and sprawling Oklahoma territory are shockingly beautiful and brutal places in "The English," Amazon Prime Video's six-part drama set in 1890s America. Violence and wanton cruelty are as commonplace as shimmering fields of buffalo grass among the land-grubbing settlers, nefarious opportunists and Indigenous loners…

Los Angeles Times

The English on BBC Two review: a magnificent blood-soaked tale of the Old West

Strong performances and heart-stopping action set pieces make this show a must-watch

Evening Standard

The English: Emily Blunt’s incredible western leaves every other cowboy show eating its dust

This brutal, beautiful tale of the Old West is all oil-dark humour, elite-level acting and gorgeous, lingering wide shots. It’s so fresh it makes you wonder if we’ve only just scratched the genre’s surface

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80-year-old ‘Dead For A Dollar’ director Walter Hill has no plans to stop: ‘Directors don’t retire’

As director Walter Hill was writing the screenplay for “Dead For A Dollar,” he looked to the past. But his inspiration was a much older past than the Old West tales of cowboys and cattle drives or lawmen and desperados that have played across movie screens since the dawn of…

The Orange County Register

American gun culture is based on frontier mythology – but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West

In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, 70% of Republicans said it is more important to protect gun rights than to control gun violence, while 92% of Democrats and 54% of independents expressed the opposite view. Just weeks after those mass shootings, Republicans and gun rights advocates…

The Conversation

‘Harder They Fall,’ 'Insecure,' H.E.R. Nab NAACP Awards Noms

Netflix could be a dominant force at next month’s NAACP Image Awards. The streaming giant on Tuesday emerged with a leading 52 nominations including the film “The Harder They Fall.” The movie — featuring a large starry cast including Regina King, Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba and LaKeith Stanfield — pulled…

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