Saw Appaloosa last Saturday, 25 October, three weeks and a day after it opened in metro Detroit; Appaloosa is based on the novel of the same name by Robert B. Parker (author of the Spenser private eye series ), and was co-written and directed by (and starring) Ed Harris. This is only Harris' second movie as director. Tony Scott's review of Appaloosa caught my eye when it ran in the Friday, 19 September New York Times ; I was a bit surprised at how muted the parallels to our current... read more
